Senior + Technical Program Managers II- Trust Compliance
About The Position
Microsoft Security’s Trust Compliance team delivers a centralized, scalable compliance function across Security services. This role supports end-to-end compliance posture and readiness for Microsoft Security services entering or operating within Azure and M365 compliance boundaries. It coordinates onboarding, validates readiness prerequisites, monitors control implementation and documentation health, and partners with service teams to resolve blockers. The position also drives execution across regulatory impact assessments, Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery (BCDR) assessments, external audits, evidence management, remediation tracking, and compliance process improvements. It partners with engineering teams, Service Liaisons, Compliance Champs, Trust stakeholders, auditors, and senior program managers to identify gaps, manage dependencies and risks, define success metrics, and deliver outcomes across multiple services. Success is measured through execution excellence, process improvement, risk reduction, audit readiness, and alignment across cross-functional environments.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree and 2+ years of experience in engineering, technical program management, compliance, security operations, audit, product development, data analysis, or related fields, or equivalent experience.
- At least 1 year of experience managing cross-functional and/or cross-team projects.
- Ability to meet Microsoft, customer, and/or government security screening requirements, including passing the Microsoft Background Check and Microsoft Cloud Background Check upon hire or transfer and every two years thereafter.
Nice To Haves
- Bachelor’s degree and 5+ years of experience in engineering, product/technical program management, data analysis, or product development, or equivalent experience.
- At least 4 years of experience managing cross-functional and/or cross-team projects.
- At least 1 year of experience reading and/or writing code, such as for sample documentation or product demos.
- Experience supporting BCDR, operational resilience, compliance, and audit programs, including partnering with engineering teams to review recovery testing, dependencies, evidence, and remediation activities.
- Experience building repeatable audit processes and tooling.
- Experience influencing senior leadership and cross-organizational stakeholders.
Responsibilities
- Own onboarding outcomes for Microsoft Security services entering Azure and M365 compliance boundaries.
- Coordinate onboarding milestones with service teams and boundary onboarding leads; validate prerequisites, control ownership, and readiness expectations.
- Advise Microsoft Security service teams on compliance requirements across the service lifecycle, from onboarding through continuous monitoring and audit readiness.
- Monitor service alignment with required controls and the health of supporting documentation using defined readiness mechanisms.
- Identify control implementation, documentation, and ownership gaps; coordinate remediation and track progress to closure.
- Identify process gaps, standardize templates and playbooks, and support maturity models to improve compliance program efficiency, consistency, and scalability.
- Coordinate regulatory assessments, BCDR assessments, audit activities, milestones, dependencies, and deliverables across engineering and compliance stakeholders.
- Support audit and certification readiness for external and internal compliance programs, including ISO, SOC, FedRAMP, customer audits, and other trust-related assessments.
- Coordinate evidence collection, validation, documentation, and submission to ensure audit artifacts meet quality, completeness, and compliance standards.
- Evaluate compliance and BCDR assessment results, identify gaps and risks, and partner with engineering teams on remediation planning and corrective actions through closure.
- Partner with Service Liaisons, Compliance Champs, Business Continuity Leads, Trust partners, and engineering teams to translate compliance requirements into actionable plans and align stakeholders.
- Develop and maintain compliance metrics, dashboards, status reporting, and program health indicators covering audit readiness, remediation progress, and compliance posture.
- Serve as the designated Business Continuity Lead for assigned Microsoft Security Service Groups as needed.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
