Technical Program Manager

Microsoft

About The Position

The Microsoft Azure Compute Host and Infrastructure Program Management (PM) team leads horizontal customer experiences and platform capabilities across Azure Compute Services. The team develops modern solutions that strengthen performance, reliability, speeds and feeds, and other core areas to ensure the platform provides a dependable environment for mission‑critical applications running on Azure. This work is supported by a global‑scale big‑data foundation combined with Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML) techniques, distributed systems approaches, and deep systems expertise that enable innovation and allow Microsoft to design and operate datacenters in ways not previously possible with traditional methods.This organization builds the cloud platform that underpins Microsoft’s services and is well suited for individuals interested in cloud computing, large‑scale distributed systems engineering challenges, and advanced technology operating at a massive scale. The environment offers opportunities to grow within a cloud services platform that targets levels of scale and availability not found elsewhere in the industry.The team is seeking a Technical Program Manager to lead cross‑team development efforts and collaborate with groups across the full breadth of Azure. The work centers on platform experiences that support services such as Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS), Azure Virtual Machines (VMs), Azure Cloud Services, and additional compute offerings, ensuring that engineering teams can deliver high‑quality, scalable, and reliable solutions. Microsoft’s mission is to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more. As employees, we come together with a growth mindset, innovate to empower others and collaborate to realize our shared goals. Each day we build on our values of respect, integrity, and accountability to create a culture of inclusion where everyone can thrive at work and beyond.

Requirements

Bachelor's Degree OR equivalent experience
Ability to meet Microsoft, customer and/or government security screening requirements are required for this role.
Microsoft Cloud Background Check: This position will be required to pass the Microsoft Cloud Background Check upon hire/transfer and every two years thereafter.

Nice To Haves

Bachelor's Degree AND 2+ years experience engineering, product/technical program management, data analysis, or product development
Experience with Distributed Systems and AI / Cloud Infrastructure OR equivalent experience
1+ year(s) of experience managing cross-functional and/or cross-team projects
1+ year(s) of experience reading and/or writing code (e.g., sample documentation, product demos)

Responsibilities

Act as a technical lead in the cloud infrastructure space, partnering with senior developers and architects to design, reason about, and evolve large‑scale, fault‑tolerant, high‑performance platforms underpinning next‑generation Azure SKUs.
Demonstrate judgment across system design tradeoffs spanning compute, storage, networking, reliability, performance, security, and operability.
Own and drive end‑to-end architectural alignment across hardware, firmware, software, and control plane components—ensuring that new platform capabilities and SKUs are architected holistically for Azure‑scale deployment, long‑term fleet sustainability, and operational excellence.
Partner with a cross‑functional execution team spanning hardware engineering, software development, capacity planning, supply chain, and datacenter operations to orchestrate the full lifecycle of highly complex SKUs: architectural definition, development, planning, buildout, validation, and eventual production launch into the Azure fleet.
Lead architecture and design tradeoff discussions across organizations by authoring and reviewing technical proposals, evaluating alternative system designs, and driving consensus on scalable solutions. Translate complex distributed‑systems concepts into clear recommendations for engineering, operations, and business leadership.
Serve as a technical integrator across organizational boundaries, identifying architectural gaps, systemic risks, and cross‑stack dependencies that emerge only at fleet scale. Proactively drive alignment and decision‑making across Azure and Microsoft partner teams to ensure coherent, end‑to-end system behavior.
Define and own program goals, technical success criteria, and prioritized roadmaps for the systems and SKUs under management. Translate ambiguous platform requirements, partner constraints, and customer needs into execution plans grounded in architectural realities, capacity constraints, and long‑term platform strategy.
Drive architecturally informed risk management, anticipating scale, performance, reliability, supply chain, and operational risks early in the design and planning phases. Use data, telemetry, and operational insights to influence design adjustments and de‑risk large‑scale rollouts.
Establish and track system‑level success metrics (OKRs and KPIs) including reliability, performance, scalability, cost efficiency, and customer impact. Partner with engineering and operations teams to ensure the right telemetry and diagnostics are built into the platform and used to guide decisions.
Lead execution across planning and delivery, coordinating milestones, capacity readiness, pilot deployments, and production launches while maintaining architectural integrity and technical rigor in a fast-moving, highly ambiguous environment.
Build and sustain trusted technical partnerships across partner organizations, creating win‑win engagements that align architectural direction, execution accountability, and long‑term fleet outcomes.