Job is more than 1 month old.
Job Details
Posted date: Oct 21, 2025
Category: Governance, Risk, & Compliance
Location: Redmond, WA
Estimated salary: $217,250
Range: $130,900 - $303,600
Employment type: Full-Time
Travel amount: 50.0%
Work location type: Fully on-site
Role: Individual Contributor
Description
As a Principal Risk Manager you will enable Microsoft Sovereign Cloud (MSC) senior leaders to operate with agility at scale – at headquarters, on the road, and during complex customer/partner engagements – by building, operating, and continuously improving a discreet, data-driven operations program. The role integrates operations management, customer / partner event coordination and risk management into a cohesive operating model.You will exhibit:
Leadership in Ambiguity
Steps into uncharted situations with senior government, defense, and intelligence counterparts, frames the problem quickly, sets decision guardrails, and moves cross-functional teams to action – owning outcomes when the path isn’t obvious. Decision Velocity at Scale
Builds mechanisms – rhythm of business and pre-approved playbooks – that compress decision making cycles during high-stakes engagements.
Executive Presence & Rigor
Exudes clarity and calm under pressure; runs the program by metrics (on-time answers to critical questions, alert-to-action time, incident prevention).
Conflict Resolution
The ability to manage conflict, disharmony, and strife among people and situations, while recognizing and addressing sensitivities.
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.
Program Leadership & Governance
Design and run the executive operations program: policies, SOPs, and risk governance.Establish a risk mitigation playbook (planning, pre briefings, risk assessments, and post debriefings).Operations Planning and Execution
For hosted engagements, coordinate with visiting customer / partner teams, and leverage the company’s internal resources where feasible; when capacity, scope, or skill gaps exist, source and manage external support in line with executive standards.Maintain discreet, high-trust access to relevant business context to tailor engagement plans to business objectives.Asset Assessment, Risk Modeling, and Gap Closure
Map current company assets and services and document to cover requirements.Develop operational models for engagements.Rank-order risk mitigations by impact / feasibility; brief executive team on options and own execution of the agreed plan.Vendor Strategy & Contract Leadership
Identify where specialized capabilities are needed.Run the full vendor life cycle (requirements, market scan, due diligence, SOW / KPIs, onboarding, and performance management; integrate outputs into the operating plan.Embody our culture and values.
Qualifications
Required/Minimum Qualifications:Bachelor's Degree AND 8+ years experience in risk management, privacy, security, compliance, government intelligence, operations, and/or finance OR 10+ years experience in risk management, privacy, security, compliance, government intelligence, operations, and/or finance OR equivalent experience.8+ years demonstrated success leading in non-permissive and politically sensitive environments: Led small, cross-functional teams on high-stakes tasks where the environment is ambiguous and the stakeholders are nuanced (joint, interagency, and coalition).
Other Requirements:
Security Clearance Requirements: Candidates must be able to meet Microsoft, customer and/or government security screening requirements are required for this role. These requirements include, but are not limited to the following specialized security screenings:
The successful candidate must have an active U.S. Government Top Secret Clearance with access to Sensitive Compartmented Information (SCI) based on a Single Scope Background Investigation (SSBI) with Polygraph. Ability to meet Microsoft, customer and/or government security screening requirements are required for this role. Failure to maintain or obtain the appropriate U.S. Government clearance and/or customer screening requirements may result in employment action up to and including termination.Clearance Verification: This position requires successful verification of the stated security clearance to meet federal government customer requirements. You will be asked to provide clearance verification information prior to an offer of employment.Microsoft Cloud Background Check: This position will be required to pass the Microsoft Cloud background check upon hire/transfer and every two years thereafter.Citizenship & Citizenship Verification: This position requires verification of U.S. citizenship due to citizenship-based legal restrictions. Specifically, this position supports United States federal, state, and/or local United States government agency customer and is subject to certain citizenship-based restrictions where required or permitted by applicable law. To meet this legal requirement, citizenship will be verified via a valid passport, or other approved documents, or verified US government Clearance
Preferred/Additional Qualifications:
Operations leadership in complex environments: Experience planning, briefing, and leading complex operations with limited guidance.Experience liaising with government defense / intelligence / law enforcement leaders: Comfortable liaising with foreign and domestic public-sector counterparts and integrating their requirements.Discretion and Governance: Impeccable judgement with sensitive business context and personal data; instinctively operates under “minimum necessary” and need-to-know.
Risk Management IC6 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $130,900 - $277,200 per year. There is a different range applicable to specific work locations, within the San Francisco Bay area and New York City metropolitan area, and the base pay range for this role in those locations is USD $165,600 - $303,600 per year.
Certain roles may be eligible for benefits and other compensation. Find additional benefits and pay information here: https://careers.microsoft.com/us/en/us-corporate-pay
Microsoft will accept applications for the role until October 26, 2025.
Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran status, race, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable laws, regulations and ordinances. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. If you need assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application or the recruiting process, please send a request via the Accommodation request form.
Benefits/perks listed below may vary depending on the nature of your employment with Microsoft and the country where you work.
#Silver
Check out other jobs at Microsoft.