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Posted date: Sep 26, 2025
There have been 149 jobs posted with the title of Principal Technical Program Manager all time at Microsoft.There have been 149 Principal Technical Program Manager jobs posted in the last month.
Category: Program Management
Location: Multiple Locations, Multiple Locations
Estimated salary: $222,050
Range: $139,900 - $304,200
Employment type: Full-Time
Travel amount: 25.0%
Work location type: 0 days / week in-office - remote
Role: Individual Contributor
Description
The Microsoft Azure Core Compute Program Management (PM) team drives cross team engagement spanning the breadth of Azure from general purpose to high performance to AI computing. We focus on the area of Compute Infrastructure as a Service (Compute IaaS) from product design/definition to silicon/hardware/software design to implementation/growth/sustaining. Our mandate: deliver secure, efficient, high performance, highly reliable, deterministic compute that customers trust for their most mission critical applications.As we extend the platform for what’s next, we’re hiring a Principal Technical Program Manager to lead division wide initiatives across Azure Host and Azure Boost. This role sits at the center of C&AI priorities for customer experience and platform competitiveness. You’ll drive services with availability and scale targets that raise the industry bar. You’re passionate about compute, fluent at the hardware–software boundary, and bring deep technical and analytical rigor. You influence across groups, turn ambiguity into outcomes, and have a track record of delivering large scale services. Above all, you’re customer obsessed, inventive, and bring a can do mindset that lifts the entire team.
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.
• Drive end to end program ownership: Lead planning and execution for complex, cross team Azure Compute scenarios informed by customer insights and data. • Shape product strategy: Define clear, measurable goals and roadmaps that align with organizational priorities and deliver incremental customer value.
• Partner across engineering: Collaborate with development teams on architecture, trade offs, and delivery plans that balance quality, performance, and time to market.
• Champion customer outcomes: Engage directly with customers and stakeholders to identify scenarios, validate priorities, and ensure solutions meet real world needs.
• Influence at scale: Build strong, win win partnerships across Azure and Microsoft to accelerate adoption and deliver platform level impact.
• Communicate with clarity: Prepare and deliver high quality executive reviews, distilling complex technical and business context into actionable insights.
• Foster alignment and energy: Drive clarity through effective meetings, crisp goals, and transparent progress tracking across multiple teams.
Qualifications
Required Qualifications:Bachelor's Degree AND 6+ years experience in engineering, product/technical program managementOR equivalent experience.3+ years of experience managing cross-functional and/or cross-team projects.3+ years of experience with Azure (Compute IaaS, host/virtualization, platform services) or equivalent cloud platforms.Other Requirements:Ability 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: Microsoft Cloud Background Check: This position will be required to pass the Microsoft Cloud Background Check upon hire/transfer and every two years thereafter. Preferred Qualifications:
Bachelor's Degree AND 10+ years experience in engineering, product/technical program managementOR equivalent experience.8+ years of experience managing cross-functional and/or cross-team projects.8+ years experience delivering concise written narratives and clear, confident executive presentations.6+ years experience with end-to-end program ownership: strategy/OKRs, planning, execution, launch, and operational excellence.4+ years of experience mentoring and elevating TPM/engineering practices across an organization.4+ years of experience reading and/or writing code (e.g., sample documentation, product demos).4+ years of experience with Azure (Compute IaaS, host/virtualization, platform services) or equivalent cloud platforms.2+ years exposure to the hardware–software boundary (e.g., silicon acceleration, hypervisor/host, drivers, platform services).Technical Program Management IC5 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $139,900 - $274,800 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 $188,000 - $304,200 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 10, 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.
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