Overview

The Azure Core Trusted Platform team safeguards Microsoft's foundational cloud infrastructure by ensuring that our engineering systems, services, and workflows meet the highest bars for security, privacy, and regulatory compliance. Microsoft runs on trust, and we build the platform level capabilities that make safe by default, compliant engineering possible across Azure—embedding transparency, traceability, and automated safeguards directly into how engineers build and operate services leveraging AI through agentic workflows, intelligent automation, and privacy aware generation and validation to solve traditionally complex compliance and safety challenges in scalable, creative ways.

We are currently seeking a Senior Technical Program Manager who is ready to tackle diverse challenges to support our privacy and compliance engineering efforts. If you are someone who is looking for technical disruption and is deeply committed to safeguarding Microsoft and customer assets in the cloud, the Azure Core Trusted Platform team has the ideal role for you.

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.

Responsibilities

• Work with feature teams as to design technical solutions. You will also identify risks, escalating them to senior levels when needed.
• Work with feature teams to develop, refine, and optimize generative AI prompts for superior accuracy and engagement across various applications.
• Defines success criteria and performance metrics (e.g., objectives and key results [OKRs], key performance indicators [KPIs] such as quality and performance) for programs, solutions, services, or integrated systems with limited supervision. Works with partners and/or stakeholders (e.g., Engineering, Design) to ensure needed telemetry is developed with guidance. Understands and presents the return on investment.
• Partners with the relevant technical and business teams to contribute, prioritize, and deliver on the roadmap for multiple features with minimal supervision. Learns the value proposition for multiple features and answers technical questions of multiple features they own. Drives features that utilize AI and ensure they meet quality, security, and ethical standards.
• Contributes to the definition of program(s) goals and provides input to the prioritization for multiple features (e.g., product, service, systems) they own. Translates the needs of their team into program goals and prioritized deliverables using data-focused analysis, in collaboration with others. Identifies risks and proposes mitigations. Uses data (e.g., telemetry, usage, net satisfaction, customer satisfaction) and tools (e.g., artificial intelligence, automation) to build more informed risk mitigation plans with minimal guidance.

Qualifications

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree AND 2+ years experience in engineering, product/technical program management, data analysis, or product development OR equivalent experience.
• 1+ year(s) of experience managing cross-functional and/or cross-team projects.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree AND 5+ years experience engineering, product/technical program management, data analysis, or product development OR equivalent experience.
• 4+ years 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).

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.

This position will be open for a minimum of 5 days, with applications accepted on an ongoing basis until the position is filled.

Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, citizenship, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, immigration status, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran or military status, race, ethnicity, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable local laws, regulations and ordinances. If you need assistance with religious accommodations and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application process, read more about requesting accommodations.