[Hiring] Principal Technical Program Manager @Microsoft

Role Description

In the Microsoft Frontier Company Engineering team, you won’t just build software; you’ll deliver real outcomes for some of the world’s most complex organizations. As a Principal Technical Program Manager, you will embed with strategic customers to lead complex technical programs, owning the full customer journey from problem definition through delivery and driving measurable business outcomes.

• Lead complex technical programs from problem definition through to delivered outcomes.
• Drive decisions that directly influence business strategy and customer outcomes.
• Collaborate with leading global organizations across industries.
• Apply the latest advancements in AI and engineering workflows to deliver value at scale.

Responsibilities

• Embed with strategic customers to lead complex technical programs with high autonomy, aligning business needs with engineering solutions across AI, cloud, and data.
• Take ownership of the customer journey end-to-end, from problem definition through co-engineering delivery to measurable business outcomes.
• Apply AI-assisted engineering practices as a daily operating mode.
• Operate fluently in engineering tooling (e.g., VS Code, GitHub, AI agents) as primary work surfaces for planning, documentation, and technical program leadership.
• Validate AI-generated outputs with domain expertise to maintain quality at speed.
• Navigate ambiguity in customer environments with self-direction and high ownership.
• Make technical and program decisions with incomplete information, proactively identify opportunities and manage risks, providing data-driven recommendations to stakeholders.
• Champion and cultivate reusable solution patterns, open-source assets, and engineering playbooks that scale impact beyond individual engagements.
• Contribute to the broader engineering community through knowledge sharing and best practices.
• Partner with multi-disciplinary engineering teams (software engineers, data scientists, designers) to evaluate, design, and deliver AI-powered cloud solutions side-by-side with customer engineers.
• Give key stakeholders data-driven recommendations based on identified risks and tradeoffs.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree AND 6+ years experience in engineering, product/technical program management, data analysis, or product development OR equivalent experience.
• 3+ years of experience managing cross-functional and/or cross-team projects.

Requirements

• Microsoft is unable to sponsor a work visa for this role due to the nature of the role’s job duties.

Additional or Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree AND 12+ years experience in engineering, product/technical program management, data analysis, or product development OR equivalent experience.
• 8+ 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).
• 1+ years of experience in customer-facing technical roles (e.g., consulting, solutions engineering, field engineering, or similar).
• Experience with AI/ML technologies, cloud architecture, data engineering, and using AI tools and workflows in creating software engineering artifacts.
• Enjoy travel and are comfortable with travel up to 25%.

Compensation

• The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $142,800 - $274,800 per year.
• The base pay range for this role in the San Francisco Bay area and New York City metropolitan area is USD $188,000 - $304,200 per year.

Company Description

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.