In the Microsoft Frontier Company team, you won't just build software; you'll deliver real outcomes for some of the world's most complex organizations.
We are a global team of world-class engineers who have been working in a Forward Deployed Engineering (FDE) model for more than a decade, embedding directly within customer teams to solve their toughest challenges, side-by-side, and shipping production-ready solutions in days, not months.
As a Senior Business Program Manager in the Financial Services Industry engineering group, you will enable customer co-innovation and co-engineering through consistent, scalable business program leadership. You will turn studio strategy and portfolio complexity into clear priorities, coordinated execution, and credible customer impact while sustaining a high-quality experience for customers, partners, and stakeholders. You will combine operational excellence with strategic judgment, measuring success through influence and results rather than the volume of activity.This opportunity will allow you to:
- Develop deep portfolio and business judgment across complex financial-services customer engagements.
- Strengthen your executive influence and narrative leadership while partnering with studio leaders, TPMs, engineers, account teams, and customers.
- Advance responsible AI-enabled business transformation by improving how work is prioritized, governed, measured, and communicated.
This role offers flexible work, including the opportunity to work from home part of the time and travel when required.
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
To stay competitive, you will perform program landscape analysis and examine business trends, while contributing to programs impacting the broader unit. You’ll also identify opportunities to develop and improve programs, and lead program strategy definition and project plan creation.
You will lead others who work with cross-functional stakeholders to design highly complex programs from initiation to delivery. You’ll also lead the definition and tracking of success criteria and performance metrics.
You will share best practices to define and execute on a landing and communication plan, leading the rhythm of business during execution. You’ll also share your expertise to promote the program and gain buy-in from stakeholders, partners, and customers.
As you lead a portfolio of projects, you’ll communicate the program status and risk to stakeholders, and hold them accountable to following the schedule. You’ll also lead cross-team collaboration to ensure program processes are executed efficiently.
You will provide insights to cost-benefit analyses and the evaluation of success metrics, while leading the synthesis of data analytics to derive insights and identify risks and opportunities. You’ll also lead and influence change management processes in the organization.
Embodies our culture and values.
Qualifications
- Bachelor's Degree in Business, Operations, Finance, or related field AND 6+ years experience in program management, process management, or process improvement
- OR equivalent experience.
- Master's Degree in Business, Operations, Finance, or related field AND 8+ years experience in program management, process management, or process improvement
- OR Bachelor's Degree in Business, Operations, Finance, or related field AND 12+ years experience in program management, process management, or process improvement
- OR equivalent experience.
- 8+ years of experience managing cross-functional and/or cross-team projects.
- 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%
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Business Program Management IC5 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $116,900 - $203,600 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 $148,400 - $222,600 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
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.
Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree in Business, Operations, Finance, or a related field, or equivalent experience
- 6+ years of experience in program management, process management, or process improvement, or equivalent experience
- Master's degree in Business, Operations, Finance, or a related field and 8+ years of relevant experience, or bachelor's degree and 12+ years of relevant experience, or equivalent experience
- 8+ years of experience managing cross-functional and/or cross-team projects
- 1+ years of experience in customer-facing technical roles such as consulting, solutions engineering, or field engineering
- Experience with AI/ML technologies, cloud architecture, data engineering, and AI tools and workflows for creating software engineering artifacts
- Willingness to travel up to 25%
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