Microsoft Specialized Clouds (MSC) is seeking a Senior Technical Program Manager to help drive the growth, execution, and operational excellence of PLx. This role sits at the intersection of strategy, customer engagement, engineering execution, and service delivery. The successful candidate will partner closely with engineering, operations, and customers to deliver mission-critical cloud capabilities supporting government and regulated workloads.
This individual will serve as a trusted leader across the business, helping coordinate strategic initiatives, remove execution blockers, improve operational rigor, and represent PLx in senior-level customer and executive engagements. The ideal candidate combines strong program management fundamentals with business acumen, and a bias for action
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Responsibilities
- Drive execution of strategic PLx initiatives from planning through delivery.
- Improve operational efficiency through process definition, automation, and continuous improvement initiatives.
- Coordinate cross-functional efforts spanning engineering, operations, security, compliance, finance, and business teams.
- Support executive and customer engagements by developing briefing materials, tracking commitments, and driving follow-through on actions.
- Develop and maintain business rhythms, operational reviews, status reporting, and leadership communications.
- Identify trends across customer engagements and operational data to inform investment decisions, roadmap priorities, and service improvements.
Qualifications
Required/minimum qualifications
Bachelor's Degree AND 4+ years experience in engineering, product/technical program management, data analysis, or product development OR equivalent experience.
2+ years of experience managing cross-functional and/or cross-team projects
Security Clearance Requirements: Candidates must be able to meet Microsoft, customer and/or government security screening requirements for this role. These requirements include, but are not limited to, the following specialized security screenings:
Additional or preferred qualifications
Bachelor's Degree AND 8+ years experience engineering, product/technical program management, data analysis, or product development OR equivalent experience.
6+ 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).
Technical Program Management IC4 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $119,800 - $234,700 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 $160,200 - $261,000 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.
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Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree and 4+ years of experience in engineering, product or technical program management, data analysis, or product development, or equivalent experience
- 2+ years of experience managing cross-functional or cross-team projects
- Active U.S. Government Top Secret security clearance with access to Sensitive Compartmented Information (TS/SCI)
- Ability to meet Microsoft, customer, and government security screening requirements before and after employment
- Successful clearance verification and Microsoft Cloud background check
- Bachelor's degree and 8+ years of experience in engineering, product or technical program management, data analysis, or product development, or equivalent experience
- 6+ years of experience managing cross-functional or cross-team projects
- 1+ year of experience reading or writing code
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