Principal Technical Program Manager at Microsoft

Redmond, Washington, United States -

Full Time

Start Date

Immediate

Expiry Date

12 Mar, 26

Salary

296400.0

Posted On

12 Dec, 25

Experience

10 year(s) or above

Remote Job

Yes

Telecommute

Yes

Sponsor Visa

Skills

Security Products, Data Analysis, Cross-Functional Management, Technical Program Management, Automation Coding, Customer Engagement, Performance Measurement, AI Integration, Technical Writing, Collaboration, Benchmarking, Product Development, Technical Advising, Problem Solving, Communication, Technical Presentations

Industry

Software Development

Description

Overview Security represents the most critical priorities for our customers in a world awash in digital threats, regulatory scrutiny, and estate complexity. Microsoft Security aspires to make the world a safer place for all. We want to reshape security and empower every user, customer, and developer with a security cloud that protects them with end to end, simplified solutions. The Microsoft Security organization accelerates Microsoft’s mission and bold ambitions to ensure that our company and industry is securing digital technology platforms, devices, and clouds in our customers’ heterogeneous environments, as well as ensuring the security of our own internal estate. Are you excited by the possibility to make one of the world's most crucial security systems better? Do you want to innovate quickly and improve how Microsoft measures itself and aligns resources to the most important features and performance gaps? Do you like to learn about products across the entire security ecosystem? Can you stay current with security related AI product releases? This may be an opportunity for you. The security team seeks a motivated, experienced Principal Technical Security Program Manager to join our benchmarking team. We are looking for someone who can dig into hard engineering problems, measure the core fundamentals of our systems, evaluate exciting new features, and drive executive reviews at the most senior levels. 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. In alignment with our Microsoft values, we are committed to cultivating an inclusive work environment for all employees to positively impact our culture every day. Responsibilities Investigate, analyze, and measure security products effectiveness and performance against alternative solutions. Collaborate with multiple product teams to design and implement repeatable measurements using a data-driven approach capable of measuring the full stack including AI elements. Collaborate with data science teams to understand and identify detection gaps, capabilities, assumptions, and improvements. Be involved in customer conversations to identify opportunities, gaps and concerns. Work directly on security reviews, complex automation coding and approval workflows across multiple teams. Identifying the “top” customer pain points in UX using multiple techniques to acquire the data. Study security products to understand and communicate dependencies and utilization/limits of underlying resource capabilities. Collaborate with other engineers to develop a world class multi-cloud performance framework and reporting system. Acts as a technical advisor to educate and evangelize competitive strengths and weaknesses across divisional boundaries. Experienced writer and technical content presenter to all audiences and technical levels. Embody our culture and values Qualifications Required/Minimum Qualifications: Bachelor's Degree AND 8+ years experience in engineering, product/technical program management, data analysis, or product development OR equivalent experience. 6+ years experience managing cross-functional and/or cross-team projects. 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 background and Microsoft Cloud background check upon hire/transfer and every two years thereafter. Preferred Qualifications: Bachelor's Degree AND 15+ years experience in engineering, product/technical program management, data analysis, or product development OR equivalent experience. 10+ years experience managing cross-functional and/or cross-team projects. 1+ year(s) experience reading and/or writing code (e.g., sample documentation, product demos). 2+ years evaluating system performance using common industry and custom benchmarks. 2+ years presenting to senior management strategy/product assessments 1+ years using AI across various engineering workflows Technical Program Management IC6 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $163,000 - $296,400 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 $220,800 - $331,200 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 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.

Responsibilities

Investigate and measure the effectiveness of security products while collaborating with multiple teams to implement data-driven measurements. Engage with customers to identify pain points and work on security reviews and automation workflows.