Microsoft

Principal Technical Program Manager

Microsoft • $142K — $274K *
El Paso, TX 79936In-Person
Technical Services
5 - 7 years of experience
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Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's Degree AND 6+ years experience in relevant fields or equivalent experience
  • 3+ years managing cross-functional projects
  • Bachelor's in Engineering, Business, or related fields preferred with 15+ years in project management
  • 5+ years experience managing cross-team projects preferred
  • Deep expertise in engineering, construction, and infrastructure systems
  • Experience working at the Executive level in large organizations

Responsibilities

  • Define program goals for capital build delivery and prioritize tasks based on business needs
  • Track and communicate project delivery schedules, ensuring timely completion
  • Collaborate with engineering and operations to identify and implement improvements
  • Analyze project outcomes against business goals to drive quality and efficiency
  • Lead architectural reviews and ensure designs meet future needs

Benefits

  • Comprehensive health coverage
  • 401(k) retirement savings plan with company match
  • Generous paid time off policy
  • Professional development and training opportunities
  • Flexible work arrangements and remote work options
Full Job Description
Overview

Join a team that clears the path for you to thrive. As a Principal Technical Program Manager on the Datacenter End-to-End Build Delivery team, you will help drive the most ambitious infrastructure programs of their kind, from vision to live operations. Data Center End-to-End Build Delivery is the group that runs the end-to-end program management of building and delivering Microsoft datacenters - taking a datacenter from design and approval through construction, fit-out, commissioning, and handoff to operations. As a Technical Program Manager, you own the schedules, cross-functional delivery, and execution risk for these capital build programs. This is the get the datacenter built and online function inside Cloud Operations and Innovation - the same organization your work supports.

Your work will be critical to Microsoft's strategy as you help deliver the largest data center in the world to date in Pecos, Texas. You will play a significant role in increasing our ability to deliver on customer capacity in the cloud, supporting transformative workloads like artificial intelligence across the globe. Your expertise in coordinating large-scale cross-functional initiatives will directly impact Microsoft's ability to deliver trusted, scalable cloud solutions to millions.

Responsibilities

  • Define program goals and prioritization for capital build delivery, translating business needs and technical requirements into actionable plans and risk mitigation strategies across multiple cross-functional partners.


  • Track, coordinate, and communicate end-to-end project and delivery schedules, driving accountability and process improvements to ensure datacenter builds are completed on time and within scope.


  • Partner with engineering, design, construction, and operations teams to lead root-cause analysis and drive continuous improvement in supportability, efficiency, and live-site incident management.


  • Analyze use-case outcomes against business goals and performance targets, championing quality and leveraging advanced automation to optimize project delivery and operational performance.


  • Collaborate on architecture and integrated customer solutions, ensuring future proof designs and leading the review of documentation and technical proposals.


Qualifications

Required/Minimum 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.


Background Check 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.


Preferred Qualifications

  • Bachelor's Degree in Engineering, Business, Construction Management AND 15+ years experience in planning, project management, and execution across large-scale complex organizations OR equivalent experience.


  • 5+ years of experience managing cross-functional and/or cross-team projects.


  • Demonstrates deep subject matter expertise on key functional areas of engineering, procurement, construction, mechanical, electrical, networking, and building automation systems.


  • Comfortable working at the Executive level within a highly matrixed organization.


  • Experience driving execution with large complex infrastructure projects.


  • Technical program management experience managing scope, schedule, budget, contracts, quality, people, risk, and communications.


  • Demonstrated leadership skills and experience working with large and diverse teams.


  • Understanding of business and financial objectives.


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Technical Program Management IC5 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $142,800 - $274,800 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 $188,000 - $304,200 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.

About Microsoft

Microsoft is an American multinational corporation that develops, manufactures, licenses, supports, and sells a range of software products and services. Microsoft’s devices and consumer (D&C) licensing segment licenses the Windows operating system and related software, Microsoft Office for consumers, and the Windows Phone operating system. The company’s computing and gaming hardware segment provides Xbox gaming and entertainment consoles and accessories, second-party and third-party video games, and Xbox Live subscriptions; surface devices and accessories; and Microsoft PC accessories. Its phone hardware segment offers Lumia smartphones and other non-Lumia phones. Its D&C segment provides Windows Store, Xbox Live transactions, and Windows phone store; search advertising; display advertising; Office 365 Home and Office 365 Personal; first-party video games; and other consumer products and services as well as operating retail stores. Microsoft’s commercial licensing segments license server products, including Windows Server, Microsoft SQL Server, Visual Studio, System Center, and related Client Access Licenses (CALs); Windows Embedded; Windows operating system; Microsoft Office for business, including Office, Exchange, SharePoint, Lync, and related CALs; Microsoft Dynamics business solutions; and Skype. Its commercial segment offers enterprise services, including premier support services and Microsoft consulting services; commercial cloud comprising Office 365 Commercial, other Microsoft Office online offerings, Dynamics CRM Online, and Microsoft Azure; and other commercial products and online services. The company markets and distributes its products through original equipment manufacturers, distributors, and resellers, as well as online.

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Size
181,000 employees
Market Cap
$1,762.4 billion
Industry
Enterprise Technology
Net Income
$51.3 billion
Founded
1975
5 Year Trend
+15.5%
Revenue
$153.2 billion
NASDAQ
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