Microsoft

Principal Technical Program Manager

Microsoft$142K — $274K *
Information Technology
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's Degree with 6+ years in engineering, product management, or data analysis.
  • 3+ years managing cross-functional projects.
  • 12+ years experience in engineering or product management preferred.
  • 8+ years managing cross-team projects preferred.
  • 1+ year writing or reading code is a plus.
  • 5+ years in research as part of a research program preferred.
  • Experience developing and deploying products throughout all product life cycle stages.

Responsibilities

  • Drive AI transformation initiatives from conception to deployment.
  • Collaborate with engineering teams using strong technical judgment.
  • Manage multiple complex initiatives, prioritizing tasks and mitigating risks.
  • Translate operational needs into actionable plans and outcomes.
  • Provide leadership that creates clarity and alignment among teams.
  • Map measurable impacts and feedback loops for iterative improvement.
  • Build partnerships across teams to scale successful transformations.
  • Incorporate security and compliance into program execution.

Benefits

  • Health, dental, and vision insurance.
  • Generous paid time off and holidays.
  • Retirement savings plan with employer match.
  • Professional development opportunities.
  • Flexible work hours and remote work options.
Full Job Description
Overview

As a Technical Program Manager, you will bring technical and program leadership to turn AI transformation opportunities into solutions that deliver measurable operational impact. You'll work across small, multidisciplinary teams and business stakeholders to translate goals into executable plans, align dependencies and decisions, and drive initiatives from early experimentation through deployment, adoption, and scale.

Responsibilities
  • Drive AI transformation initiatives from ambiguous opportunities through experimentation, implementation, adoption, and scale.
  • Partner deeply with engineering teams, applying strong technical judgment to understand designs, tradeoffs, and emerging AI and agentic capabilities.
  • Lead multiple complex initiatives in parallel, establishing priorities, managing dependencies and risks, and maintaining execution velocity.
  • Translate business and operational needs into clear outcomes, success measures, plans, and ownership.
  • Provide cross-functional leadership, creating clarity, driving decisions, and aligning teams in fast-moving and ambiguous environments.
  • Drive measurable operational impact through clear business metrics, evaluation, telemetry, and feedback loops that inform iteration and scaling decisions.
  • Build trusted partnerships across Frontier and identify reusable patterns and approaches that enable successful transformations to scale.
  • Ensure security, privacy, Responsible AI, and compliance requirements are incorporated throughout program execution.


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.


Additional or Preferred Qualifications:
  • Bachelor's Degree AND 12+ years experience 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).
  • 5+ years experience conducting research as part of a research program (in academic or industry settings).
    5+ yearsexperience developing and deploying live production systems, as part of a product team.
  • 5+ years experience developing and deploying products or systems at multiple points in the product cycle from ideation to shipping.


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.

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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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