Microsoft

Senior Security Program Manager

Microsoft • $119K — $234K *
Redmond, WA 98052In-Person
Information Technology
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Qualifications

  • Master's or Bachelor's Degree in related field (Statistics, Mathematics, Computer Science, Risk Management, Cyber Security) with at least 3-8 years experience in relevant areas.
  • Experience in software development lifecycle and large scale computing.
  • Proficiency in threat modeling, cyber security, and anomaly detection.
  • Ability to meet Microsoft and governmental security screening requirements.
  • Strong background in security research, particularly in vulnerability discovery.

Responsibilities

  • Drive risk assessments across OS, firmware, and hardware dependencies.
  • Translate emerging threats and vulnerability trends into actionable insights.
  • Evolve the security assurance process for a scalable, risk-based approach.
  • Lead cross-team security initiatives, ensuring stakeholder alignment.
  • Influence cross-functional teams to prioritize security risks and mitigation strategies.
  • Oversee end-to-end execution on impactful security efforts, tracking measurable outcomes.

Benefits

  • Eligibility for Microsoft Cloud background check every two years.
  • Participation in health and wellness programs.
  • Opportunity to work on high-impact security initiatives.
  • Collaboration with a diverse and skilled team in a leading tech environment.
Full Job Description
Overview

The Microsoft Windows Security team is responsible for protecting billions of Windows devices by driving platform-level security, risk reduction, and resilient-by-design engineering across the Windows ecosystem.

We are seeking a Senior Security Program Manager to lead our end-to-end security assurance effort including security compliance, risk assessment, and supporting our vulnerability research and security tooling effortsacross Windows. This role sits at the intersection of platform security architecture, threat intelligence, vulnerability discovery, and execution, with broad influence across Windows engineering and other internal and external security assurance and research partners.

Responsibilities

  • Drive the Windows EnS security risk assessment framework by executing systematic identification, prioritization, and tracking of security risks across OS, firmware, silicon, drivers, and ecosystem dependencies.
  • Partner deeply with engineering, architecture, and threat intelligence teams to translate emerging threats, vulnerability trends, and attacker techniques into clear, actionable insights and platform improvements.
  • Execute and evolve the security assurance process for Windows teams, enabling a scalable, risk-based approach that supports shared responsibility while ensuring consistent security review coverage and compliance.
  • Lead cross-team security initiatives and coordination by driving planning, aligning stakeholders, and ensuring effective PM coverage across key areas of the team's charter.
  • Influence without authority by building solid partnerships across EnS security engineering and partner teams, ensuring alignment on priorities, risks, and mitigation strategies.
  • Deliver end-to-end execution on high-impact security efforts, from problem definition through implementation, tracking measurable outcomes and continuously improving processes.


Qualifications

Required Qualifications:

  • Master's Degree in Statistics, Mathematics, Computer Science, Risk Management, Cyber Security, or related field AND 3+ years experience in software development lifecycle, large scale computing, threat modeling, cyber security, or anomaly detection.
    • OR Bachelor's Degree in Statistics, Mathematics, Computer Science, Risk Management, Cyber Security, or related field AND 4+ years experience in software development lifecycle, large scale computing, threat modeling, cyber security, or anomaly detection.
    • OR equivalent experience.

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 Cloud background check upon hire/transfer and every two years thereafter.


Preferred Qualifications:

  • Master's Degree in Statistics, Mathematics, Computer Science, or related field AND 6+ years experience in security or related field.
    • OR Bachelor's Degree in Statistics, Mathematics, Computer Science, or related field AND 8+ years experience in security or related field.
    • OR equivalent experience.
  • Ability to create clarity, energy, and cohesion across the team.
  • Ability to influence and drive security initiatives across groups.
  • 10+ years of experience in a software engineering or security-related engineering.
  • Demonstrated experience in security research, especially around vulnerability discovery.
  • Experience exploiting bugs and bypassing security mitigations in operating systems.
  • Familiarity with Microsoft Windows architecture.


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Security Assurance IC4 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $119,800.00 - $234,700.00 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 $160,200.00 - $261,000.00 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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181,000 employees
Market Cap
$1,762.4 billion
Industry
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Net Income
$51.3 billion
Founded
1975
5 Year Trend
+15.5%
Revenue
$153.2 billion
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