Microsoft

Senior Technical Program Manager

Microsoft$119K — $234K *
Information Technology
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's Degree with 4+ years in engineering, product/technical program management, data analysis, or product development, or equivalent experience.
  • 4+ years in program management or engineering, preferably with developer tools and partner-facing products.
  • 2+ years managing cross-functional projects.
  • Experience in building software products with diverse engineering teams.
  • Strong communication skills for creating technical documentation and executive presentations.
  • Familiarity with Windows assessment and validation tools such as ADK or WHQL.

Responsibilities

  • Own the strategy for toolkit assessments in the Windows device ecosystem, defining roadmap and priorities.
  • Drive reliable releases for key kits while ensuring quality gates and documentation support.
  • Collaborate with engineering teams to align assessments with device usage and evolution.
  • Partner with device makers to enhance pre-ship quality and streamline the device lifecycle.
  • Evolve validation and certification requirements by improving partner communication and readiness processes.
  • Develop partner enablement resources including documentation and training.
  • Utilize data and AI in assessment triage to accelerate root-cause analysis.

Benefits

  • Comprehensive training and professional development opportunities.
  • Access to cutting-edge tools and technologies.
  • Collaborative work environment with cross-functional teams.
  • Involvement in impactful projects within the Windows device ecosystem.
Full Job Description
Overview

In this Senior Technical Program Manager role you own the assessment and validation toolkit layer for the Windows device ecosystem. You define the strategy for the kits and assessments partners rely on, drive predictable releases, keep standards aligned to real-world quality signals, and turn validation data into guidance partners and engineering teams can act on.

Responsibilities
  • Own the assessment and validation toolkit strategy for the Windows ecosystem, including roadmap, priorities, release planning, and partner value.
  • Drive reliable releases for key kits and assessments, with clear quality gates, partner readiness, documentation, and support plans.
  • Keep assessments relevant to how devices are built and used, partnering with engineering teams on what to measure, how to measure it, and how to evolve the standards over time.
  • Partner with device makers and silicon partners to improve pre-ship quality, make validation issues easier to diagnose, and reduce friction in the device build-and-ship lifecycle.
  • Help evolve system-level validation and certification requirements, including partner communications, readiness milestones, exception handling, and escalation paths.
  • Build scalable partner enablement through documentation, training, conference labs, community support, and self-service experiences that help partners resolve common issues faster.
  • Bring data and AI into assessment triage, using telemetry, results pipelines, and insights to find patterns, explain failures, and accelerate root-cause analysis.


Qualifications

Required Qualifications:
  • Bachelor's Degree AND 4+ years experience in engineering, product/technical program management, data analysis, or product development.
    • OR equivalent experience.

Preferred Qualifications:
  • 4+ years in program management or engineering, ideally in developer tools, SDKs, platform ecosystems, hardware validation, or partner-facing technical products.
  • 2+ years of experience managing cross-functional and/or cross-team projects.
  • Experience with developer tools, SDKs, validation tools, hardware ecosystem programs, or partner-facing platform products.
  • Experience building software products, tools, or platforms with diverse engineering teams and external stakeholders.
  • Experience working across engineering, validation, support, legal, marketing, and field teams to drive decisions and deliver outcomes.
  • Excellent written and verbal communication, including specs, decision memos, partner-facing guidance, executive updates, and technical presentations.
  • Familiarity with Windows assessment, deployment, validation, or certification tools such as ADK, WAT, HLK, WHQL, or WHCP, or comparable tools in another platform ecosystem.

#W+DJOBS

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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