Senior Technical Program Manager

Are you passionate about cloud computing, large scale distributed systems engineering problems and working on bleeding edge technology at massive scale? The Microsoft Azure Storage Engineering team is looking for a Senior Technical Program Manager to work on a unique and highly visible role with major scope to drive programs to enhance our software infrastructure to improve our platform reliability and scalability.

As a Senior Technical Program Manager, You will be responsible for working with software engineering teams on proof of concepts, prototyping, product requirements, design, and establishing and managing program schedules for large scale Azure Storage software infrastructure programs to improve scalability and reliability of the service. You will have the opportunity to solve some of the toughest problems in hyperscale cloud platforms, identify and recommend business investments in a broad range of technical areas, and integrate with multiple partner teams inside Microsoft Azure as well as across the company. This position may require business travel on as-needed basis.

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Required Qualifications: 

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or Computer Engineering AND 4+ years experience in engineering, product/technical program management, data analysis, or product development.
  
  • OR equivalent experience.
• 2+ years of 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 Cloud background check upon hire/transfer and every two years thereafter.

Additional / Preferred Qualifications: 

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science / computer engineering AND 8+ years’ experience in engineering, product/technical program management, data analysis, OR product development.
  
  • OR equivalent experience.
• 6+ years of experience managing cross-functional and/or cross-team projects.

Technical Program Management IC4 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $117,200 - $229,200 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 $153,600 - $250,200 per year.

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Microsoft will accept applications for the role until January 21, 2025

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• You will partner with Software and Hardware Engineering to design technical solutions across feature areas. You’ll also identify risks and propose data-based mitigations.
• You’ll define success criteria and create relationships for implementing features for complex cross-functional projects. You’ll coordinate and ensure alignment across organizations.
• You will deliver on roadmap for multiple feature groups, track project schedules, develop staging and implementation plan, and manage governance programs.
• You will drive continuous improvements by validating use cases and writing test cases from scratch. You’ll also lead teams to partner with other departments to collect performance metrics, drive customer support, and lead direct customer engagements.