Microsoft · 11 hours ago
Principal Technical Program Manager
Redmond, WA
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$140K/yr - $275K/yr
6+ years expMicrosoft is seeking a Principal Technical Program Manager to lead and scale its Responsible AI efforts across engineering systems and platform services. The role involves partnering with various teams to drive strategic direction and ensure compliance while fostering responsible innovation in AI technologies.
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Responsibilities
Lead Microsoft-wide RAI initiatives that establish durable safety, compliance, and governance practices across engineering, product, and research organizations
Define long‑range technical strategy and architectural direction for RAI platforms, tools, and processes, partnering with architects, safety experts, and product leadership
Influence senior stakeholders across multiple organizations to align on safety requirements, evaluation frameworks, and regulatory readiness
Translate complex and emerging safety, regulatory, and policy requirements into scalable technical guidance, decision frameworks, and prioritized engineering workstreams
Shape and steward architectural decisions for safety review pipelines, evaluation and measurement systems, and other core RAI capabilities
Navigate ambiguous problem spaces, drive clarity, and guide leaders through risk tradeoffs and decision‑making
Represent OCTO across Microsoft and externally, helping articulate Microsoft’s RAI strategy and influencing industry direction
Drive execution at scale across diverse engineering teams, anticipating blockers and shaping cross‑functional solutions
Mentor and elevate Technical Program Manager peers, strengthening technical excellence and fostering a culture of responsible innovation that reflects our Culture and Values
Qualification
Required
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
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
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)
Engineering background
Experience managing virtual or cross collaboration technical teams and projects; coaching, mentoring, caring and contributing to a fast-paced, results-oriented working groups
Demonstrated skill in cultivating effective relationships, influencing with empathy, and working collaboratively across internal and external teams
Ability to identify business and technical RAI needs, and determine solutions that will create more automated, self-serve Responsible AI engineering/product making systems with ability to manage a very quickly changing space and bring people along the journey
Ability to architect systems and user flows to create a technical solution, prototype if needed, test models or systems and work with teams in the company to drive solutions to be built. Sometimes this will be identifying partnerships, startups, or acquisitions that help us jumpstart this work faster than building internally
Ability to understand the parts of a wide portfolio of businesses and their interrelationships. This includes skill in understanding the industry, competition, and expected future developments and challenges, the business's competitive strengths and weaknesses, opportunities to grow the business and reduce complexity, and awareness of the environment for opportunities
Proven capability to engage senior leaders, manage complex relationships, and coordinate efforts across teams and partner organizations
Product leadership abilities with demonstrated strategic thinking and vision; Proven track record of delivering large scale enterprise solutions and services with huge business impact and customer first mindset
Thrives in ambiguity, agile in navigating situations, and can create a vision with a bias for action and drive for results
Demonstrated capability in verbal and written communications skills
Benefits
Certain roles may be eligible for benefits and other compensation.
Company
Microsoft
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