Technical Program Manager, Cross-Company AI Data

At Microsoft AI we are building advanced AI systems that help people and organizations achieve more. We are creating a trusted repeatable system that turns high-value Microsoft product data into compliant secure researcher-ready assets for AI training and evaluation while protecting users and honoring product commitments.

This individual-contributor role sits within the Microsoft AI Lab and drives the day-to-day technical program work required to move high-value data from request through compliant acquisition preparation access use and refresh. Were looking for an experienced Technical Program Manager who can coordinate across research product engineering legal privacy security Responsible AI and data operations teams to keep complex data programs moving.

You will own execution across the data lifecycle: clarifying researcher requirements identifying accountable source owners ensuring data is properly obtained and approved coordinating secure transfer and access overseeing scrubbing and quality validation documenting permitted uses and controls and maintaining reliable refresh and deletion processes. You will manage technical relationships across teams surface risks early and unblock dependencies so approved data reaches researchers in a usable and compliant form.

The ideal candidate is a hands-on low-ego operator who brings structure to ambiguous technical and compliance workflows builds trust across organizational boundaries and drives issues to resolution without relying on formal authority. They communicate clearly maintain accurate operating records and create repeatable mechanisms that improve delivery speed data quality and control adherence.

This role is based in Redmond WA or Mountain View CA. You are required to be in the office 4 days per week.

• Drive data programs from intake through delivery by translating researcher needs into clear requirements milestones owners dependencies risks and acceptance criteria.

• Unblock acquisition and access by coordinating with product data owners engineering teams legal privacy security Responsible AI procurement and external partners; escalate decisions with concise context and recommended paths.

• Manage day-to-day technical relationships with source teams and data partners including data specifications transfer methods schemas storage access patterns service expectations issue resolution and refresh commitments.

• Ensure data is properly obtained documented and used within approved purposes and restrictions by maintaining evidence of source authorization provenance lineage consent or opt-out requirements retention deletion and access controls.

• Coordinate data preparation and remediation including ingestion scrubbing de-identification credential and PII removal deduplication filtering quality checks and validation against researcher requirements and compliance controls.

• Oversee recurring refreshes and lifecycle operations by defining schedules monitoring freshness and delivery health resolving failures validating replacement datasets and ensuring expired or disallowed data is removed as .

• Maintain clear program artifacts and operating rhythms including status decisions risks control evidence issue logs handoffs and metrics for cycle time quality refresh reliability compliance and researcher readiness.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelors Degree AND 6 years of experience in engineering product or technical program management data operations privacy-sensitive technology or equivalent experience.

• Experience driving complex cross-organizational technical programs with multiple dependencies clear milestones risk management and measurable delivery outcomes.

• Experience working with data pipelines or lifecycle operations including acquisition ingestion transformation quality validation access refresh retention and deletion.

• Demonstrated ability to influence without authority build productive technical relationships resolve ambiguous ownership and communicate decisions and escalations clearly.

• Working knowledge of AI training and evaluation data and relevant controls including privacy data protection IP and licensing security Responsible AI consent provenance lineage access restrictions de-identification and permitted use.

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelors Degree AND 8 years of experience in engineering product or technical program management AI data operations data governance privacy-sensitive products or equivalent experience.

• Experience delivering data programs across product research engineering legal privacy security Responsible AI and platform teams in a large or highly regulated environment.

• Strong technical judgment and written communication skills with experience defining operational controls troubleshooting data delivery issues creating scalable processes and using metrics to improve cycle time quality compliance and refresh reliability.

Technical Program Management IC5 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $142800 - $274800 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 $188000 - $304200 per year.

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position will be open for a minimum of 5 days with applications accepted on an ongoing basis until the position is filled.

Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age ancestry citizenship color family or medical care leave gender identity or expression genetic information immigration status marital status medical condition national origin physical or mental disability political affiliation protected veteran or military status race ethnicity religion sex (including pregnancy) sexual orientation or any other characteristic protected by applicable local laws regulations and ordinances. If you need assistance with religious accommodations and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application process read more about requesting accommodations.

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