Senior Principal Program Manager

The Office of the CTO for Microsoft is chartered with understanding, shaping, and accelerating technologies and their impact on Microsoft, industry, and society in order to empower every person and every organization to achieve more. Whether it is providing technical insights company-wide or giving meaning to an "AI First" company, the Office of the CTO is both leading investments in the next cutting edge bet areas of technical innovation as well as working across the company with our engineering, field, and strategy teams. As a Senior Principal Program Manager, you will thrive in ambiguity, identifying emerging opportunities and shaping them into clear, actionable initiatives. You'll partner with teams across the company to define problem spaces, create alignment, and bring structure to complex, fast-moving challenges. This role requires systems thinking, sharp judgment, and the ability to turn vision into momentum. You'll be a force multiplier-jumping into undefined areas and helping others move forward with clarity and confidence. Microsoft's mission is to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more. As employees we come together with a growth mindset, innovate to empower others, and collaborate to realize our shared goals. Each day we build on our values of respect, integrity, and accountability to create a culture of inclusion where everyone can thrive at work and beyond. In alignment with our Microsoft values, we are committed to cultivating an inclusive work environment for all employees to positively impact our culture every day. **Responsibilities** + Designing and executing multiple, complex collaboration activities between stakeholder groups. + Defining success criteria for key strategic workstreams. + Partnering with Senior Leaders across Engineering, Strategy, and Research groups to identify milestones, responsibilities, and processes that accelerate our groups' existing efforts.  + Influencing and engaging stakeholders at all levels.  + Applying project and program management techniques to drive clarity and accountability for large, complex collaboration efforts across multiple teams.  + Being eager to learn, work hard and have fun! + Embody our culture ( and values ( . **Qualifications** **Required Qualifications** + Bachelor's Degree AND 8+ years experience in product/service/project/program management or software development  + OR equivalent experience.  + 6+ years experience managing cross-functional and/or cross-team projects. **Preferred Qualifications** + Bachelor's Degree AND 12+ years experience in product/service/project/program management or software development  + OR equivalent experience.  + Possess analytical acumen, vigilant adaptability, and critical architect design for assessing Artificial Intelligence (AI) infrastructure, hardware, compute capability, services and tooling to enable acceleration of our bold AI ambitions. + Deep expertise of the modern technical landscape, including contemporary trends in internet scale systems development.  + Demonstrated history of product expertise with experience building services or products for customers that solve high value problems. + Demonstrating a broad strategic perspective across teams. + Ability to handle high ambiguity, drive clarity, and identify/prioritize issues and opportunities. + Ability to communicate thoughts both verbally and in written form at the appropriate level of abstraction in a clear/crisp manner to Senior Leaders. + Be able to lead through influence, work across teams at scale, and feel confident engaging with executives. + Shows a high level of emotional intelligence (EQ) and humility by working collaboratively and helping others be successful. Our success is the success of partners and collaborators. Technical Program Management IC6 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $163,000 - $296,400 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 $220,800 - $331,200 per year. Certain roles may be eligible for benefits and other compensation. Find additional benefits and pay information here: Microsoft will accept applications for the role until June 8, 2025. Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. Consistent with applicable law, 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 and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application process, read more about requesting accommodations ( .