Technical Principal Program Manager

Job ID: 200058067Posted: 2026-09-29Location: United States, Washington, RedmondSalary: USD $142,800 - $274,800 per yearEmployment type: Full-TimeWork site: 3 days / week in-officeRole type: Individual ContributorTravel: Less than 25%Profession: Program ManagementDiscipline: Technical Program ManagementCompany: MicrosoftOverviewDo you want to learn about Azure Cloud business and be a part of a fast-growing organization? Microsoft Silicon, Cloud Hardware Infrastructure Engineering (SCHIE) is the team behind Microsoft’s expanding Cloud Infrastructure and responsible for powering Microsoft Azure’s vision to be “The World’s Computer”. We are Software and Firmware TPM team, enabling a secure, reliable, and most trusted cloud experience to customers and partners worldwide. We are looking for a highly motivated Technical Principal Program/Product Manager with a track record in leading software & firmware platform initiatives and strategy for an organization. You will help us define and develop tactical and strategic solutions to meet the immediate and long-term needs of our services that form a critical part of Azure infrastructure. You will communicate Microsoft Azure requirements to our external partners, as well as coordinate collaborative efforts with various internal Azure Engineering teams. You have excellent communication skills to drive programs with multiple internal/external partners teams. As a program manager, you have a strong desire and ability to understand customer needs and a willingness to develop holistic and data-driven approaches to product solutions that delight and exceed their expectations. You have a very solid understanding of software development lifecycle, firmware and hardware integration experience, the ability to apply these fundamentals to ‘cloud-readiness, and most importantly - an unyielding passion for creating products that customers will fall in love with. The ideal candidate will have a proven track record translating the needs of a highly diverse set of AI & machine learning use cases into a differentiated set of supercomputing-class systems, solutions, and experiences, and apply them to Azure’s underlying infrastructure systems. In the SCHIE AI FW COE team, you will provide overarching technical direction to the team of firmware and software engineering. You will take an active role and partner with internal peer teams and external partners to ensure highly available, fully secure software and firmware solutions to enable the AI datacenter servers. At Microsoft, we immensely value culture, mentorship, and act as One Team. This is an opportunity to leverage your technical expertise and develop your existing project/program management experience in an innovative and highly collaborative environment where the results of your work will matter to Microsoft and Microsoft’s customers. ResponsibilitiesAs a higher leveled principal technical PM, you will work with the engineering team and hardware teams to ensure software and firmware plans are well defined and incorporated in the plan. Work with our HW New Program Initiative team on new HW SKUs under development, and ensure SW & FW development, validation and roll out plan is full proof. As principal technical PM, you will work closely with your engineering counterparts to be responsible for the cutting-edge AI, next generation computing SKUs execution. Define and develop vendor agnostic requirements for our innovative hardware solutions that powers Azure through active engagement with internal/external partners Microsoft is leading the way in building standardized requirements and process with key partners in the hardware industry. As a principal technical PM, you will partner with other TPMs, Architects, and engineering managers to drive this standardization within Microsoft and across the silicon industry. Drive development teams to deliver features by agile execution across sprints, backlogs, milestones, and lead continuous planning efforts. Base level responsibilities:Oversee the different SW & FW team plans and deliverables Develop requirement specs and PM functional specs for new features Manage semester planning, engineering sprint and backlog with Engineering teams Work with external and internal partners (Silicon Vendors, ODM, OEM, Hardware, Azure Service teams etc.) to drive Microsoft Azure requirement and coordinate development efforts with different Azure and Microsoft Engineering teams Responsible for bringing in systematic SW/FW development practice to the team. Communicate with multiple internal/external partners teams located in different places in the world to drive programs. QualificationsRequired Qualifications: 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.Preferred Qualifications: 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).10+ years of experience as a technical Program Manager or in a technical role with systems experience Knowledge of building low-level SW to run on HW e.g., Firmware, UEFI, BMC, BSP… etc. Experience in technical program management of complex cross-group, cross-business, cross-disciplinary projects Proven ability to synthesize and communicate solutions to complex technical problems. Deep experience with the software development lifecycle or in cloud datacenter hardware lifecycleAbility to deal with ambiguity, prioritize multiple strategic and tactical options, and drive issues to closure with a high bar on qualityTechnical savvy. Know how to solve the hard problems, and demonstrate ability to work independentlyExcellent communication skill and interpersonal skill10+ years of experience working in software developmentExperience working with software code in one or more languages such as C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, Python, etc. Microsoft is a highly innovative company that collaborates across disciplines to produce cutting edge cloud technology that changes our world. The Silicon Cloud Hardware and Infrastructure Engineering (SCHIE) team in Microsoft’s Azure C+E division is responsible for delivering server infrastructure for Microsoft’s online services. The hardware for operating these services (over 200 and counting), comprises hundreds of thousands of servers spread globally and applications that reach hundreds of millions of users every day. Our customer-base is growing rapidly, our infrastructure investments are multiplying, and the size of our global infrastructure is increasing by the day; along with the scale of our challenges. Learn more about our team and projects here Azure Hardware InfrastructureTechnical Program Management IC5 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $142,800 - $274,800 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 $188,000 - $304,200 per year. Certain roles may be eligible for benefits and other compensation. Find additional benefits and pay information here:This 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.