[Remote] Principal Technical Program Manager

Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Microsoft’s CISO Organization defends Microsoft, its customers, and partners from cybersecurity threats, while the OSIC team operationalizes and scales cybersecurity initiatives. The Principal Technical Program Manager will lead complex, cross-organizational cybersecurity programs, translating strategy into executable plans, governance, roadmaps, and measurable outcomes while aligning stakeholders and managing risks, dependencies, and tradeoffs.

Responsibilities

• Translate CISO strategic priorities into executable programs by framing problems, defining outcomes and success measures, establishing governance, mapping dependencies, and creating clear roadmaps and delivery plans
• Build repeatable processes, automated workflows, and reusable program mechanisms that improve execution across participating teams and can be adopted by adjacent programs
• Lead complex, cross-organization initiatives by aligning engineering, security, operations, risk and compliance, and leadership around shared goals, decisions, dependencies, and measurable outcomes
• Leverage AI, telemetry, and data-driven insights to improve speed, accuracy, and impact of program decisions, execution, and operating mechanisms
• Create executive-ready materials and narratives that synthesize complex technical and operational inputs into clear program status, risks, options, tradeoffs, and recommendations for leadership decisions

Skills

• 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
• This role will require access to information that is controlled for export under export control regulations, potentially under the U.S. International Traffic in Arms Regulations or Export Administration Regulations, the EU Dual Use Regulation, and/or other export control regulations
• This position supports United States federal, state, and/or local government agency customers and is subject to certain citizenship-based restrictions where required or permitted by applicable law
• Experience implementing security governance, or risk and compliance programs by translating policy, risk assessments, controls, audit requirements, and leadership oversight into scalable operating mechanisms and program execution
• Deep technical fluency in cybersecurity or adjacent technical domains, with the ability to understand architecture and risk, ask informed questions, and translate effectively between technical experts and business stakeholders
• Experience coordinating significant security incident or operational crisis workstreams, including stakeholder communication, cross-team execution, post-incident learning, and delivery of durable remediation
• Demonstrated experience independently leading complex, high-impact, cross-functional programs through ambiguity, competing priorities, and evolving requirements, from problem definition and planning through execution, adoption, and measurable outcomes
• Strong leadership and influence skills, with a demonstrated ability to align senior stakeholders and diverse technical and business teams, resolve conflicting priorities, and drive accountability across organizational boundaries without formal authority
• Strong executive communication capability, including experience framing complex technical and operational program issues, presenting options and tradeoffs, and providing clear recommendations to senior leaders
• Demonstrated ability to diagnose complex and unfamiliar program problems and apply structured thinking, experimentation, and sound judgment to establish a path forward under uncertainty
• Strong analytical and systems-thinking skills, with the ability to identify dependencies, risks, leverage points, and unintended consequences and translate qualitative and quantitative evidence into clear program recommendations
• Demonstrated ability to lead multiple concurrent, related initiatives in a fast-paced environment, managing priorities, dependencies, and resource constraints while sustaining accountability for outcomes

Benefits

• Certain roles may be eligible for benefits and other compensation.

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