Security represents the most critical priorities for our customers in a world awash in digital threats, regulatory scrutiny, and estate complexity. Microsoft Security aspires to make the world a safer place for all. We want to reshape security and empower every user, customer, and developer with a security cloud that protects them with end to end, simplified solutions. The Microsoft Security organization accelerates Microsoft’s mission and bold ambitions to ensure that our company and industry is securing digital technology platforms, devices, and clouds in our customers’ heterogeneous environments, as well as ensuring the security of our own internal estate. Our culture is centered on embracing a growth mindset, a theme of inspiring excellence, and encouraging teams and leaders to bring their best each day. In doing so, we create life-changing innovations that impact billions of lives around the world.

If you are passionate about Artificial Intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) in cybersecurity, eager to drive cutting-edge research projects that will shape the future of security, and have a solid business sense with the ability to build strategic relationships, the this Principal Technial Program Manager position will be an exciting opportunity for you! We are the Microsoft Security AI Applied Research team, a group of dedicated and innovative experts specializing in applying machine learning and artificial intelligence to cybersecurity research. We stand at the forefront of revolutionizing cybersecurity solutions in a rapidly evolving digital landscape where cyber threats persistently challenge the boundaries of security. We are looking for Principal Technical Program Manager to work with a team of world-class researchers and engineers who are passionate about advancing the state-of-the-art in cybersecurity and creating impactful solutions for customers. Help us build a culture of learning, growth, and inclusion, where everyone thrives and makes a difference in the security domain.

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.

Responsibilities

• Identify and prioritize customer pain points and market needs in cybersecurity and translate them into long-term research vision and strategy that leverage AI/ML technologies and create non-linear transformation in the security domain.
• Collaborate with researchers and product PMs across Microsoft Security to define and scope research sub-projects and set measurable success metrics and OKRs for each sub-project.
• Manage research project execution, including setting and tracking schedule, milestones, KPIs, reviews, checkpoints, etc.
• Ensure data quality, availability, and compliance for the research projects, by working with stakeholders across Microsoft to meet all data privacy and compliance requirements for commercializing the research in security products.
• Establish and enforce data handling and governance standards on security data across all product offerings, that enable delivering customer value while meeting all privacy and compliance requirements.
• Communicate research progress and blockers for research initiatives with stakeholders regularly, articulate responsibilities and hold others accountable for delivery, and build new partnerships across the company.
  
  

Qualifications

Required/Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree AND 6+ years experience in engineering, product/technical program management, data analysis, or product development
• OR equivalent experience.
• 3+ years experience managing cross-functional and/or cross-team projects.
  

Other Requirements

• 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 background and Microsoft Cloud background check upon hire/transfer and every two years thereafter.
  
  

Additional Or Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree AND 10+ years experience in engineering, product/technical program management, data analysis, or product developmen
• OR equivalent experience.
• 8+ years experience managing cross-functional and/or cross-team projects.
• 1+ year(s) experience reading and/or writing code (e.g., sample documentation, product demos).
• Experience in handling data privacy and compliance requirements for AI/ML research projects.
• Experience in creating long term research vision and strategy, framing research problems, and defining success metrics and OKRs for research projects.
• Proficient knowledge of AI/ML technologies and their applications in cybersecurity.
• Effective communication, collaboration, and influencing skills.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced, ambiguous, and dynamic environment.
  

Technical Program Management IC5 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $137,600 - $267,000 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 $180,400 - $294,000 per year.

Certain roles may be eligible for benefits and other compensation. Find additional benefits and pay information here: https://careers.microsoft.com/us/en/us-corporate-pay

Microsoft will accept applications for the role until November 1, 2024

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