Senior Technical Program Manager

Overview

Imagine shaping how one of the world’s largest technology companies discovers, evaluates, and integrates the next generation of technological innovation; and redefining how AI accelerates technical diligence, product and engineering integration planning, and decision making across Microsoft’s most strategic deals. 

Are you energized by evaluating cutting-edge technology, identifying material technology, IP, compliance, and security risks, and translating ambiguity into data-driven executive decisions and actionable integration plans?

As Senior TPM, MAVS Technology & Product, you will support technical diligence and integration planning for Microsoft’s strategic transactions, translating engineering, security, compliance, and product risks into executive decisions and executable plans. Your cross domain fluency and communication skills will drive high-stakes deals with speed, rigor, and clarity.

As the Senior TPM, MAVS Technology & Product, you will: 

* Serve as a trusted technical advisor to Microsoft’s Business and Engineering executives, Security and Legal Leaders, enabling inorganic growth at speed and at scale. 

* Lead cross functional, matrixed teams across engineering, fianance, legal, security, compliance, and external partners. 

* Operationalize AI first, repeatable processes that accelerate value realization and improve decision quality. 

* Translate technical diligence into actionable integration strategies and executive ready insights. 

* Shape how Microsoft evaluates, acquires, integrates, licenses, and scales external technologies in a rapidly evolving AI driven market. 

Responsibilities

* Support Technical Due Diligence: Support end-to-end technical, product, and IP due diligence across software, hardware, AI/ML, security, privacy, compliance, and open source. Use, build and improve AI-enabled tools and standardized frameworks to surface material risks earlier, improve consistency, and define clear pre- and post-close remediation requirements.

* Orchestrate Cross-Functional and External Teams: Lead virtual teams across engineering, Finance, CELA, Microsoft Security, Corporate Development, and external experts for small- to medium-sized deals. Set clear scope, timelines, ownership, and decision rights through repeatable engagement patterns.

* Assess Technical Risk and Business Impact : Evaluate how technical findings influence deal value, integration feasibility, timelines, and cost. Provide executives with crisp, actionable guidance that connects risk to economic and strategic outcomes. Recommend mitigations that balance speed, quality, and compliance.

* Develop Integration or Separation Plans : Translate business rationale, technical findings, and product goals into clear integration or separation plans. Align engineering systems, cloud migration needs, data flows, product roadmaps, and compliance requirements to accelerate value realization. Use early AI driven insights to inform sequencing and execution strategy. 

* Resolve Issues and Deliver Executive Ready Reporting : Convert complex technical signals into concise, decision ready narratives for senior leaders. Drive issue resolution across teams, track commitments, and maintain high quality communication throughout the deal lifecycle. Ensure consistent updates and alignment across business, engineering, and legal stakeholders.

* Enable Seamless Technical Integration Execution : Coordinate secure transfer of source code, data, environments, documentation, and tooling to receiving engineering teams. Support engineering onboarding to accelerate the team’s time to productivity. Partner with MS Security and CELA to validate post close security posture and compliance readiness.

* Build Knowledge, Playbooks, and Best Practices : Capture lessons learned to strengthen MAVS Tech playbooks, paved paths, and integration frameworks. Standardize templates, tools, and knowledge artifacts to reduce reinvention across deals. Scale organizational capability by improving repeatability, visibility, and planning readiness.

* Drive Innovation and AI Enabled Transformation : Champion AI first workflows that automate diligence, improve decision quality, and reduce cycle time. Partner to design and operationalize AI agents, dashboards, and risk models that modernize MAVS Tech execution. Continuously assess emerging technologies to keep MAVS Tech ahead of the market. 

Qualifications

Required Qualifications:

* Bachelor's Degree AND 4+ years experience in engineering, product/technical program management, data analysis, or product development OR equivalent experience.

* 2+ years of experience managing cross-functional and/or cross-team projects.

Preferred Qualifications:

* Bachelor's Degree AND 8+ years experience engineering, product/technical program management, data analysis, or product development OR equivalent experience.
* 6+ 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).

* Experience in M&A technical due diligence, integration planning, or related transactions (acquisitions, divestitures, IP licensing, data deals). 

* Broad technical fluency across software, hardware, AI/ML, cybersecurity, cloud platforms, open source, privacy, Responsible AI, and compliance. 

* Understanding of Microsoft’s engineering systems, SDLC, security requirements, and product development practices.

* Proven ability to create and scale repeatable processes, frameworks, and leverage AI tools. 

* Exceptional communication and influencing skills across engineering, business, legal, and security stakeholders. 

* Demonstrated ability to synthesize technical depth into executive ready insights and decision frameworks. 

* Ability to navigate ambiguity, drive clarity, and make sound technical judgments in high stakes environments. 

Technical Program Management IC4 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $119,800 - $234,700 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 $160,200 - $261,000 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

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

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