Technical Program Manager II
Microsoft· Technical Program Management
Redmond, WAfull-timePosted 3w ago
About the role
The IP Group seeks a Technical Program Manager to support execution, coordination, and operational readiness of business-critical technology initiatives across engineering, security, compliance, operations, and business teams, partnering with senior leaders to translate priorities into actionable plans and coordinate multiple technical workstreams.
Responsibilities
- Support the execution of technical programs and initiatives by helping translate established priorities into actionable plans, milestones, dependencies, risks, and measurable outcomes.
- Coordinate activities across engineering, business operations, security, compliance, and other technical stakeholders to help programs progress from requirements through implementation, testing, release, and operational handoff.
- Maintain project plans, schedules, backlogs, risks, dependencies, decisions, and delivery status, identifying potential issues and coordinating with appropriate owners on resolution or escalation.
- Support the operational health and readiness of IPG applications, platforms, and technical services by coordinating deployments, releases, service improvements, incident follow-up, and remediation activities.
- Assist technical and program owners with execution of security, privacy, risk, and compliance requirements, including vulnerability remediation, technical assessments, audit and compliance actions, SFI/S360 commitments, threat-model reviews, penetration-testing follow-up, and related evidence and reporting.
- Facilitate requirements definition, backlog refinement, sprint planning, user acceptance testing, production-readiness reviews, releases, and operational transitions in partnership with engineering and business stakeholders.
- Track technical debt, security findings, operational improvements, compliance obligations, and other commitments, providing visibility to owners and stakeholders and supporting timely completion.
- Coordinate activities performed by vendors, contractors, and external delivery partners, including deliverables, schedules, dependencies, access requirements, knowledge transfer, and operational readiness.
- Develop and maintain program documentation, operational procedures, runbooks, decision records, and knowledge repositories that support service continuity and effective technology operations.
- Support established communication and operating rhythms by preparing status reporting, risk and dependency assessments, executive summaries, meeting materials, and decision-support information.
- Identify opportunities to improve execution, operational processes, documentation, automation, and service readiness, and work with appropriate owners to evaluate and implement improvements.
- Partner with senior technical, program, and business leaders to support execution of approved priorities with appropriate visibility, coordination, accountability, and follow-through.
Qualifications
- Bachelor's Degree AND 2+ years experience in engineering, product/technical program management, data analysis, or product development OR equivalent experience.
- 1+ year(s) of experience managing cross-functional and/or cross-team projects.
Skills
Required:program managementrequirements gathering and backlog managementrisk and dependency managementcommunication and stakeholder management
Nice to have:security/compliance coordinationvendor and external partner coordination
Benefits
- 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
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