Principal Technical Program Manager

Team Overview:

The mission of the Microsoft CISO Organization is to defend Microsoft, our customers, and our partners from cybersecurity threats. Our strategy is grounded in advanced threat intelligence, proactive threat hunting, resilient security operations, sustainable governance, and use of AI to anticipate, detect, and respond to even the most sophisticated attacks. 

The CISO Operations Security Implementation & Capability (OSIC) team plays a critical role in turning the CISO strategy into reality. OSIC is responsible for scaling, systematizing, and operationalizing cybersecurity initiatives across the CISO Organization and across Microsoft. OSIC ensures that cybersecurity programs are well-designed, consistently executed, measurable, and sustainable at Microsoft’s global scale. 

Role Overview 

We are seeking a Principal Technical Program Manager to join our CISO Operations Security Implementation & Capability (OSIC) team. You will lead complex, cross-organizational cybersecurity programs from problem definition and planning through execution, adoption, and measurable outcomes. You will translate strategic priorities into clear program plans, operating mechanisms, governance, roadmaps, and success measures; use AI, telemetry, and other evidence to improve decisions and delivery; and manage priorities, risks, dependencies, and tradeoffs amid ambiguity. You will partner with technical, business, and senior leadership stakeholders to build alignment, remove blockers, and drive accountability. Your work will establish repeatable capabilities that strengthen CISO operations and scale effective practices across Microsoft. 

• 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. 

• 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.

• Microsoft Cloud Background Check: This position will be required to pass the Microsoft Cloud background check upon hire/transfer and every two years thereafter.
• Citizenship & Citizenship Verification: 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. As a condition of employment, the successful candidate will be required to provide either proof of their country of citizenship or proof of their U.S. permanent residency or other protected status (e.g., under 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3)) for assessment of eligibility to access the export controlled information. To meet this legal requirement, and as a condition of employment, the successful candidate’s citizenship will be verified with a valid passport. Lawful permanent residents, refugees, and asylees may verify status using other documents, where applicable.
• Citizenship & Citizenship Verification: This position requires verification of citizenship due to citizenship-based legal restrictions. Specifically, 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. To meet this legal requirement, and as a condition of employment, the successful candidate’s citizenship will be verified with a valid passport.

• 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.