Microsoft

Microsoft

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Principal Technical Program Manager -CTJ - TS/SCI

Posted Sep 30, 2026

Role at a glance

Job function
Software Engineering & IT Technical Program Management
Salary
$188K – $304.2K/yr
Location
Reston, Virginia, United States Washington, District of Columbia, United States
Work arrangement
On-site
Employment
Full-time
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Role Summary

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The Principal Technical Program Manager leads engineering projects with customers and partners to address customer challenges using AI and cloud-based solutions. The role coordinates cross-functional teams and stakeholders to shape technical solutions and deliver project roadmaps.

What You'll Do

  • Partner with software engineers, data scientists, designers, and subject matter experts to design complex technical solutions and...
  • Define success criteria, coordinate alignment across the business, and establish relationships for implementing feature areas in...
  • Deliver roadmaps across feature groups, track schedules, develop staging and implementation plans, and lead governance programs.
  • Validate use cases, write test cases, support performance-metric collection, lead customer support, and conduct direct customer engagements.

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Qualifications

Required: 3+ years managing cross-functional and/or cross-team projects; a bachelor's degree and 6+ years of experience in engineering, product/technical program management, data analysis, or product development, or equivalent experience; an active TS/SCI clearance and willingness and eligibility to upgrade to and maintain TS/SCI with polygraph.

Required

  • 3+ years of experience managing cross-functional and/or cross-team projects
  • Bachelor's degree and 6+ years of experience in engineering, product/technical program management, data analysis, or product...
  • Active TS/SCI clearance; willing and eligible to upgrade to and maintain TS/SCI with polygraph

Preferred

  • 8+ years of experience managing cross-functional and/or cross-team projects
  • 1+ year of experience reading and/or writing code
  • Bachelor's degree and 10+ years of experience in engineering, product/technical program management, data analysis, or product...

Original job description

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Overview

Do you enjoy meeting with customers to understand their needs and discuss the art of the possible? Do you want to join a team where learning about new technology is part of our work every day? Then, come join us!  

The Microsoft Frontier Company team is a global engineering organization that works directly with customers looking to leverage the latest technologies to address their toughest challenges.  

We work closely with our customers’ engineers to jointly develop code for cloud-based solutions that can accelerate their organization. We work in collaboration with Microsoft product teams, partners, and open-source communities to empower our customers to do more with the cloud. We develop solutions side-by-side with our customers through collaborative innovation to solve their challenges. This work involves the development of broadly applicable, high-impact solution patterns and open-source software assets that contribute to the Microsoft platform.  

We are hiring a Principal Technical Program Manager to help drive high-impact engineering projects with our customers and their partners, transforming their missions using AI and other cloud-based solutions and services. TPMs identify and define the relevant customer scenarios, orchestrate the engineering approach to address these, and develop the end-to-end user stories with internal and external stakeholders, fulfilling the Product Owner role. You will be part of a cross-functional team of software engineers, data scientists, technical program managers, and designers who work side-by-side with high-impact and strategic customers and their engineers to build innovative solutions.  

As part of our team, you will thrive in working with a variety of technologies, not just Microsoft technology. You will solve exciting business problems, contribute to open source, and collaborate with Microsoft product teams.  

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
  • You will partner with Software Engineering, Data Scientists, Designers, and SMEs to design complex technical solutions across feature areas. You’ll also give key stakeholders data-driven recommendations based on identified risks. 

  • You’ll define success criteria and create relationships for implementing multiple feature areas for highly complex cross-functional projects. You’ll coordinate and ensure alignment across the business. 

  • You will deliver on roadmap for multiple feature groups across divisions, track project schedules, drive development of staging and implementation plans, and lead governance programs. 

  • You will drive continuous improvements by validating use cases and writing test cases from scratch. You’ll also provide expertise needed for departments to collect performance metrics, lead customer support, and define and lead direct customer engagements. 



Qualifications

Required Qualifications:

  • 3+ years of experience managing cross-functional and/or cross-team projects. 

  • Bachelor's Degree AND 6+ years experience in engineering, product/technical program management, data analysis, or product development  

    • OR equivalent experience. 

Other Qualifications:

Security Clearance Requirements: Candidates must be able 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:

  • Candidates must have an active TS/SCI and be willing and eligible to upgrade to TS/SCI (with polygraph). This role will require candidates to maintain the TS/SCI (with polygraph) clearance. Ability to meet Microsoft, customer and/or government security screening requirements are required pre-offer and post-hire for this role. Failure to maintain or obtain the appropriate clearance and/or customer screening requirements may result in employment action up to and including termination.
  • Clearance Verification: This position requires successful verification of the stated security 
    clearance to meet federal government customer requirements. You will be asked to provide clearance verification information prior to an offer of employment.
  • 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 position requires verification of U.S. citizenship due to citizenship-based legal restrictions. Specifically, this position supports United States federal, state, and/or local United States government agency customer and is subject to certain citizenship-based restrictions where required or permitted by applicable law. To meet this legal requirement, citizenship will be verified via a valid passport, or other approved documents, or verified US government Clearance.

Preferred Qualifications:

  • 8+ 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). 
  • Bachelor's Degree AND 10+ years experience in engineering, product/technical program management, data analysis, or product development OR equivalent experience 

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Technical Program Management IC5 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $142,800 - $274,800 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 $188,000 - $304,200 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.



Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, citizenship, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, immigration status, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran or military status, race, ethnicity, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable local laws, regulations and ordinances. If you need assistance with religious accommodations and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application process, read more about requesting accommodations.

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Microsoft is a global technology leader that empowers individuals and organizations to achieve more through innovative software, services, and devices. Founded in 1975, the company is best known for its flagship products like the Windows operating system and Microsoft Office suite. In addition to personal computing, Microsoft is a leader in cloud computing with its Azure platform, providing a range of solutions for businesses to enhance productivity and efficiency. With a strong commitment to sustainability and accessibility, Microsoft continues to drive technological advancements that shape the future of work and learning.