Principal Technical Program Manager
Confirmed on the employer's own hiring board on Nov 11, 2026. First seen by Alion on Nov 4, 2026. Microsoft scores B on the Alion truth index.
Microsoft Silicon, Cloud Hardware, and Infrastructure Engineering (SCHIE) is looking for a Technical Program Manager to lead Hardware Server Platform development and delivery for Azure’s cloud technologies and services. You will have the opportunity to build cross-team partnerships to transform new hardware concepts into the final, scalable solution to be introduced to Microsoft’s Cloud (‘Concept to Live’).
Microsoft Azure is experiencing explosive growth and innovation connecting people, services, and devices around the world. Do you want to be at the forefront of innovating the latest hardware designs to propel Microsoft’s cloud growth? Are you seeking a unique career opportunity that combines your cross-team collaboration and technical capabilities with business insight and strategy? As Microsoft's cloud business continues to grow the ability to deploy new hardware infrastructure on time, with high quality and in high volume is of paramount importance.
SCHIE is the team behind Microsoft’s expanding Silicon and Cloud Infrastructure and responsible for powering Microsoft’s “Intelligent Cloud” mission. SCHIE delivers the core infrastructure and foundational technologies for Microsoft's 200+ online businesses including Office 365, Bing, Xbox Live, Teams, OneDrive and the Microsoft Azure cloud services, including AI, compute, storage and networking.
Successful candidates will have a proven capability for technical program management, strong organizational skills and experience leading culture and change management. This role requires someone who has a strategic mindset with a deep understanding of hardware development and manufacturing processes, as well as a bias for action and ability to partner successfully with a wide group of stakeholders, from senior leaders to individual contributors and support staff.
Come join this exciting and growing team on our monumental evolution of Azure cloud hardware and Microsoft!
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Responsibilities
- Drive technical projects from requirements through cross-team planning, execution and launch, including managing complex project schedules, removing road blocks and keeping processes running smoothly.
- Partner closely with cross-functional teams to define, prioritize, and implement features, infrastructure, processes, and workflows.
- Drive the planning and execution of the pre-silicon and post-silicon FW development lab environments, including software emulation and FPGA emulation lab.
- Partnering with firmware, silicon and hardware development team to co-develop plans for firmware and development board bring-up.
- Communicate with precision and clarity to drive alignment in both small and broad teams.
- Effectively collaborate, build relationships, and influence cross-functional team members to achieve product perfection.
Qualifications
Required Qualifications:
- 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.
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 Cloud Background Check upon hire/transfer and every two years thereafter.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Bachelor's Degree AND 12+ years experience engineering, product/technical program management, data analysis, or product development OR equivalent experience.
- 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).
- 5+ years of experience in Systems design across all stages of the development and release cycles.
- 5+ years of experience with pre-silicon or post-silicon firmware development.
- Experience with hardware, firmware & software (system & application stack) interfaces across all modules in a system.
- Experience with developing embedded systems or servers or PCs and system bring-up.
- Experience with hardware debugging at scale.
- Knowledge about datacenters & operation at scale.
- Knowledge of high-volume server design and manufacturing.
- Demonstrated ability to perform in a high paced product development environment.
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.