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Microsoft Silicon, Cloud Hardware, and Infrastructure Engineering (SCHIE) is the team behind Microsoft’s expanding Cloud Infrastructure and responsible for powering Microsoft’s “Intelligent Cloud” mission. SCHIE delivers the core infrastructure and foundational technologies for Microsoft's over 200 online businesses including Bing, MSN, Office 365, Xbox Live, Teams, OneDrive, and the Microsoft Azure platform globally with our server and data center infrastructure, security and compliance, operations, globalization, and manageability solutions. Our focus is on smart growth, high efficiency, and delivering a trusted experience to customers and partners worldwide and we are looking a Principal Silicon IP Program Manager to help achieve that mission. The Compute Silicon & Manufacturing Engineering (CSME) organization within SCHIE is responsible for design, development, manufacturing and packaging of Microsoft's state-of-the-art computer chips, notably the Azure Cobalt. Our solutions provide sustainable strategic advantage to Microsoft and enable our customers to achieve more. As Microsoft's cloud business continues to grow the ability to deploy new offerings and hardware infrastructure on time, in high volume with high quality and lowest cost is of paramount importance. To achieve this goal, the IP Office team is instrumental in defining and delivering operational measures of success for hardware manufacturing, improving the planning process, quality, delivery, scale and sustainability related to Microsoft cloud hardware. We are looking for a Principal Silicon IP Program Manager with a dedicated passion for customer focused solutions, insight and industry knowledge to envision and implement future technical solutions that will manage and optimize the Cloud infrastructure.
Job Responsibility:
Strategic IP Roadmap & Portfolio Management: Drive IP roadmap planning across multiple IP tracks. Ensure cataloging and validation of legacy IPs for reuse and traceability. Drive end-to-end process consistency across IP blocks for customer engagement, IP release management, IP milestones, and IP support & maintenance
Executive Communication & Status Reporting: Lead regular meetings with technical leads to compile high-level status updates. Prepare and present executive summaries articulating risks, milestones, and dependencies. Translate technical progress into business-relevant insights for leadership
Data Analysis & Insight Generation: Interpret dashboard metrics and trend data to identify risks and opportunities. Summarize complex technical data into actionable insights for decision-making. Monitor milestone health using tools like DV regression dashboards and synthesis timing reports
Deliverables & Partnership Agreements: Track deliverables and timelines defined during the Partnership Agreement phase. Ensure alignment across cross-functional teams on customer requirements and delivery goals
Risk Mitigation & Milestone Management: Identify schedule buffers and proactively manage risks to milestone delivery, adjusting tracking cadence as needed. Coordinate across design, DV, firmware, and platform teams to resolve blockers. Escalate issues and initiate parallel paths when needed
Financial Oversight & Vendor Coordination: Track IP license needs, vendor dependencies, and lab resources. Manage budget alignment and vendor SOWs, ensuring timely closure and compliance
Requirements:
Doctorate in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related field AND 3+ years technical engineering experience OR Master's Degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related field AND 6+ years technical engineering experience OR Bachelor's Degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related field AND 8+ years technical engineering experience OR equivalent experience
Ability to meet Microsoft, customer and/or government security screening requirements are required for this role
This role will require access to information that is controlled for export under export control regulations
BS/MS degree in Electrical, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related field, OR equivalent work experience
8+ years of experience (12+ in lieu of degree) in CPU and SOC design, including technical leadership roles, delivering successful products from conception to functional silicon for revenue
Demonstrated history of strong stakeholder management
Outstanding interpersonal skills and the ability to motivate, inspire, and lead cross-functional teams
Technical background in either IP or SOC design
12+ years of technical engineering experience
Experience negotiating and working with industry Silicon IP vendors through the entire lifecycle from definition to post-silicon
SOC or IP design experience across advanced technology nodes
Demonstrated hands-on technical leadership such as creating bottom-up schedules, coordinating work across a team, driving IP milestone closure, or solving cross-team technical problems
Experience with IP quality assurance and IP milestone acceptance criteria
Experienced with technical IP portfolio management and strategic planning
Data summarization, analytics, and visualization skills using Power BI, Excel (Query/Pivot)
Nice to have:
Python, Perl for data wrangling
Program systems experience: Azure DevOps/Jira (queries/boards), SharePoint/Lists for catalog metadata, Confluence/OneNote for specs and decision logs