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Principal Technical Program Manager- AI Infrastructure

United States, Redmond Employment contract 142800.00 - 274800.00 USD / Year · Job Posted June 15, 2026
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Microsoft is developing advanced AI infrastructure platforms that require deep integration across hardware and software stacks. We are looking for a Principal Technical Program Manager who will be at the forefront of building software that drives AI workload innovation, delivering exceptional performance, scalability, and cost efficiency for frontier AI workloads. You will own the orchestration of cross-stack software delivery, from early development through system bring-up, validation, and production deployment, ensuring platform readiness meets defined requirements for functionality, performance, reliability, security, and scale. This is a high-impact role requiring strong technical depth, system-level thinking, and the ability to bring structure, clarity, and execution discipline to complex, cross-functional programs across multiple infrastructure domains. You will be solving novel scaling challenges and evolve execution models in environments where processes, ownership, and systems are critical to preserve security, reliability and quality. If you thrive in fast-paced environments while maintaining a long-term platform vision, and are eager to make a significant impact, we want you to be part of our journey. 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. In alignment with our Microsoft values, we are committed to cultivating an inclusive work environment for all employees to positively impact our culture every day.

Job Responsibility

  • Own end-to-end delivery from development through production readiness, including integrated planning across the software stack
  • Drive execution by managing dependencies, risks, and cross-team tradeoffs to keep delivery on track
  • Ensure platform and performance readiness (bring-up, key workloads, benchmarking, optimization)
  • Establish strong operating rhythm (reporting, alignment, and clear escalation paths) while improving tools and processes to increase predictability
  • Identify systemic gaps and act as the bridge across infrastructure, research, and product, driving alignment and translating complexity into clear, actionable updates

Requirements

  • Bachelor's Degree AND 8+ years experience in engineering, product/technical program management, data analysis, or product development OR equivalent experience.
  • 6+ years of experience managing cross-functional and/or cross-team projects.
  • Ability to meet Microsoft, client, 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.

Nice to have

  • Experience driving platform bring-up, system integration, or hardware/software co-development programs, managing dependencies across the complete platform stack and engineering stakeholders during early development phases.
  • Strong communication and collaboration skills, with experience partnering across hardware, software, and external vendor teams, and the ability to influence technical discussions involving architecture, trade-offs, system-level challenges, AI training/inference workloads, and performance optimization.

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