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Senior Operations Manager, Cross‑Org Security Operating Model & Partnerships. The Cloud & AI organization accelerates Microsoft's mission and bold ambitions to ensure that our company and industry is securing digital technology platforms, devices, and clouds in our customers' heterogeneous environments, as well as ensuring the security of our own internal estate. Our culture is centered on embracing a growth mindset, a theme of inspiring excellence, and encouraging teams and leaders to bring their best each day. In doing so, we create life-changing innovations that impact billions of lives around the world. Microsoft is one of the largest enterprise service companies in the world. Aligning with Microsoft's mission and the focus of the Microsoft Security organization, this role is an integral part of a larger team dedicated to delivering world-class security operations that contain and evict threat actor activities.
Job Responsibility
Operating Model Ownership: Define 'Who Owns What' (and Make It Real)
Cross‑Functional Program Delivery with Clarity and Governance
Incident‑Pace Interface Clarity (Especially for Executive + Crisis Moments)
Continuous Improvement of Handoffs, Procedures, and 'Seams'
Executive Readouts & Decision Support
Requirements
Doctorate in Statistics, Mathematics, Computer Science, or related field AND 3+ years experience in software development lifecycle, large-scale computing, threat modeling, cyber security, anomaly detection, Security Operations Center (SOC) detection, threat analytics, security incident and event management (SIEM), information technology (IT), or operations incident response OR Master's Degree in Statistics, Mathematics, Computer Science, or related field AND 4+ years experience in software development lifecycle, large-scale computing, threat modeling, cyber security, anomaly detection, Security Operations Center (SOC) detection, threat analytics, security incident and event management (SIEM), information technology (IT), or operations incident response OR Bachelor's Degree in Statistics, Mathematics, Computer Science, or related field AND 6+ years experience in software development lifecycle, large-scale computing, threat modeling, cyber security, anomaly detection, Security Operations Center (SOC) detection, threat analytics, security incident and event management (SIEM), information technology (IT), or operations incident response OR equivalent experience
Candidates must be able to meet Microsoft, customer and/or government security screening requirements are required for this role
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 operating in incident response / cyber defense environments where 'incident pace' and role clarity are essential
Experience working with security governance models that distinguish risk ownership from execution, and managing the seams between them
Demonstrated experience designing and operationalizing cross‑org operating models, including RACI, decision rights, escalation, and governance forums
Proven ability to run a portfolio of stakeholder relationships and drive structured collaboration frameworks that reduce friction
Strong executive communication: ability to synthesize ambiguity into crisp narratives and decision points. Operational rigor and systems thinking (service rhythms, governance patterns, repeatable processes)