Principal Technical Program Manager
@ Microsoft

Hybrid
$150,000
Hybrid
Full Time
Posted 7 hours ago

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Job Overview

Are you passionate about solving deep technical problems with tough business requirements and direct customer impact? Do you want to work in a fast-paced platform cloud team shipping weekly updates? At Microsoft, the Azure Core team builds the core infrastructure and APIs that power the Microsoft Azure platform. In this role, you will design and build a massive-scale, worldwide, highly available customer-focused application and server platform.

As a Principal Technical Program Manager, you will drive quality experiences for Azure users by formulating visions, setting roadmaps, and guiding the design and direction of compute components. You will work with customer feedback to define improvements and partner across teams to drive success in the broader Azure ecosystem. Additionally, you will lead a team of program and product managers by mentoring, coaching, and delegating responsibilities.

Key Responsibilities

  • Develop a vision and roadmap for Azure Core Platform improvements
  • Guide design and ensure scalability of compute components
  • Drive customer-focused engineering initiatives and feature enhancements
  • Partner with business and engineering teams within Azure Compute
  • Lead and mentor program and product managers

Key Skills/Competency

  • Azure
  • Cloud
  • Infrastructure
  • Technical Program Management
  • Distributed Systems
  • Scalability
  • Team Leadership
  • Customer Focus
  • Roadmapping
  • Mentoring

How to Get Hired at Microsoft

🎯 Tips for Getting Hired

  • Tailor your resume: Highlight cloud and management experience.
  • Research Microsoft: Understand Azure, products, and culture.
  • Demonstrate leadership: Showcase program management successes.
  • Prepare examples: Share your technical problem solutions.

📝 Interview Preparation Advice

Technical Preparation

Review Azure cloud architecture patterns.
Practice system design and scalability questions.
Study distributed systems fundamentals.
Prepare technical problem-solving examples.

Behavioral Questions

Reflect on team leadership challenges.
Prepare customer-focused collaboration stories.
Discuss decision-making process examples.
Share experiences overcoming project hurdles.

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