The Senior Program Manager role in the NPI team focuses on enhancing the productivity and effectiveness of program management through data systems, automation, and applied AI. This position is based in Redmond and aims to influence leadership decisions while mentoring others to scale impact across the portfolio. The role operates at the intersection of program management, data systems, and AI, emphasizing risk foresight and pattern recognition. It is not a traditional execution role but rather one that leverages the broader PM function.

• Bachelor's Degree in Engineering, Supply Chain Management, or a related field and 4+ years of experience in engineering, manufacturing, operations, program management, hardware development, or consumer electronics.
• Ability to meet Microsoft, customer, and/or government security screening requirements.
• Master's Degree in Engineering, Supply Chain Management, or a related field and 6+ years of experience in relevant fields is preferred.
• Proven track record of shipping internal tools, automations, or AI agents that drove measurable productivity gains.
• Fluency with structured data and SQL plus scripting languages such as Python.

• Lead engagements with engineering, data, and leadership stakeholders to drive end-to-end delivery of products and workflows.
• Establish reusable platforms, dashboards, and automations that scale across the product portfolio.
• Own the data model and information architecture that consolidates fragmented NPI inputs into clean, queryable sources of truth.
• Deliver portfolio-level tooling that surfaces risks earlier and highlights cross-program patterns.
• Architect and ship LLM-based and agentic workflows for status synthesis, risk surfacing, action tracking, and cross-program reporting.
• Mentor PMs and partners on data, automation, and applied AI practices.

• Employees at Microsoft are often offered comprehensive, “world-class” benefits—including health and mental-wellness programs, competitive pay with bonuses and stock awards, and retirement/savings options. Time-off and flexibility are common, with generous vacation and holidays, parental and caregiver leave, and flexible work schedules, alongside learning support, employee resource groups, product discounts, and matching-gifts/volunteering programs. Specific benefits can vary by region.