The Technical Program Manager at Microsoft AI will play a crucial role in managing the model development lifecycle, collaborating closely with research, product, and applied science teams. This position requires a blend of technical fluency and program management skills to ensure that complex projects are executed effectively. The TPM will be responsible for translating research goals into actionable plans while maintaining alignment across various stakeholders. This role is essential for turning innovative research into reliable systems that impact millions of users.

• Significant experience in technical program management with a proven track record of delivering complex, cross-functional programs.
• Technical fluency to reason about model training, evaluation methodology, data, and infrastructure trade-offs.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills with a history of driving alignment and influencing without formal authority.

• Own end-to-end execution of complex technical programs across the model development lifecycle.
• Partner with research and applied science leads to translate research goals into clear plans, milestones, and success metrics.
• Reason about technical trade-offs in model training, evaluation, data, and infrastructure.
• Coordinate across research, engineering, and product teams to keep training and evaluation work unblocked.
• Communicate program status, risk, and trade-offs clearly to stakeholders and leadership.

• 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.