The Senior Technical Program Manager will lead planning and AI transformation for Microsoft Specialized Clouds (MSC), focusing on improving planning effectiveness, engineering execution, and delivery outcomes. This role involves owning the strategy and execution for connected transformation efforts, enhancing the planning lifecycle, and partnering with the AI v-team to develop scalable AI-enabled capabilities. The ideal candidate will have hands-on experience in building agentic systems and driving organization-wide change. Collaboration across various teams is essential to build trusted solutions and influence decisions.

• Bachelor's Degree AND 4+ years experience in engineering, product/technical program management, data analysis, or product development OR equivalent experience.
• 2+ years of experience managing cross-functional and/or cross-team projects.
• Microsoft Cloud Background Check required.
• Verification of U.S. citizenship due to legal restrictions.

• Lead cross-team planning for MSC by managing a v-team of planning leaders throughout the planning cycle.
• Refine the planning program strategy by assessing current operations and defining a vision for AI-powered semester planning.
• Shape MSC's AI transformation strategy by partnering with the MSC CTO office and AI v-team to set priorities.
• Drive alignment across AI transformation workstreams by collaborating with engineering teams to ensure high-impact outcomes.
• Measure impact and guide strategic direction by defining success measures and assessing improvements in engineering productivity.

• 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.