Technical Program Manager II

Microsoft’s mission is to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more. As employees we come together with a growth mindset, innovate to empower others, and collaborate to realize our shared goals. Each day we build on our values of respect, integrity, and accountability to create a culture of inclusion where everyone can thrive at work and beyond.

The Microsoft Security Trust Team educates and empowers the Microsoft Security organization to build and maintain customer trust. We ensure that security products and services comply with Microsoft privacy standards, policies, regulatory requirements, contractual agreements while leading efforts to deliver enterprise-wide cutting-edge solutions that meet business goals. We are looking for a Technical Program Manager with an engineering mindset to support privacy operations across Microsoft Security. This role provides an opportunity to improve how priacy requirements are translated into repeatable, scalable, and measurable program outcomes. As a member of the MSec Trust Privacy team, you will be responsible for coordinating efforts across the Security division in collaboration with privacy, compliance, legal, and business group representatives.

Responsibilities

As part of the Trust team, you will execute assigned privacy programs and support the end-to-end privacy rhythm of business for a defined portfolio of services. This includes conducting privacy reviews against established requirements, evaluating data access requests, documenting privacy risks and decisions, and guiding engineering teams on privacy requirements and privacy-by-design patterns. The ideal candidate has experience in engineering, technical program management, privacy, or compliance and can translate policy and regulatory requirements into actionable technical and operational work. The candidate should have strong written and verbal communication skills, sound analytical judgment, attention to detail, and the ability to build effective relationships while driving scoped programs to measurable outcomes.

The successful candidate will be responsible for the following:

• Drive the Privacy Program rhythm of business across a defined portfolio of services.
• Provide practical guidance to engineering teams on established privacy standards, policies, and compliance obligations.
• Partner with engineering, legal compliance, and Trust stakeholders to translate privacy requirements into actionable implementation plans.
• Monitor emerging privacy, compliance, and technical issues, assess potential impacts to services and communicate risks, dependencies, and recommended actions.
• Apply privacy-by-design and compliance-by-design principles to workstream.
• Manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environement, communicate changes or blockers earlier, and deliver against commitments.
• Coordinate with other privacy, compliance, and risk management partners to align program execution with company requirements.

Qualifications

• 2+ years of experience in privacy, engineering, product/technical program management, data analysis, or product development.

Preferred Qualification:

• 1+ years of experience driving Privacy Compliance.
• 1+ years of experience managing cross-functional and/or cross-team projects.
• B.A. or B.S. degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Information Systems, or equivalent experience.
• IAPP certification or equivalent privacy, security, or compliance certification.
• Experience in regulations and frameworks such as GDPR, HIPAA, CCPA, SOX, and emerging data governance requirements.
• Experience with Microsoft Security technologies and services, including privacy incidents, compliance programs, and recognized subject matter expertise in security and privacy compliance disciplines.
• Proven ability to drive outcomes through collaboration and influence, partnering effectively with technical and business stakeholders across organizational levels to solve complex problems, drive change, and deliver win-win solutions.
• Demonstrated growth mindset and initiative, including proactively identifying opportunities, developing complaint solutions, improving processes, and exhibiting integrity, initiative, resourcefulness, and results in a fast-paced environment.

Technical Program Management IC3 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $102,100 - $202,200 per year. There is a different range applicable to specific work locations, within the San Francisco Bay area and New York City metropolitan area, and the base pay range for this role in those locations is USD $133,800 - $219,200 per year.

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This position will be open for a minimum of 5 days, with applications accepted on an ongoing basis until the position is filled.

Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, citizenship, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, immigration status, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran or military status, race, ethnicity, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable local laws, regulations and ordinances. If you need assistance with religious accommodations and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application process, read more about requesting accommodations.