The success of Office 365 is driving us to evaluate new markets, new business opportunities as well as new ways of accomplishing our goals. As engineers we need to be constantly looking for fresh ideas and new approaches. We are looking for the right people to take some of these ideas and turn them into reality. We have aggressive hiring goals to support unique business opportunities and look forward to meeting growth-minded individuals looking to create long-term, Microsoft-wide impact across Engineering by developing our people pipeline, and onboarding program, for a new centralized engineering team. 

We are looking for a strong, motivated, independent and energetic Senior Program Manager to join our US Government Program team to drive policies and procedures required to deliver Microsoft services at scale to US Government customers. This is a unique opportunity for a driven individual who enjoys creating clarity from the ambiguous.  Candidates should be interested in working closely with Corporate, External, and Legal Affairs (CELA), Human Resources (HR), Facility Security Officers (FSO), and Engineering Managers to drive alignment of operating assertions, security classifications, and playbooks.  This role will drive for the definition of policy, implementation procedures, and solutions required to help Microsoft scale our US Government engagements, protecting our employees and overall programs.  The individual must actively seek information and test assumptions, navigate within a highly matrixed environment, determine measures of success for operations, and lead others in scoping problems by identifying key issues, inputs, stakeholders, and outcomes.

Security Clearance Requirements: Candidates must be able to meet Microsoft, customer and/or government security screening requirements are required for this role. These requirements include, but are not limited to the following specialized security screenings: 

Citizenship Verification: This position requires verification of US Citizenship to meet federal government security requirements.

Candidates must have an active TS and be willing to upgrade to TS/SCI (with polygraph) or have an active TS/SCI and be willing to upgrade to TS/SCI (with polygraph). This role will require candidates to maintain the TS/SCI (with polygraph) clearance.

Microsoft Cloud Background Check: This position will be required to pass the Microsoft Cloud background check upon hire/transfer and every two years thereafter. 

Candidates selected for this position may need to comply with Federal Executive Order 14042 mandating that federal contractors and subcontractors receive the COVID-19 vaccine by being fully vaccinated before their date of hire, or work with Microsoft to receive an approved religious or medical accommodation.

Responsibilities

Core Responsibilities:

The ideal candidate will be an experienced PM or Engineer with a track record of policy development and implementation with the US Government:

Develop policies and procedures that align delivery and approach across Microsoft Engineering organizations

Ensure the right people are available, trained, and equipped to deliver upon Program committed outcomes

Work independently to drive large, complex programs and solutions

Lead a joint Microsoft and Customer-facing v-team to ensure compliance against contractual commitments while delivering world class commercial cloud experiences

Develop and manage a cross-Microsoft v-team required to rationalize data management in restricted cloud environments

Drive results across multiple organizations via strong cross-group collaboration skills

Leverage good technical understanding of Service Engineering lifecycle and Microsoft Security Development Lifecycle (SDL) to build training commensurate with overall program needs

Drive business & technical conversations with development managers, partners and customers

Communicate to drive clarity via excellent written, verbal, and presentation skills

Develop team culture, grounding in Microsoft’s mission and values, seeking to attract, develop, and retain employees while making positive improvement towards our diversity and inclusion goals

Qualifications

Preferred Qualifications:

5+ years of program management or engineering experience

Bachelor or higher degree in Computer Science, Statistics, Mathematics, Physics, Engineering, or related disciplines

Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran status, race, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable laws, regulations and ordinances.  We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. If you need assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application or the recruiting process, please send a request via the Accommodation request form.

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