Senior Technical Program Manager

Senior Technical Program Manager

Overview

As a member of the Microsoft Threat Protection Security Research (MTP-R) Team, you’ll be joining a diverse global community of engineers, program managers, data scientists, security researchers, and threat hunters. The evolution of the threat landscape - driven by machine-speed innovation - demands that we move beyond incremental improvement. Attackers now leverage AI not just as an assistant, but as the engine of entire campaigns, automating infrastructure, interpreting threat intel, crafting personalized phishing, and exploiting both cloud and on-prem environments with unprecedented agility. As we transition into the GenAI era, our vision for Security must be transformative - integrating human expertise with autonomous AI agents to drive rapid detection, automate response, and continuously improve protection. We are looking for a Senior TPM who will be joining Threat Response & Customer Experience group and will help us shape our protection value story in every customer interaction. This team is accountable for creating and driving customer engagement and response programs across the entire MTP suite as part of our end-to-end protection value. You will help in transformation of our Threat Response and customer engagement process with the mission to reimagine how we engage with customers to deliver unified, impactful, and delightful security experiences. This is a significant role at the intersection of technology, operations, and customer experience.

 

Responsibilities

• Drive proactive and reactive threat response programs that support customers with consistent, high‑quality experiences.
• Drive cross‑team alignment across engineering, research, data science, and customer‑facing groups to streamline protection efforts.
• Identify friction points in threat workflows and partner with teams to reduce manual effort and accelerate response.
• Establish transparent metrics, feedback loops, and learning systems that continuously improve protection impact.
• Translate complex threat intelligence, detections, and research into accessible guidance for customers and field teams.
• Champion customer perspectives, ensuring insights inform product direction, threat research, and operational decisions.
• Support readiness, enablement, and documentation that help global teams deliver inclusive, consistent MTP experiences.
• Contribute to building autonomous security capabilities that strengthen protection across diverse cloud and on‑prem environments
• This role includes the ability to be at the forefront of Microsoft Security thought leadership by developing written content for publication on Microsoft blog platforms 
• Use the unique experiences of Microsoft Incident Response to create unique storytelling moments 

Qualifications

Required Qualifications: 

• Bachelor's Degree AND 8+ years experience in engineering, product/technical program management, data analysis, or product development
  • OR equivalent experience
• 3+ years of experience leading cross‑functional team projects, including alignment across globally distributed teams and complex organizational structures.

 

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.

Experience Level

Senior Level