Microsoft
Principal Technical Program Manager
$143K–$304K
Mountain View, CA · On-site · Principal · Full-time · Posted Oct 27, 2026
- Experience
- 6+ years in a listed field or equivalent experience; 3+ years managing cross-functional and/or cross-team projects. Preferred: 12+ years in a listed field or equivalent experience.
- Education
- Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent experience.
About the job
Leads the strategy and execution of Bing’s offline quality measurement ecosystem for AI-powered search and Copilot Search, guiding product decisions through validated metrics and evaluation systems.
What you'll do
- Own the vision and roadmap for Bing’s offline quality metrics and define measurement strategies for AI search experiences.
- Partner with science and research teams to design, validate, calibrate, and govern metrics that predict user value and align with online outcomes.
- Align partner organizations and turn measurement insights into product investments, launch decisions, and executive reporting.
What they ask for
- Bachelor’s Degree and 6+ years of experience in engineering, product/technical program management, data analysis, or product development, or equivalent experience.
- 3+ years of experience managing cross-functional and/or cross-team projects.
Nice to have
- Experience defining or operating metrics for large-scale product decisions; experience in search, ranking, AI products, or large-scale consumer experiences.
- Experience building evaluation frameworks for LLMs, retrieval systems, or generative AI applications; familiarity with offline evaluation and human rating systems.
Pay
USD $142,800 - $274,800 per year (base salary); USD $188,000 - $304,200 per year (base salary)
Tools
Bing, Copilot Search, LLMs
AI focus
Defines quality measurement for AI-powered search, answer experiences, ranking, retrieval, multimodal and agentic experiences; engages with LLM, human-in-the-loop, and synthetic evaluation.
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