Microsoft
Principal Technical Program Manager, AI Supercomputer Operations
$143K–$304K
United States · On-site · Principal · Full-time · Posted Nov 2, 2026
- Experience
- Required: 6+ years in specified fields or equivalent experience; 3+ years managing cross-functional and/or cross-team projects. Preferred: 12+ years in specified fields or equivalent experience; 8+ years managing cross-functional and/or cross-team projects; additional experience areas of 1+ year each.
- Education
- Bachelor's Degree or equivalent experience.
About the job
Leads operational programs for Microsoft AI training supercomputers, coordinating customers and engineering teams to maintain workload reliability and improve infrastructure operations.
What you'll do
- Lead end-to-end supercomputer operations and coordinate cross-team execution for AI training workloads.
- Manage customer commitments, infrastructure risks, and response and recovery for complex incidents.
- Turn operational learnings into improvements in observability, automation, tooling, and operational processes.
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.
- Ability to meet Microsoft, customer and/or government security screening requirements, including the Microsoft Cloud Background Check.
Nice to have
- Bachelor's Degree and 12+ years of relevant experience, or equivalent experience; 8+ years managing cross-functional and/or cross-team projects.
- Experience in AI/ML infrastructure, high-performance computing, GPU infrastructure, distributed training, hyperscale cloud platforms, reliability engineering, incident management, or fleet operations.
Pay
USD $142,800 - $274,800 per year (base salary); USD $188,000 - $304,200 per year (base salary)
Tools
AI/ML infrastructure, high-performance computing, GPU infrastructure, distributed training, hyperscale cloud platforms, Azure
AI focus
Operates AI training supercomputers and supports large-scale AI training and inference workloads.
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