Microsoft
Principal Technical Program Manager
$143K–$304K
Redmond, WA · On-site · Principal · Full-time · Posted Oct 22, 2026
- Experience
- 6+ years in the listed fields or equivalent experience; 3+ years managing cross-functional and/or cross-team projects. Preferred: 12+ years in the listed fields or equivalent experience; 8+ years leading complex, cross-functional programs.
- Education
- Bachelor's Degree or equivalent experience.
About the job
Leads cross-functional Online Forensics programs addressing traffic quality, fraud investigations, advertiser protection, partner escalations, compliance, and operational improvements across Microsoft’s advertising ecosystem.
What you'll do
- Lead investigations and remediation programs, coordinating teams, owners, milestones, risks, and outcomes.
- Manage traffic-quality enforcement, partner escalations, audit readiness, and operational pilots.
- Improve operational scale through automation, metrics, tooling, and clear stakeholder and executive communication.
What they ask for
- Bachelor's Degree AND 6+ years 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
- Bachelor's Degree AND 12+ years experience engineering, product/technical program management, data analysis, or product development OR equivalent experience.
- Experience in relevant domains such as advertising platforms, fraud prevention, traffic quality, trust and safety, cybersecurity, or risk operations; plus investigations, telemetry, automation, or audit processes.
Pay
USD $142,800 - $274,800 per year base salary; USD $188,000 - $304,200 per year base salary
Tools
IP, domain, user agent, telemetry, dashboards
AI focus
The role supports operational programs for Microsoft AI Monetization products, including Copilot, Bing, Edge, and Microsoft Advertising; no specific AI development work is stated.
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