Director, Program Management

Director, Program Management | Microsoft Careers Skip to main content Microsoft Careers Careers Careers Search Search jobs Sign in Single PositionView All JobsDirector, Program ManagementUnited States, California, Santa ClaraApply nowAdd to cartFind out how well you match with this jobUpload your resumeJob descriptionCompany and benefitsJob number200039906Date postedJul 24, 2026Work site3 days / week in-officeTravelLess than 25%ProfessionProgram ManagementDisciplineTechnical Program ManagementRole typeIndividual ContributorEmployment typeFull-TimeOverviewMicrosoft Silicon, Cloud Hardware, and Infrastructure Engineering (SCHIE) is the team behind Microsoft’s expanding Cloud Infrastructure and responsible for powering Microsoft’s “Intelligent Cloud” mission. SCHIE delivers the core infrastructure and foundational technologies for Microsoft's over 200 online businesses including Bing, MSN, Office 365, Xbox Live, Teams, OneDrive, and the Microsoft Azure platform globally with our server and data center infrastructure, security and compliance, operations, globalization, and manageability solutions. Our focus is on smart growth, high efficiency, and delivering a trusted experience to customers and partners worldwide and we are looking for passionate engineers to help achieve that mission. As Microsoft's cloud business continues to grow the ability to deploy new offerings and hardware infrastructure on time, in high volume with high quality and lowest cost is of paramount importance. To achieve this goal, the DPU team is instrumental in defining and delivering operational measures of success for hardware manufacturing, improving the planning process, quality, delivery, scale and sustainability related to Microsoft cloud hardware. We are looking for an engineer with a dedicated passion for customer focused solutions, insight and industry knowledge to envision and implement future technical solutions that will manage and optimize the Cloud infrastructure.  We are looking for a Director, Program Management to join the team. ResponsibilitiesProgram Leadership and Cross-Functional Execution  Own end-to-end delivery of large-scale cross-organizational programs spanning multiple engineering teams and platform components.  Drive cross-organizational initiatives spanning engineering, operations, and business teams to deliver strategic priorities.  Partner across multiple engineering orgs to align roadmaps, resourcing, and drive compliance with security and quality standards.  Remove blockers, mitigate risks, and escalate issues to leadership to maintain program momentum and delivery.  Program Coordination and Execution Oversight  Coordinate cross-divisional program execution across engineering and business teams to ensure alignment on priorities, milestones, and delivery timelines.  Monitor program progress and provide leadership visibility into key milestones, risks, and performance metrics.  Partner with stakeholders to ensure accountability for program execution and alignment with organizational strategy.  Support leadership reviews and business updates by synthesizing program insights and progress across initiatives.  Operational Excellence and Organizational Scale  Improve processes, tools, and reporting frameworks that increase visibility into program performance and organizational priorities.   Define scalable program governance models and execution frameworks that enable multiple teams and organizations to deliver complex cross-organizational initiatives.  Drive adoption of scalable processes, automation, and AI-enabled workflows that improve engineering productivity and accelerate platform innovation.  Lead initiatives that strengthen execution discipline and operational effectiveness across teams.  Performance Management and Continuous Improvement  Define and track program success metrics, including operational KPIs, delivery...