Technical Program Manager, Pretraining Data Infrastructure (AI)

Location: Mountain View, California, United States

Salary: USD $119,800–$234,700 per year across the U.S.; USD $160,200–$261,000 per year in the San Francisco Bay Area and New York City metropolitan area.

Company

Microsoft AI builds frontier models and products reaching millions of people, from pretraining through post-training, evaluation, and launch.

What you will do

• Own an integrated roadmap for pretraining data infrastructure, including requirements, priorities, milestones, and measurable outcomes.
• Build and maintain a centralized backlog of requests and gaps, making prioritization and tradeoffs transparent.
• Engage with researchers and engineers to identify workflow pain points and turn feedback into concrete improvements.
• Partner with technical owners to manage dependencies, infrastructure tradeoffs, and blockers.
• Drive alignment across teams, reduce duplication, and connect tools into cohesive end-to-end workflows across organizational boundaries.
• Communicate status, risks, and decisions to stakeholders and leadership using lightweight processes suited to fast-moving environments.

Requirements

• [X+] years delivering complex technical programs across multiple teams, ideally in data infrastructure, research platforms, or developer tooling.
• Familiarity with data pipelines, distributed systems, or machine learning workflows, with the ability to engage credibly with technical audiences.
• Proven ability to translate user needs into prioritized investments and improved experiences.
• Experience managing dependencies, establishing accountability, and adapting plans as priorities evolve.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, with a track record of aligning stakeholders and influencing without formal authority.

Nice to have

• Experience in data infrastructure, research platforms, or developer tooling.

Culture & Benefits

• Technical Program Managers work as a centralized team embedded with research, product, and engineering stakeholders.
• The role supports fast-moving environments through lightweight processes.
• Certain roles may be eligible for benefits and other compensation.
• Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer and provides reasonable accommodations during the application process.

Hiring process

• The position remains open for a minimum of five days.
• Applications are accepted on an ongoing basis until the position is filled.