Technical Program Manager, Frontier Model Development (AI)

Location: Mountain View, California, United States

Salary: USD $165,600–$296,400 per year across the U.S.; USD $220,800–$331,200 per year for specific work locations in the San Francisco Bay Area and New York City metropolitan area.

Company

Microsoft AI builds frontier models from pre-training through post-training.

What you will do

• Own execution across the model lifecycle, from training and evaluation to launch readiness.
• Translate research goals into plans, milestones, and success metrics.
• Evaluate trade-offs involving data, evaluation methodology, and model quality.
• Build systems, tooling, and decision mechanisms that turn research into models, often from scratch.
• Coordinate research, engineering, product, and safety dependencies as priorities shift.
• Surface risks to leadership and turn technical choices into clear recommendations.

Requirements

• Background in AI/ML research or engineering, with a hands-on track record while moving into program leadership.
• Deep experience with state-of-the-art LLM development.
• Proven experience leading large technical programs end to end in ambiguous, high-stakes environments.
• Ability to ramp quickly on new domains.
• Track record of influencing senior research and engineering leaders and setting direction across teams.

Culture & Benefits

• Work closely with research leads and frontier research teams.
• Benefits and other compensation may be available depending on the role.
• The position remains open for a minimum of five days, with applications accepted on an ongoing basis until filled.
• Equal opportunity employment and accommodations are available during the application process.