Overview

Microsoft 365 Copilot is redefining how people create, analyze, and collaborate across work. As a core part of Microsoft 365, Office applications like Excel power mission-critical workflows for hundreds of millions of users worldwide—from everyday decision-making to the most complex financial, operational, and analytical tasks. Excel, in particular, has long been a trusted pillar of how people and enterprises work with data, supporting everyday analysis as well as the critical decision-making that many of the world’s largest companies rely on.

We are at a transformative moment with AI and Copilot. Advances in large language and multimodal models now make it possible to move beyond assistive features toward truly agentic experiences: systems that can plan, reason, act, and adapt over time. Agentic Excel experiences have the potential to fundamentally change how users work with data: not just by answering questions, but by understanding intent, performing multi-step analysis, using tools effectively, and earning user trust through reliable reasoning and transparent behavior.

We are looking for a Senior Technical Program Manager to help deliver the core agentic Copilot experiences in Excel. The ideal candidate brings strong technical program management skills, experience working with LLMs and AI/ML systems to automate workflows, comfort operating in highly ambiguous spaces, and developed organizational and communication skills. They are energized by working across disciplines, can define quality bars and make principled tradeoffs, and are motivated by the opportunity to build and deliver industry leading AI software in a rapidly evolving environment.

This role offers a unique opportunity to help shape the future of productivity for one of the most widely used products in the history of software.

Microsoft’s mission is to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more. As employees we come together with a growth mindset, innovate to empower others, and collaborate to realize our shared goals. Each day we build on our values of respect, integrity, and accountability to create a culture of inclusion where everyone can thrive at work and beyond.

Responsibilities

• Partner with engineering, research, and technical leaders to coordinate cross‑team initiatives, track progress, and surface risks, dependencies, and follow‑ups to maintain momentum.
• You’ll define success criteria and create relationships for implementing multiple feature areas for highly complex cross-functional projects. You’ll coordinate and ensure alignment across the business.
• Manage stakeholder expectations through crisp, outcome‑based updates, and you will act as the first line of escalation for delivery issues; unblocking teams, driving decisions, and keeping execution on track.
• Ensure the right instrumentation and evaluation signals exist, telemetry, quality metrics, and end‑to‑end validation, so teams can iterate quickly while maintaining a clear bar for production outcomes.
• Produce clear, structured materials—documentation, status updates, and summaries—to support shared understanding and informed decision‑making across stakeholders.
• Support the intake, prioritization, and sequencing of work across Excel Copilot programs, helping balance scope, capacity, and near‑term execution needs.
• Continuously identify opportunities to improve program operations, applying TPM best practices to reduce friction and increase clarity and follow‑through.
• Advance the AI frontier responsibly while embodying Microsoft’s culture and values.

Qualifications Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree AND 4+ years experience in engineering, product/technical program management, data analysis, or product development
• OR equivalent experience.
• 2+ years of experience managing cross-functional and/or cross-team projects.

Other Requirements:

Ability to meet Microsoft, customer and/or government security screening requirements are required for this role. These requirements include but are not limited to the following specialized security screenings:

• Microsoft Cloud Background Check:

This position will be required to pass the Microsoft Cloud background check upon hire/transfer and every two years thereafter.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree and 8+ years of product/technical program manager experience, or equivalent practical experience.
• Proven experience leading complex, cross‑functional technical programs that delivered measurable product, quality, or business impact.
• Experience using AI‑enabled developer tools to build or operationalize analytics, reporting, or workflow automation (e.g., internal tools, lightweight applications, or agent‑based processes).
• Hands‑on experience building or prototyping internal tools, workflows, or agents using modern AI platforms or frameworks.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to reason about complex systems and user workflows.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills, including the ability to work effectively with engineering, research, and data partners.
• Strong technical depth in software development, data science, or machine learning, with the ability to reason over complex systems and large datasets.

Technical Program Management IC4 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $119,800 - $234,700 per year. There is a different range applicable to specific work locations, within the San Francisco Bay area and New York City metropolitan area, and the base pay range for this role in those locations is USD $158,400 - $258,000 per year.

Certain roles may be eligible for benefits and other compensation. Find additional benefits and pay information here:
https://careers.microsoft.com/us/en/us-corporate-pay

This position will be open for a minimum of 5 days, with applications accepted on an ongoing basis until the position is filled.

Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, citizenship, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, immigration status, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran or military status, race, ethnicity, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable local laws, regulations and ordinances. If you need assistance with religious accommodations and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application process, read more about requesting accommodations.