Senior and Principal Technical Program Manager for Release, Compliance, Privacy - CoreAI (3 roles)

We are the team that ships the world's most popular frameworks and runtimes including .NET, C++, Java, Python, Node, Go, Rust, etc., the world’s #1 used and loved IDEs across the Visual Studio family, and numerous Azure services like App Service, Functions, ACA, etc. We are looking for a strong, highly motivated Senior Technical Program Manager to join our team to define the future of release and compliance functions across our entire portfolio of products. This is an individual contributor role, but there is no limit to the impact and influence you will bear on a wide swath of technical programs. 

This posting represents multiple openings on the team for Senior Technical Program Managers and Principal Technical Program Managers in different focus areas, including Release Management, Compliance, and Privacy. Each role is hired, scoped, and staffed independently, while sharing a common foundation of technical program execution and collaboration across engineering and partner teams. 

All Roles - Common Responsibilities:

• Program & Execution Ownership: Own complex cross‑functional programs end‑to‑end; drive accountability, track progress against milestones, manage risks, dependencies, and ambiguity to ensure successful outcomes. 

• Cross‑Functional Partnership: Collaborate closely with engineering, product, legal, and business stakeholders to align priorities, unblock execution, and support teams navigating technical, policy, and operational constraints. 

• Strategic Translation & Planning: Translate complex requirements, policies, and standards into clear, actionable plans tailored to product portfolios, organizational maturity, and industry expectations. 

• Operational Rigor & Scale: Balance evolving business needs with strong operational discipline; design scalable, repeatable processes that support delivery across teams, products, and geographies. 

• Communication & Executive Engagement: Synthesize program health, risks, and insights for senior leadership; communicate complex topics clearly to enable informed decision‑making. 

• Risk Management & Problem Solving: Identify emerging risks, resolve ambiguity, and drive clarity in fast‑moving or regulated environments through structured analysis and sound judgment. 

• Process Improvement, Automation & Tooling: Continuously improve processes and tooling; define requirements for automation and system enhancements that reduce toil and increase delivery effectiveness including building relevant tools and AI agents yourself as appropriate. 

• Metrics, Outcomes & Culture: Define and track key performance indicators to measure impact and guide prioritization; contribute to a culture of inclusion, trust, and accountability. 

Release Manager – Role‑Specific Responsibilities:

• Lead end‑to‑end orchestration of multiple complex, parallel product releases across platforms, defining integrated release plans, ship readiness criteria, and launch governance 

• Adapt release strategies to changes in product cadence, lifecycle, and customer impact while ensuring adherence to release fundamentals and commitments 

• Be a champion for solid release fundamentals and ensure releases deliver on their compliance obligations. 

• Champion continuous improvement through feedback loops with engineering and partners to strengthen release quality, predictability, and platform maturity 

Compliance – Role‑Specific Responsibilities 

• Partner with legal, security, and industry compliance leaders to define compliance vision, strategy, and execution across regulatory domains 

• Operationalize regulatory requirements into scalable processes, controls, and programs, translating standards across security, privacy, reliability, accessibility, licensing, and globalization and assist engineers navigate these requirements.