Senior Technical Program Manager

Microsoft is on a mission to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more. Our culture is centered on embracing a growth mindset, a theme of inspiring excellence, and encouraging teams and leaders to bring their best each day. In doing so, we create life-changing innovations that impact billions of lives around the world. You can help us achieve our mission.      

Cloud Operations + Innovation (CO+I) is the engine that powers Microsoft’s core cloud platforms and services that millions of people use every day. With more than 95% of Fortune 500 business on Azure, 180 million using Office 365, and millions using other services – all running on Microsoft's cloud infrastructure – CO+I builds and operates the foundation upon which Microsoft’s mission to empower every person and organization comes to life.      

We are seeking a Senior Technical Program Manager with Environmental Social and Governance (ESG) experience to support CO+I’s ESG data management effort in collaboration with the ESG Foresight & Planning, Reporting and Operational Integration teams, as well as data owners across the organization.   

As part of this team, you will collaborate across a broad set of stakeholders within CO+I and Microsoft. You will support the design of ESG Data Management governance processes, draft data protocols for streamlined data collection across the organization, assess data and methodologies for gaps, inconsistencies, improved accuracy and availability with a focus on cross-functional relationships and company-wide alignment.   

You are excited about empowering CO+I with the necessary ESG data insights to support fast and targeted decision-making for performance and impact, timely and accurate disclosure and drive data accountability across the organization to help translate ESG requirements into a opportunity. You are adept at working in a multi-stakeholder, multi-background environment, building enduring trusted relationships and efficiently influencing with limited control. You work effectively with executives, engineering and operations, focusing on crisp and actionable communication, and bring a strategic data perspective, supporting the team by innovating. You have been successful working within a matrixed organizational structure where you lead through influence and teamwork.    

Success in this role means CO+I has ESG data that is robust, accurate, consistent and is easily available at the right level of granularity following the required methodologies and easily flows through an end-to-end ESG data management process that reduces the burden on data owners across the organization and is constantly revisited for opportunities to automate and rapidly scale to meet customer, policymaker and investor ESG data expectations and you empower the ESG reporting team with quality data that supports Microsoft’s ESG leadership position.  

This position requires data management and analytics, leadership, strategic planning, and project management skills. The ESG Data Senior Technical Program Manager will have the opportunity to make a significant impact on the organization's ESG efforts and play a key role in supporting Microsoft’s ability to meet policymakers, customers, investors and industry ESG expectations.  

• This role is in Redmond, WA.  

• Relocation support will be provided, and successful candidates are required to relocate or reside within 50 miles of Redmond WA. 

• This role is eligible for hybrid work, up to 50%.