Highlights
You will define how Microsoft measures and improves engineering effectiveness at scale, partnering with internal engineering teams to understand their productivity challenges, translating those into a prioritized platform backlog, and shipping data-driven capabilities that help teams become true AI-first, frontier development organizations. Operate as an executive-level strategic voice: translate complex productivity data into narratives that drive investment decisions, influence VP/CVP engineering leaders on practices and tooling, and establish org-level productivity targets.
Numbers & Facts
| Location | Redmond, WA |
| Industry | Computer Software |
| Salary | $139,900–$274,800 Per Year |
| Company Size | 10,000 employees or more |
| Year Founded | 1975 |
| Website | http://www.microsoft.com |
Description
Overview
Core AI is at the forefront of Microsofts mission to redefine how software is built and experienced in the AI era. Our product portfolio includes vital developer tools like VS Code, Visual Studio, GitHub, AI Foundry, and others. Our work enables developers and enterprises to harness the full potential of AI to create intelligent, adaptive, and transformative software.
The EngThrive Insights team is responsible for understanding the developer experience through rigorous data analysis and applied research. Our mission is to deliver insights that enable Microsoft to be the best place to work as an engineer, where it is fast and easy to do great work.
Job Description
In this role, you will serve as a Principal Program Manager owning the product vision, roadmap, and strategy for the EngThrive developer productivity platform. You will define how Microsoft measures and improves engineering effectiveness at scale, partnering with internal engineering teams to understand their productivity challenges, translating those into a prioritized platform backlog, and shipping data-driven capabilities that help teams become true AI-first, frontier development organizations. You will work closely with Core AI CVP leadership to form an opinionated perspective on the future of software development productivity, and ensure our analytical systems evolve to match.
Responsibilities
- Define and own a multi-year product vision for the EngThrive developer productivity platform at Microsoft: with a clear roadmap.
- Grow the platform with the rigor of an external product platform: prioritized backlog, release planning, adoption analysis, and deprecation policies.
- Own the end-to-end developer insight experience across the developer workflow, from environment provisioning and code authoring, through CI/CD, review, deployment, and incident response
- Drive the companys AI-assisted and agentic coding strategy: form an opinionated, data-backed perspective on where AI tooling is best served and ship integrated AI capabilities into the platform.
- Partner with data scientists to go beyond dashboards: prioritization of research, controlled experiments, and predictive models where every study has a clear line to productivity gains.
- Operate as an executive-level strategic voice: translate complex productivity data into narratives that drive investment decisions, influence VP/CVP engineering leaders on practices and tooling, and establish org-level productivity targets.
- Shape the companys external position in developer productivity: through strategic partnerships, standards participation, and conference presence.
Qualifications
Required Qualifications:
- Bachelors Degree AND 6+ years experience in engineering, product/technical program management, data analysis, or product development OR equivalent experience.
- 3+ years of experience managing cross-functional and/or cross-team projects.
- 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.
Preferred Qualifications:
- 10+ years of experience in technical program management or related discipline, with 5+ years of experience on platform or developer-facing products at scale
- 5+ years of experience working directly with an engineering organization to improve productivity.
- 3+ years of experience in support of data science and/or research efforts.
- Experience shipping AI-powered capabilities or defining an AI tooling strategy, particularly around AI-assisted or agentic coding.
- Experience building or managing data products; analytics platforms, measurement systems, or insight engines.
Compensation
The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $139,900 - $274,800 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 $188,000 - $304,200 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
Equal Opportunity Employer
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.
About Company
DO WHAT YOU LOVE
Make your mark on the world’s most used technologies. Develop the next hit mobile application. Pioneer a startup that could be the next big thing. At Microsoft, you choose your path.
Headquartered in Redmond, Washington, Microsoft is a top innovator in both the consumer and enterprise technology industry. Just a few of the many things our products do are unleash creativity, connect businesses, and make learning more fun. But our continued success is based on one thing: our employees. We hire amazing, talented people and give them the opportunities—and the tools—to succeed.
WHY MICROSOFT?
As a Microsoft employee, you’re surrounded by a diverse group of the smartest people in your field. This fosters new ideas, better business results, and creates a dynamic work environment. In the office, you’re constantly challenged and supported by your colleagues. Every day holds something new and exciting.
We also offer unparalleled depth and breadth of career opportunities. As an industry leader in multiple fields, working for Microsoft means being able to do whatever you feel passionate about—and being able to make an impact in that field. From day one, we give our employees significant responsibility. This means that you’ll know that you directly contributed to something that has a positive impact on people worldwide. Whether you choose to work in management, dive deep into the newest technology, or explore multiple professions, you’ll find everything you need at Microsoft to drive your career—and to make a difference.
WE GET IT – YOU’RE MORE THAN YOUR JOB
Everyone works differently and is motivated by different things. We also understand that there’s more to you than your job. That’s why we offer competitive pay and a wide assortment of benefits-- to help you make the most of life at work and away from it.
GET THE BALL ROLLING
Make your mark on the world’s most used technologies. Develop the next hit mobile application. Pioneer a startup that could be the next big thing. At Microsoft, you choose your path.
Headquartered in Redmond, Washington, Microsoft is a top innovator in both the consumer and enterprise technology industry. Just a few of the many things our products do are unleash creativity, connect businesses, and make learning more fun. But our continued success is based on one thing: our employees. We hire amazing, talented people and give them the opportunities—and the tools—to succeed.
WHY MICROSOFT?
As a Microsoft employee, you’re surrounded by a diverse group of the smartest people in your field. This fosters new ideas, better business results, and creates a dynamic work environment. In the office, you’re constantly challenged and supported by your colleagues. Every day holds something new and exciting.
We also offer unparalleled depth and breadth of career opportunities. As an industry leader in multiple fields, working for Microsoft means being able to do whatever you feel passionate about—and being able to make an impact in that field. From day one, we give our employees significant responsibility. This means that you’ll know that you directly contributed to something that has a positive impact on people worldwide. Whether you choose to work in management, dive deep into the newest technology, or explore multiple professions, you’ll find everything you need at Microsoft to drive your career—and to make a difference.
WE GET IT – YOU’RE MORE THAN YOUR JOB
Everyone works differently and is motivated by different things. We also understand that there’s more to you than your job. That’s why we offer competitive pay and a wide assortment of benefits-- to help you make the most of life at work and away from it.
GET THE BALL ROLLING