Full Time
Posted 6 days ago
Senior Technical Program Manager - Cybersecurity Risk Analyst Microsoft
Location Redmond, Washington, United States
Vacancies: 1
Posted: 03-09-2025
Salary: $119,800 to $234,700
Experience: 1 to 4
Skills: Cybersecurity risk management, exception analysis, technical program management, stakeholder collaboration, governance frameworks, and deep understanding of risk frameworks (e.g., ISO 31000, ISO/IEC 27001).
Description: Overview
The Cloud & AI organization accelerates Microsoft s mission and bold ambitions to ensure that our company and industry is securing digital technology platforms, devices, and clouds in our customers heterogeneous environments, as well as ensuring the security of our own internal estate. 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. Microsoft is one of the largest enterprise service companies in the world.
The Office of the Chief Information Security Officer (OCISO) is accountable for managing and prioritizing cybersecurity risk for Microsoft. This team oversees the company s overall cyber defense, including the security of Microsoft products and business operations, and collaborates with Engineering teams to advance Secure Future Initiative (SFI) objectives. The Chief Information Security Office (CISO) Governance, Risk, and Compliance (GRC) team, a key function within OCISO, focuses on ensuring regulatory compliance and effectively mitigating and reducing risk.
The CISO GRC team is seeking a dedicated Senior Technical Program Manager - Cybersecurity Risk Analyst to strengthen enterprise cybersecurity risk management through exception oversight. This role will focus on reviewing and analyzing risk associated with exception management, evaluating high-risk scenarios, and driving program enablement across the CISO organization. Success in this role requires deep technical acumen, proficient risk analysis capabilities, and close collaboration with stakeholders across engineering, compliance, and governance teams to ensure exception-related risks are identified, assessed, and addressed effectively.
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.
In alignment with our Microsoft values, we are committed to cultivating an inclusive work environment for all employees to positively impact our culture every day.
Qualifications
Required Qualifications:
Bachelor's Degree AND 4+ years experience in engineering, product/technical program management, risk analysis, or cybersecurity operations OR equivalent experience
2+ years of experience managing cross-functional and/or cross-team projects.
4+ years of experience evaluating and managing cybersecurity risk, with a focus on exception handling and high-risk scenarios
3+ years of experience driving program enablement and governance frameworks across cross-functional technical teams
2+ years of experience collaborating with engineering and compliance stakeholders to address root-cause exception drivers (e.g., tools, processes, control gaps)
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.
Citizenship Verification: This role will require access to information that is controlled for export under export control regulations, potentially under the U.S. International Traffic in Arms Regulations or Export Administration Regulations, the EU Dual Use Regulation, and/or other export control regulations. As a condition of employment, the successful candidate will be required to provide either proof of their country of citizenship or proof of their U.S. permanent residency or other protected status (e.g., under 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3)) for assessment of eligibility to access the export controlled information. To meet this legal requirement, and as a condition of employment, the successful candidate s citizenship will be verified with a valid passport. Lawful permanent residents, refugees, and asylees may verify status using other documents, where applicable.
Citizenship Verification: This position requires verification of citizenship due to citizenship-based legal restrictions. Specifically, this position supports United States federal, state, and/or local government agency customers and is subject to certain citizenship-based restrictions where required or permitted by applicable law. To meet this legal requirement, and as a condition of employment, the successful candidate s citizenship will be verified with a valid passport.
Preferred Qualifications:
Bachelor's or Master's Degree AND 6+ years experience in engineering, product/technical program management, risk analysis, or cybersecurity operations OR equivalent experience
Certified Risk Professional (CRISP) certification or equivalent credentials demonstrating proficiency in ISO 31000, ISO/IEC 27001, and ISO 22301-aligned risk frameworks.
Technical background in security and network architecture, with the ability to assess vulnerabilities and control effectiveness.
Deep understanding of risk management practices, including: Risk identification and scoring, prioritization and mitigation planning.
4+ years of experience collaborating with cross-functional technical teams, including engineering, product, and compliance stakeholders.
Demonstrated ability to influence accountability across dependent teams and drive resolution of exception-related risks at the source.
6+ years of experience managing cross-functional and/or cross-team projects.
1+ year(s) of experience reading and/or writing code (e.g., sample documentation, product demos).
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. 
