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Principal Technical Program Manager - FDE

Microsoft
Riyadh, KSA
Full-time
Onsite
Discovered 2 days ago
Technical program managementForward Deployed EngineeringAI-assisted engineeringAI solutionsCloud solutionsData solutions

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Role overview

The Principal Technical Program Manager works in Microsoft Frontier Company Engineering’s Forward Deployed Engineering model.

The role embeds with strategic customers to lead complex technical programs from problem definition through delivery and measurable outcomes.

Small multidisciplinary teams work side by side with customers to turn ambiguous problems into production-ready solutions.

Responsibilities

  • Lead complex customer programs and align business needs with AI, cloud, and data engineering solutions.
  • Own the customer journey from problem definition through co-engineering delivery and measurable outcomes.
  • Use AI tools throughout the software development lifecycle to accelerate requirements, engineering artifacts, and production delivery.
  • Work in engineering tools for planning and documentation and validate AI-generated outputs.
  • Navigate ambiguity, manage risks, make program and technical decisions, and give data-driven recommendations.
  • Create reusable solution patterns, open-source assets, and playbooks; share engineering knowledge and best practices.
  • Partner with engineers, data scientists, designers, and customer engineers to deliver AI-powered cloud solutions.

Qualifications

  • Bachelor’s degree and 10+ years of experience in engineering, product or technical program management, data analysis, or product development, or equivalent experience.
  • Five or more years managing cross-functional or cross-team projects.
  • Experience partnering directly with customers or internal stakeholders to deliver end-to-end solutions.

Tools and working practices

  • AI-assisted engineering is used across the development lifecycle.
  • Engineering tools include VS Code, GitHub, and AI agents; examples are provided in the posting.
  • The role requires validating AI-generated outputs with domain expertise and applying security, quality, and trust standards.

Customer work model

  • The role embeds directly with strategic customers and works alongside customer teams.

Team context

The Frontier Company Engineering team works with global organizations on complex challenges.

The team emphasizes customer outcomes, autonomy, collaboration, security, quality, and trust.

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