Senior Technical Program Manager
Microsoft · Posted Oct 13
Software, cloud computing, artificial intelligence, and hardware services
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About the role
GitHub is seeking a Senior Technical Program Manager to drive the GitHub Enterprise Server (GHES) release process, spanning OS and container builds across platform, infrastructure, and application layers, package generation and certification, integration test environments, and distribution of release artifacts through Azure and other clouds. The team is small, engineering-focused, and operates in a fast-paced environment to deliver a high-quality, secure, and dependable appliance for enterprise customers. The role defines operational priorities for the team, coordinates execution across a complex release surface, partners across engineering organizations, and leverages AI to boost productivity and engineering efficiency.
What you will do
- Drive execution across build, package generation, validation, certification, and customer delivery workflows for GHES releases.
- Establish and drive standards for release reliability, observability, compliance, and operational excellence across build, release, and certification workflows.
- Set investment priorities for the GHES Release team, balancing immediate delivery needs with long-term improvements in reliability, efficiency, and engineering velocity.
- Ensure strong operational ownership of release infrastructure, including clear accountability, effective incident response, and continuous improvement following critical issues.
- Drive and deliver security and compliance requirements.
- Negotiate requirements with the central teams (SMEs).
- Understand best practices and available tooling to improve service resiliency and quality.
- Influence and drive adoption of quality best practices and standards.
- Drive onboarding to central infra services and, tooling.
- Track various metrics across broad set of services.
- Drive tooling and infra feature design and implementation.
- Identify new opportunities and work with the central teams to supplement existing quality standards.
- Deliver technical and high-level presentations in various forums.
- Drive multiple projects at any given time.
Skills used in this role
What the employer is looking for
- 5+ years of experience as a Technical Program Manager or in a technical role with systems experience.
- 3+ years of experience working in the Cloud domain.
- 3+ year of experience in management of complex cross-group, cross-business, cross-disciplinary 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 thereafter.
Preferred qualifications
- Strong technical problem-solving and analytical skills.
- Good understanding of cloud services best practices.
- Good understanding of cloud architecture, telemetry, and monitoring systems.
- Experience with high-availability systems and services resiliency.
- Excellent communication and stakeholder management abilities.
- Proven ability to influence without authority and drive results across teams.
- Negotiation skills to drive repair items/investments with engineering managers. Knows trade-offs.
- 4-years degree in Computer Science/Computer Engineering/EE or equivalent experience.
Benefits and support
- Compensation and benefits are detailed in the job posting
About Microsoft
Microsoft Corporation is a multinational technology company that develops, licenses, and supports a wide range of software products, services, and hardware devices. Best known for its Windows operating systems, Microsoft 365 productivity suite, and Xbox gaming consoles, the company has expanded heavily into enterprise cloud computing via Azure and advanced artificial intelligence solutions. As one of the world's most valuable public enterprises, it empowers individuals and businesses globally through innovative digital transformation.
- Industry
- Software
- Company size
- 228,000+ employees
- Founded
- April 4, 1975
- Location
- Redmond, Washington, USA
- Funding stage
- Public Company
Leadership
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
Chief Financial Officer
Vice Chair and President
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