Principal Project Manager - Telecommunications, Media, and Technology

Microsoft; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Microsoft seeks a senior project manager to drive initiation and planning for large customer programs, allocate delivery resources across workstreams, and create detailed work breakdown structures aligned to customer plans.

Lead end-to-end planning and execution with urgency to accelerate time to value, balancing scope, resources, schedule, quality, and security to deliver predictable outcomes for high-visibility engagements.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in related field AND 5+ years experience in project management
• 5+ years direct industry experience in Telecommunications, Media or Hyperscaler/ISVs
• Bachelor's Degree in related field AND 12+ years experience in project management
• 6+ years financial management experience
• Agile certification, Scrum Master, PMI-ACP, or PSM1 certification
• 2+ years technical program management and hypervelocity engineering experience

Responsibilities

• Drive initiation and planning for large, complex customer projects, securing delivery resources and creating detailed work breakdown structures
• Lead end-to-end project planning and execution with urgency to accelerate customer time to value
• Balance scope, resources, schedule, quality, and security to deliver predictable outcomes
• Leverage AI-assisted development to scale delivery and improve outcomes for customers

Skills

Agile certification

Scrum Master

PMI-ACP

PSM1

Technical program management

Education

Bachelor's Degree in related field

12+ years project management experience

Job description

Drive project initiation and planning for large, complex customer projects by securing delivery resources, assigning them across workstreams, and creating detailed work breakdown structures in alignment with customer plans. Lead end-to-end project planning and execution with urgency to accelerate customer time to value, balancing scope, resources, schedule, quality, and security to deliver predictable outcomes for high-visibility engagements. Leverage artificial intelligence and AI-assisted development in project execution to responsibly scale output, accelerate delivery, and improve outcomes for customers. Proactively manage risks and issues across large, complex projects by evaluating trends, defining mitigation strategies, and ensuring completion of required information security risk assessments and related reviews. Lead customer and partner contracting processes, including onboarding partner resources, monitoring contract amendments, delivery acceptance, proof of delivery, and invoicing, while ensuring adherence to security and data governance standards. Establish clear expectations and accountabilities with project team members and stakeholders, leading internal and external kick-off meetings and engaging a broad set of internal and external stakeholders throughout the delivery lifecycle. Navigate ambiguous business challenges, make decisions that drive execution, and apply sound judgment to solve problems. Harvest existing IP for re-use, drive incremental improvement to delivery assets, and share learnings with peers.

• Bachelor's Degree in related field AND 5+ years experience in project management OR equivalent experience.
• 5+ years direct industry experience in Telecommunications, Media or Hyperscaler/ISVs.
• Bachelor's Degree in related field AND 12+ years experience in project management OR equivalent experience.
• 6+ years financial management experience.
• Agile certification, Scrum Master, Agile Certified Practitioner (PMI-ACP), or Professional Scrum Master One (PSM1) certification.
• 2+ years technical program management and hypervelocity engineering experience