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Microsoft Azure is committed to being the cloud trusted most by customers. As Azure is increasingly used in regulated scenarios by global customers, we require increased support for our work to respond to new regulations, to regulatory examinations and customer audits.

The Azure Trusted Platform team is seeking an experienced Senior Technical Program Manager - Compliance to support Azure’s regulatory work. The Senior Technical Program Manager - Compliance will work with multiple stakeholders within Azure as well as external advisors to understand regulatory and compliance framework requirements and will work to implement adherence across Azure. The role will also be supporting audit and examination engagements across multiple Microsoft Online Service’s offerings with respect to that compliance.

Azure Trusted Platform team calls on resources from across Microsoft to plan for regulatory obligations and to respond to the inquiries about regulations from regulators, auditors and customers. Increasingly the principal requirements and queries that those audiences have are about international compliance requirements. The work requires an inquisitive mindset, an inclination towards precision and explanation, and no fear of either detailed work or abstraction. You won’t write code in this role, but you should be comfortable working with people who do. You won’t write contracts in this role, but you should understand the value and limitations of contracts. If you can differentiate “SOX” from “SOC”, “HIPAA” from “HiTrust” and “PIPL” from “PIPEDA”, then we want to meet you. The lexicon of regulatory compliance is a tongue twister, and we work to untwist it for Azure and drive the right preparation.

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Responsibilities

+ Analyze new and changing regulations with Azure in mind.

+ Recommend and justify our compliance approach to leadership.

+ Support, scale, and execute Azure external assessment/audit projects.

+ Devise requirements for building tools and processes needed to develop a scalable and efficient compliance program.

+ Create and execute effective action plans in response to auditor or regulatory investigations and findings.

+ Review and audit Azure’s procedures, practices and policies to assess their effectiveness at supporting regulatory or framework compliance.

+ Engage with customer and partner teams in escalated situations.

+ **Other · Embody our** culture (https://careers.microsoft.com/us/en/culture) **and** values (https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/about/corporate-values)

Qualifications

Required Qualifications:

+ Bachelor's Degree AND 4+ years experience in engineering, product/technical program management, data analysis, or product development

+ OR equivalent experience.

+ 2+ years of experience responding to or conducting compliance audits (e.g., System and Organization Controls 2 (SOC 2), Payment Card Industry (PCI), International Standards Organization (ISO), Health Information Trust Alliance (HITRUST), Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program (Fed RAMP)),

+ OR Experience in conducting regulatory examinations of technical systems or service provider to assess/validate compliance and efficacy of governance.

+ 2+ years of experience managing cross-functional and/or cross-team projects.

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.

Preferred Qualifications:

+ Bachelor's Degree AND 8+ years experience in engineering, product/technical program management, data analysis, or product development

+ OR equivalent experience.

+ 1+ year(s) of in-depth experience with financial, healthcare or pharmaceutical standards/regulations either as regulator party or regulated party.

+ 1+ year(s) of technical systems architecture or cloud solution background.

+ 1+ year(s) of proficiency in high stakes negotiation or influencing.

+ 1+ year(s) of exemplary writing and presentation skills.

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.

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

Microsoft will accept applications for the role until October 21, 2025.

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