Principal Product Manager

Security represents the most critical priorities for our customers in a world awash in digital threats, regulatory scrutiny, and estate complexity. Microsoft Security aspires to make the world a safer place for all. We want to reshape security and empower every user, customer, and developer with a security cloud that protects them with end to end, simplified solutions. The Microsoft Security 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.

We are seeking a highly skilled and motivated Principal Product Manager to join our Education & Awareness team within the Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) Organization.  As a Principal Product Manager, you will define and track success criteria, leading a cross-functional virtual team to develop the training needed, monitoring completion, and reporting on results both internally and to meet compliance requirements.  The role will be responsible for ensuring compliance with industry and regulatory standards (e.g. the EU’s NIS2 directive) associated with security training and awareness, identifying specialist training requirements and needs (e.g. per the SFI), and developing comprehensive training plans with internal partner providers.

The ideal candidate will have significant experience and expertise in regulatory compliance, adult learning and education, and cybersecurity training to ensure we are meeting all compliance and role-based security training needs.  The ideal candidate will have a background in program management, compliance, training, the ability to influence of cross-functional teams, and have a proven track record of driving successful cross-company programs and initiatives for a global workforce end-to-end.

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.

Successful candidates can be located anywhere in the U.S.

• Develop and get alignment within the CISO Organization, across Microsoft Security, and in partnership with CELA (Corporate, External, & Legal Affairs), a vision, strategy, and plan for Microsoft to meet all regulatory compliance requirements and specialist cybersecurity training needs for the Secure Future Initiative.
• Ensure buy-in and adoption of the new program and established requirements with senior leadership across the enterprise.
• Lead a virtual team of training leads across the company, ensuring all requirements are understood and can be met in the development and delivery of specialized training.
• Manage complex programs and problem solve as challenges arise, ensuring that all solutions are creative, people-focused, and align with organizational goals and objectives.
• Develop and implement comprehensive training programs to enhance specialist capabilities and knowledge.
• Monitor and analyze key performance metrics to identify areas for improvement and drive data-driven decision-making.
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