Technology Research Program Manager

1 Month ago • 2 Years + • Artificial Intelligence • $176,500 PA - $230,400 PA

Job Summary

Job Description

The Technology Research Program Manager will be part of Microsoft AI's Advanced Planning Unit, focusing on the societal impact and future of AI. Responsibilities include crafting research papers, white papers, product memos, and presentations; addressing urgent questions and communications; creating impactful events and publications; building research networks; conducting original research and analysis; and translating research into actionable insights for development teams. The role requires collaboration across teams and clear communication with diverse audiences.
Must have:
  • Doctorate or equivalent experience
  • Academic publishing experience
  • Top conference participation
  • Technical communication skills
  • Long-term interest in AI
  • Cross-team collaboration
  • Fast-paced project management
Good to have:
  • Experience in both academia and a technology company
  • Experience with AI safety and development hurdles

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Overview

Microsoft AI is a new organization within Microsoft encompassing Copilot, Bing and Edge, designed to create the world’s most compelling and successful consumer artificial intelligence (AI) products and models. If successful in our mission to produce an AI companion for everyone, this will have a profound impact on society, changing everything from health and education to social relationships and work. To understand this impact and guide our teams to produce the best possible results, Microsoft AI is creating an Advanced Planning Unit to help envision and build for the future.

The Advanced Planning Unit will operate in the Office of Microsoft AI’s CEO and will combine cutting edge research across Microsoft and beyond, explore and articulate a range of possible scenarios for the future of AI, craft concrete product recommendations, and suggest planning outcomes based on them. Alongside this it will produce a rolling program of events, publications and other reports to help further our understanding.

AI is transforming how we work, live, and connect. We want to understand how and what it implies for us working on AI today. We want to understand how and what it implies for us working on AI today. You will be on top of the latest developments in areas of scientific technology, including but not limited to quantum physics, nuclear science, and silicon-based technologies, relating to the creation, diffusion, and impact of new technologies and AI. You will be able to research and translate this into concise documents and statements that could go to Product Managers, developers, executives or Communication teams. You will scour existing work across diverse Microsoft teams and synthesize it with other information sources in persuasive and creative ways. You’ll also be hands on with a diverse range of tasks from conference organization to drafting comms materials. We’re looking for proactive, flexible and imaginative team players who can combine the rigor of academia with the fast, proactive mindset of a modern technical business. This unique role will put you at the forefront of understanding AI’s societal impact and creation.

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.
everyone can thrive at work and beyond.

Responsibilities
  • Craft high-quality deliverables (research papers, whitepapers, product memos, summaries, executive briefings, presentations, email updates) that grapple with questions of AI’s societal impact and potential. The expectation is that the original work will be kept within Microsoft.
  • Apply yourself to a range of urgent questions, reports and communications as needed, from must-have briefings to responsive external communications on matters related to the Advanced Planning Unit, the Office of the MAI CEO and Microsoft AI more widely.
  • Help create impactful events and publications on areas adjacent to our work including significant internal review meetings, convenings of experts, public conferences, journals, blog posts and website updates.
  • Build a network of research sources and contacts across Microsoft and maintain relationships. You will collaborate across teams to develop research insights and have visibility on all relevant Microsoft research and work.
  • Engage in original research and analysis and secondary overview across a range of sources from journals to the popular media to interviews.
  • Help the Microsoft AI team and the wider Microsoft community understand our work's core messages and implications. Build relationships across the organization to facilitate these messages and translate your research into actionable insights for development teams working on core products.
  • Propose and deliver research topics, output materials, and both internal or external activities to further our mission of addressing the challenges we face from AI safety to development hurdles.
  • Embody our culture and values.
Qualifications

Required Qualifications:
  • Doctorate in relevant field
    • OR equivalent experience
Preferred Qualifications:
  • Doctorate in relevant field AND 2 years related research experience 
    • OR equivalent experience
  • Experience publishing academic papers as a lead author or essential contributor
  • Experience participating in a top conference in relevant research domain
  • Demonstrate ability to communicate technical topics to non-technical/specialist audiences
  • Demonstrable long-term interest in AI.
  • Ability to collaborate and clearly communicate across multiple teams and levels while also contributing to a positive, inclusive work environment, fostering knowledge sharing and growth within the team
  • Experience within academia and ideally a technology company or similar fast-paced environment
  • Proven ability to work fast and flexibly on diverse projects, including non-research-based tasks under pressure

Research Sciences IC4 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $176,500 - $211,800 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 $192,000 - $230,400 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 and processes offers for these roles on an ongoing basis.

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