Principal Data, AI & Applied Science Manager

Are you a customer-obsessed, AI-curious problem-solver who thrives in an inclusive, collaborative global team? Join Engineering Operations (EngOps) – the organization driving operational excellence across the Microsoft Cloud to strengthen quality, reliability, security, and customer trust. As part of EngOps, you’ll design solutions that prevent issues before they happen, embed AI-powered automation, and turn signals into actions that deliver measurable customer impact. Our culture of empowerment, inclusion, and growth mindset defines how we work.

Every day, customers stake their business and reputation on our cloud. You can help EngOps keep them secure, resilient, and ready.

In the new era of AI, this manager role within EngOps Data & Applied Sciences team will provide you the opportunity to lead and deliver cutting-edge GenAI and ML solutions that drive specific, measurable, and impactful improvements to key areas of Azure customer experience. In an environment of high opportunity and impact, we are looking for a strong lead who can deliver on key initiatives for Quality, Reliability and Security through advanced AI solutions with a team of Data and Applied Scientists.

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.

This role demands deep technical innovation and collaboration across various Microsoft divisions and EngOps product and business teams to forge novel methods, tools, and frameworks that deliver highly performant AI capabilities with measurable impact on Customer Experience. The responsibilities will include:

• Research new methodologies and consult on technology options for best practices in AI feature delivery across the product portfolio
• Develop new predictive and prescriptive models using advanced research techniques with a goal of productionalized solutions. Directs the development of experimental methodologies, statistics, optimization, and probability theory for general purpose software and statistical packages.
• Design experiments to evaluate the performance and measure the impact of new AI/ML models and product features enabling data-driven decisions for AI feature prioritization and investments
• Lead the team to deliver key AI/ML capabilities across EngOps platforms and products
• Co-lead the scale motion for the foundational architecture and AI framework with Engineering partners
• Ensure compliance to Responsible AI standards throughout the AI & ML system lifecycle

Data Science M6 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $163,000 - $296,400 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 $220,800 - $331,200 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

This position will be open for a minimum of 5 days, with applications accepted on an ongoing basis until the position is filled.

Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, citizenship, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, immigration status, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran or military status, race, ethnicity, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable local laws, regulations and ordinances. If you need assistance with religious accommodations and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application process.