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Senior Technical Program Manager, Microsoft M365 Productivity & Collaboration

Gates Foundation


Job Location:

Seattle, WA - USA

Monthly Salary: Not provided by the employer
Posted: 6 June 2026 (30+ days ago)
Application Deadline: 3 September 2026
Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

The Foundation

We are the largest nonprofitfighting poverty disease and inequity around the world. Founded on a simple premise: people everywhere regardless of identity or circumstances should have the chance to live healthy productive lives. We believe our employees should reflect the rich diversity of the global populations we aim to serve.We provide an exceptional benefits package to employees and their families which include comprehensive medical dental and vision coverage with no premiums generous paid time off paid family leave foundation-paid retirement contribution regional holidays and opportunities to engage in several employee communities.As a workplace were committed to creating an environment for you to thrive both personally and professionally.

The Team

We are looking for a Senior Technical Program Manager (Sr. TPM) to join the Global Technology Operations (GTO) Team. Our teams mission is to deliver the core technology capabilities for the foundation through innovation paired with operational excellence. We aspire to be dynamic collaborative technology leaders enabling mission impact with the highest standards of integrity. The Senior Technical Program Manager is focused on the strategy design and implementation of productivity and collaboration services that enable us to support the foundation in achieving its goals.

YourRole

As a Senior Technical Program Manager in Productivity & Collaboration you will lead the strategy integration and delivery ofemployeefacing productivity and collaboration experiences across the enterprise.

You will operate across a federated ecosystem of platforms teams and stakeholders ensuring that servicesincludingtheMicrosoft 365stack of Teams Exchange SharePoint OneDrive Power Platform CopilotViva andsupplementalcommunications and learning experiencesare delivered asacohesive intuitive employee experience rather than fragmented point solutions.

This role is accountable for enterpriselevel experience outcomes including adoption engagement and employee productivity. You will translate business needs into integrated strategies align roadmaps across multiple service owners and drive coordinated execution across engineering communications HR/L&D and business collaborators.

You will serve as a trusted advisor to senior leaders crafting decisions through clear strategy data-driven insights and compelling executive communication.

WhatYoullDo

Experience Strategy & Roadmap Leadership

  • Define and evolve a multi-year strategy for employee productivity and collaboration experiences

  • Align platform investments roadmaps and initiatives to enterprise priorities and workforce needs

  • Establish an experience-led vision that spans tools communications and learning journeys

CrossPlatform Program & Portfolio Leadership

  • Lead a portfolio of sophisticated interdependent programs spanning collaboration tools employee engagement platforms and experience services

  • Orchestrate delivery across multiple product and service teams ensuring alignment and integration

  • Drive prioritization sequencing and tradeoffs across a federated ecosystem of stakeholders

Employee Experience Integration

  • Ensure services are delivered as a cohesive end-to-end experience across platforms such as Microsoft 365 Viva and related tools

  • Reduce fragmentation by aligning communications learning and product changes into a unified experience layer

  • Partner with service owners to create consistent and scalable experience patterns

Federated Change Management & Adoption

  • Define and scale afederatedchangemanagement model that enables consistent high-quality adoption across decentralized teams

  • Leadenterprise-wideadoption learning and communications strategies to drive behavior change and digital proficiency

  • Minimize employee disruption whilemaintainingvelocity of innovation and delivery

Executive Engagement & Strategic Communication

  • Develop executivelevel narratives roadmaps and briefings

  • Frame complex tradeoffs and recommendations to support decisionmaking at senior levels

  • Ensure leadership communication is aligned clear and outcomedriven

Cross-Functional Leadership & Alignment

  • Influence and align stakeholders across engineering HR communications and business teams

  • Build shared frameworks governance models and ways of working to support consistent execution at scale

  • Drive clarity in environments with distributed ownership and opposing priorities

Experience Metrics & Continuous Improvement

  • Define and superviseexperience-orientedsuccess metrics including adoption engagement and employee productivity

  • Use qualitative and quantitative insights to continuously improve services and programs

  • Introduceinnovative approachesbased on industry trends and emerging workplace technologies

Problem Solving & Issue Resolution

  • Identifyand resolve systemic issuesimpactingexperience quality adoption or service effectiveness

  • Drive root cause analysis and cross-team resolution across complex integrated services

Your Experience

  • Bachelors degree with5 years of relevant experience or equivalent practical experience

  • Confirmed experience leading cross-platform or enterpriselevel programs in digital workplace productivity or collaboration environments

  • Demonstrated ability to drive adoption engagement and behavior change at scale

  • Consistent track recordof influencing without authority across diverse collaborators

  • Experience working in federated or matrixed organizations with distributed ownership

  • Expertisein program and portfolio management across multiple concurrent initiatives

  • Strong understanding of Microsoft 365 collaboration tools and employee experience platforms (e.g. Viva)

  • Experience designing and delivering learning communications or change management strategies

  • Excellent executive communication and storytelling skills

  • Demonstrated ability to navigate ambiguity define structure and drive alignment

  • Experience applying human-centered design principles to employee experience

  • Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with a focus on experience outcomes

  • Experience with agile delivery models and continuous improvement practices

*Must have unrestricted work authorization in the country where this position islocated.

The Foundation does not provide immigration-related sponsorship for this role. This includes direct company sponsorship and any work authorization requiring a written submission or other immigration support from the company (e.g.: H-1B O-1 L-1 E OPT STEM-OPT CPT TN J-1 etc.).

#LI-SC2

The salary range for this role is $190100to $294700USD. We recognize high-wage market differences in SeattleandWashingtonD.C.where our offices arelocated. The range for this role in these locations is $209100to $324100USD.As a mission-driven organization we strive to balance competitive pay with our mission. New hires salaries are typically between the range minimum and the salary range midpoint. Actual placement in the range will depend on a candidates job-related skills experience andexpertise as evaluated during the interview process.

Hiring Requirements

As part of our standard hiring process for new employees employment will be contingent upon successful completion of a background check.

Candidate Accommodations

Were committed to providing an inclusive and accessible hiring experience for all candidates. If you have a disability or medical condition and need an accommodation at any stage of the application or interview processsuch as an ASL interpreter alternative interview format or physical accessibility supportwere happy to help. Please contact with the position number and a brief description of your accommodation needs. Requests will be handled confidentially.

Inclusion Statement

We are dedicated to the belief that all lives have equal value. We strive for a global and cultural workplace that supports ever greater diversity equity and inclusion of voices ideas and approaches and we support this diversity through all our employment practices.

All applicants and employees who are drawn to serve our mission will enjoy equality of opportunity and fair treatment without regard to race color age religion pregnancy sex sexual orientation disability gender identity gender expression national origin genetic information veteran status marital status and prior protected activity.


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Manager


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We are a nonprofit fighting poverty, disease, and inequity around the world

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