About the role
Microsoft Security is one of the world's largest security organizations — spanning endpoint, identity, cloud, and data security — and one of Microsoft's fastest-growing businesses. Microsoft Security has made a clear commitment: transforming Security Engineering into an AI-first organization that can operate at the pace the threat landscape demands.
As part of the Executive Office of the EVP of Microsoft Security, the AI Transformation Leader sits at the center of that transformation. This role is responsible for activating Security Engineering's new AI-first way of working as the standard operating model — and building the programs, rituals, and change infrastructure that make those ways of working durable. The role does not launch initiatives. It installs habits.
Responsibilities
Activate the New Way of Working
Drive activation of the new AI-first operating model end-to-end: from readiness through team-level adoption, measurement, and iteration, in close partnership with Engineering Executive Sponsor and Engineering Leaders.
Partner with engineering managers and VPs to embed AI-first behaviors into operating rhythms, expectations, and management practice.
Identify and systematically remove barriers to adoption — organizational, tooling, and behavioral.
Build feedback loops that connect adoption reality on the ground back to operating model design and product teams.
Build and Run AI Enablement Programs
Design and run the Security Frontier Enablement Lab — a structured environment where engineering teams experiment with AI tools, agents, and workflows in low-risk, high-signal settings.
Produce and scale the AI & Agents Hackathon series to surface new use cases, accelerate adoption, and build community around AI-first practice.
Run Demo Day as a recurring, visible forum that makes AI-first work celebrated and shared across Security Engineering.
Drive Behavior Change at Scale
Translate the new AI-first operating model into clear behavioral expectations that managers can reinforce and engineers can act on immediately.
Build change mechanisms that install new habits and sustain them over time.
Ensure the internal engineering experience mirrors the AI-first future that Microsoft Security delivers to customers.
Measure Adoption and Feed Insight Back
In partnership with Engineering leaders, define and track leading and lagging indicators of AI tool and operating model adoption across Security Engineering.
Surface adoption patterns, blockers, and bright spots to senior leaders with decision-ready clarity.
Use data to continuously improve programs and sharpen where effort lands next.
This role can sit anywhere in the United States.
Qualifications
Required/minimum qualifications
- Bachelor's Degree in Business, Operations, Finance, or related field AND 6+ years experience in program management, process management, or process improvement
- OR equivalent experience.
- Master's Degree in Business, Operations, Finance, or related field AND 8+ years experience in program management, process management, or process improvement OR Bachelor's Degree in Business, Operations, Finance, or related field AND 12+ years experience in program management, process management, or process improvement OR equivalent experience.
- Proven ability to drive adoption through scalable resources and community engagement
- Proven ability to partner closely with matrixed teams and navigate across complex systems
- Demonstrated storytelling and content strategy skills
- Demonstrated experience driving large-scale behavior or technology adoption in an engineering organization.
- Working knowledge of AI tools and workflows, and the adoption dynamics specific to engineering teams.
- Proven program design and execution skills — from concept through measurable, sustained outcome.
- Ability to influence engineering leaders without direct authority.
- Ability to translates complex change into clear expectations and observable behaviors.
- Demonstrated ability reading signal without perfect clarity, deciding at speed, and adjusting as you learn.
Business Program Management IC6 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $130,900 - $277,200 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 $165,600 - $303,600 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, read more about requesting accommodations.
Skills & Tags
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Microsoft is a technology giant shaping global computing, attracting talent interested in innovation and impact across software, cloud, and AI sectors.
What's promising
- •Strong commitment to innovation in AI and cloud computing.
- •Diverse range of roles from technical to managerial, offering career growth.
- •Financially stable with a robust global presence and market influence.
What to watch
- •Complex organizational structure can slow decision-making processes.
- •High competition for roles may limit entry-level opportunities.
- •Potential for work-life balance challenges in high-demand positions.
Why Microsoft
- •Pioneer in personal and business computing with a legacy of innovation.
- •Extensive global reach with a diverse workforce and inclusive culture.
- •Leader in integrating AI into mainstream software and cloud services.
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About Microsoft
Microsoft is a global technology company that develops, licenses, and supports a wide range of software products, services, and devices. Known for its Windows operating system and Office productivity suite, Microsoft has a significant impact on personal and business computing worldwide.
- Founded
- 1975
