About this role
<b>Overview</b><br><p><span>Microsoft's Mission is to "Empower every person and every organization to achieve more" and Security is core to that statement. The M365 product portfolio makes up some of the most widely used and trusted productivity applications and services in the world and is driving AI value through CoPilots.</span></p><p><span>Would you like to help us protect the billions of people these apps empower to accomplish more in their lives? It’s a fun, dynamic, and always interesting set of problems securing these services and protecting our customers. M365 Security is a Growth Mindset team: We constantly take in new information from diverse sources like internal service partners, bug bounty reports, penetration tests, and external customer feedback to learn more about improving how we can keep our customer's data secure. We are tasked with keeping up with and even exceeding the pace of innovation that is required for Microsoft’s mission: To empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more.</span></p><p><span>The M365 Security Team is looking for a <strong>Principal Group Security Assurance Manager</strong> to help us scale our team and drive objectives to meet our goal of offering the most secure and trusted productivity experiences in the world, managing a team of highly capable Security professionals, and getting into the technical details of Security Reviews, Threat Models, and Security Architecture themselves too. This position requires a strong passion for technology, growth engineering, data-informed decision making, partner engagement, and most of all: customer focus. If this sounds like something you would like to do, we’d love to talk to you!</span></p><br><br><b>Responsibilities</b><br><ul><li>Leading teams of Security Assurance professionals and leading them through the AI Transformation.</li><li>Drive understanding and decision making around Security Incidents and the Post Incident Review (PIR) Process.</li><li>Driving Secure Engineering policies, practices, and tooling across user-facing services at Microsoft, including AI platforms and implementations.</li><li>Helping guide Engineering Teams across Microsoft on security best practices.</li><li>Collaborating with teams across Microsoft to help define the state of the art for detection, prevention, and elimination of security risks.</li><li>Identifying emerging security problems that need additional focus, and contributing to building solutions to solve them, often utilizing AI.</li><li>Mentoring others inside and outside of Microsoft on building secure platforms and systems.</li><li>Plan and manage an expanding portfolio of security and privacy programs and track associated metrics.</li><li>Any other reasonable activity directed by management.</li></ul><br><br><b>Qualifications</b><br><p><strong>Required Qualifications:</strong></p><ul><li>Master's Degree in Statistics, Mathematics, Computer Science, Risk Management, Cyber Security, or related field AND 4+ years experience in software development lifecycle, large scale computing, threat modeling, cyber security, or anomaly detection<ul><li>OR Bachelor's Degree in Statistics, Mathematics, Computer Science, Risk Management, Cyber Security, or related field AND 6+ years experience in software development lifecycle, large scale computing, threat modeling, cyber security, or anomaly detection<ul><li>OR equivalent experience. </li></ul></li></ul></li><li><div>1+ year(s) people management.</div><div> </div></li></ul><div> </div><div><strong>Other Requirements:</strong></div><div>Candidates must be able to meet Microsoft, customer and/or government security screening requirements are required for this role. These requirements include, but are not limited to the following specialized security screenings:</div><div><ul><li><strong>Microsoft Cloud Background Check:</strong> This position will be required to pass the Microsoft Cloud background check upon hire/transfer and every two years thereafter.</li><li><strong>Citizenship & Citizenship Verification:</strong> This role will require access to information that is controlled for export under export control regulations, potentially under the U.S. International Traffic in Arms Regulations or Export Administration Regulations, the EU Dual Use Regulation, and/or other export control regulations. As a condition of employment, the successful candidate will be required to provide either proof of their country of citizenship or proof of their U.S. permanent residency or other protected status (e.g., under 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3)) for assessment of eligibility to access the export controlled information. To meet this legal requirement, and as a condition of employment, the successful candidate’s citizenship will be verified with a valid passport. Lawful permanent residents, refugees, and asylees may verify status using other documents, where applicable.</li><li><strong>Citizenship & Citizenship Verification:</strong> This position requires verification of citizenship due to citizenship-based legal restrictions. Specifically, this position supports United States federal, state, and/or local government agency customers and is subject to certain citizenship-based restrictions where required or permitted by applicable law. To meet this legal requirement, and as a condition of employment, the successful candidate’s citizenship will be verified with a valid passport.</li></ul></div><p> </p><p><strong>Preferred Qualifications:</strong></p><div><ul><li>Master's Degree in Statistics, Mathematics, Computer Science, Risk Management, Cyber Security, or related field AND 8+ years experience in software development lifecycle, large scale computing, threat modeling, cyber security, or anomaly detection (enterprise experience)<ul><li>OR Bachelor's Degree in Statistics, Mathematics, Computer Science, Risk Management, Cyber Security, or related field AND 12+ years experience in software development lifecycle, large scale computing, threat modeling, cyber security, or anomaly detection (enterprise experience)<ul><li>OR equivalent experience.</li></ul></li></ul></li></ul></div><div><ul><li>3+ years people management and/or informal/indirect team leadership experience.</li></ul></div> <br><br><p>Security Assurance M5 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $142,800 - $274,800 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 $188,000 - $304,200 per year. </p><p></p> <p>Certain roles may be eligible for benefits and other compensation. Find additional benefits and pay information here:<br><a href="https://careers.microsoft.com/us/en/us-corporate-pay">https://careers.microsoft.com/us/en/us-corporate-pay</a></p><br><p>This position will be open for a minimum of 5 days, with applications accepted on an ongoing basis until the position is filled.</p><br><hr><br><p>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 <a href="https://careers.microsoft.com/v2/global/en/accessibility.html"><b><u>requesting accommodations.</u></b></a></p>