Principal Software Engineering Manager

Overview

The Group Squad Leader is a critical leadership role within DSCGP, responsible for managing the success and performance of two or more squads, each led by a Squad Leader. Acting as the connective leadership layer, this role ensures strategic alignment across squads, drives overall performance, and removes cross-squad obstacles to achieve key outcomes. Group Squad Leaders play a pivotal role in landing the new Squad Model designed to accelerate delivery of end-to-end business and customer outcomes with agility, ownership, and impact.

Responsibilities

• Champion Transformational Change: Lead adoption of the Squad operating model to enable agility, accountability, and measurable impact.
• Set Bold Strategic Direction: Anticipate market trends, leverage customer insights, and define visionary paths that inspire squads toward ambitious goals.
• Drive Product Adoption & Satisfaction: Own usage and customer delight, ensuring products deliver transformative value and foster loyalty.
• Forge Strategic Customer Relationships: Act as a trusted advisor and executive champion, co-creating strategies that drive mutual growth.
• Unite Stakeholders: Align internal and external partners—engineering, CXE, UX, CELA, Trust teams—around shared success and act as escalation point when needed.
• Inspire Clarity & Purpose: Communicate a unified product vision that motivates and aligns squads toward extraordinary outcomes.
• Champion Collaboration: Foster seamless partnerships across Group Squad Leaders, PMs, Engineering Architects, and domain experts to harmonize efforts.
• Optimize Resource Strategy: Allocate resources strategically to maximize squad impact and adapt to evolving priorities.
• Build & Empower Teams: Attract and develop top talent, foster inclusion, and leverage insights to elevate squad performance.
• Manage Rhythm of Business (RoB): Ensure squads complete 1CS reviews, GRC, weekly updates, roadmap reviews, security compliance, and cost management.
  
  

Qualifications

• Proven experience in leading multiple teams or squads in a complex, matrixed environment.
• Strong strategic thinking and ability to translate vision into actionable outcomes.
• Exceptional stakeholder management and collaboration skills.
• Deep understanding of product lifecycle, customer engagement, and operational excellence.
• Ability to drive change and foster a culture of agility and accountability.
  
  

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.

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