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title: Customer Experience Program Manager -Windows Gaming Team
description: Microsoft is looking for a Senior Program Manager to help define and drive the future of graphics development on Windows. The Windows Graphics team builds foundational platform technologies used by game developers, GPU partners, and application developers worldwide to deliver high-performance experiences across the Windows ecosystem. As a Senior Program Manager, you will partner closely with engineers, architects, game developers, game engine providers, GPU vendors, and internal Microsoft teams to shape platform investments that power the next generation of gaming, AI acceleration, and high-performance applications. You will own product strategy, roadmap development, partner engagement, and execution across initiatives that influence the broader Windows graphics ecosystem. Responsibilities Define and drive product strategy, vision, and roadmap for graphics technologies including DirectX, HLSL, PIX, and related developer tools. Identify industry trends, developer needs, and emerging opportunities across gaming, AI acceleration, graphics, and high-performance computing workloads. Partner with engineers, architects, GPU vendors, game studios, engine developers, and ecosystem partners to shape platform direction and feature investments. Gather customer and developer feedback and translate technical requirements into product strategy and prioritized investments. Lead complex cross-functional initiatives involving engineering, design, marketing, business planning, and partner teams. Drive alignment across stakeholders, manage dependencies, and deliver strategic programs that advance the Windows graphics ecosystem. Define success metrics, monitor progress, and communicate business and technical outcomes to senior leadership. Champion developer productivity through investments in tooling, diagnostics, debugging, profiling, and performance analysis. Collaborate with engineering teams on architecture decisions, feature prioritization, and long-term platform strategy. Represen…
date posted: 2026-08-01T14:47:01.289Z
valid through: 2026-09-30T14:47:01.289Z
direct apply: false
occupational category: Engineering
industry: Technology
skills: Computer Science
skills: Engineering
skills: Data Science
skills: Math
skills: Business
skills: Product Management
skills: Technical Program Management
skills: DirectX
skills: HLSL
skills: Vulkan
skills: OpenGL
skills: Metal
skills: Graphics APIs
skills: GPU architectures
skills: Rendering pipelines
skills: Shader systems
skills: Graphics performance optimization
skills: PIX
skills: RenderDoc
hiring organization: Microsoft
  type: Organization
  ticker symbol: MSFT
  founding date: 1975
  number of employees: QuantitativeValue
    value: 228000
job location: Place
  address: PostalAddress
    address locality: Redmond
    address region: United States
    address country: US
employment type: FULL_TIME
base salary: MonetaryAmount
  currency: USD
  value: QuantitativeValue
    min value: 119800
    max value: 234700
    unit text: YEAR