Director, AI Inferencing Portfolio Planning at Microsoft
Redmond, WA
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Aug 10, 2026
Redmond, WA
Sep 24, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
This is a senior technical program management role focused on AI inferencing portfolio strategy and planning within a hyperscale cloud or datacenter environment. The person in this role will drive cross-functional planning frameworks, align AI deployment decisions with customer demand and hardware supply, and translate complex technical and operational tradeoffs into executive-level recommendations. It suits an experienced program or capacity planning leader comfortable operating at the intersection of infrastructure, supply chain, and AI product delivery.
Senior level · 10+ years · Bachelor's required
“or” means any one of them counts — you don't need all of them.
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Why we read it this way (6)
The posting has two distinct experience tiers: a baseline gate (Bachelor's + 6 years in engineering/TPM/data analysis, plus 3 years cross-functional project management) and a more detailed preferred/specialized tier (Bachelor's + 10 years in Program/Capacity/Supply Planning, 8 years large-scale cross-functional programs, etc.). The 10-year figure is used for the overall years minimum as it reflects the fuller, specialized requirement block.
No work location is stated anywhere in the posting, so CBSA and state are left blank. Remote status is set to false by default given the datacenter/infrastructure context, but the posting does not explicitly address work arrangement.
The posting mentions 'specialized security screenings' but does not gate on a specific US clearance level, so clearance is set to None.
SOC classification is genuinely ambiguous: the role is a senior individual-contributor Technical Program Manager (TPM), which fits 15-1299 (Computer Occupations, All Other — the standard SOC for TPMs), but the executive-influence scope and organizational leadership could also support 11-3021 (Computer and Information Systems Managers). 15-1299 is chosen as primary because the posting describes no direct reports or budget ownership.
Skills are largely methodological (portfolio planning, capacity planning, cross-functional leadership) rather than named software tools; only the infrastructure domain areas (AI infrastructure, hyperscale cloud, datacenter delivery) are concrete enough to list. The 4-year AI/cloud infrastructure and portfolio management items appear in the preferred/specialized block and are marked accordingly.
Ignored 4 non-technology phrase(s) as skills (responsibilities/concepts, not named tools): Program Management, Capacity Planning, Cross-functional program leadership, Portfolio management.
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