Consulting Project Manager

Overview Microsoft Frontier Company is a new operating business built to deliver Frontier Transformation through AI for customers around the world. Backed by a $2.5B investment, it embeds 6,000 industry and engineering experts inside customer environments to co-design, co-innovate, deploy, and continuously improve AI systems at scale, measured by real business outcomes. It combines deep industry knowledge, change management and continuous-improvement expertise, and enterprise-grade AI engineering with the ambition to be the largest, most capable, outcome-driven engineering organization in the industry. Within Frontier Company, the Operations organization brings people, priorities, and execution together, so the business runs as one connected enterprise and shows up as a single team to the customer. Business Excellence sits within Operations and ensures seamless, customer-facing business operations across the entire portfolio, enabling clarity, operational rigor, capability growth, and continuous improvement across the business. The PMO team plays a critical role in enabling delivery success through governance, financial discipline, operational rigor, and data-driven insights across Industry Solutions Delivery (ISD) engagements. We are hiring a Consulting Project Manager (CPM) in PMO team. It is an individual contributor role responsible for driving end-to-end project and portfolio governance, financial predictability, and operational excellence across the assigned engagements . This role primarily operates as a trusted advisor and orchestrator, enabling delivery teams and area leadership to achieve predictable, high-quality outcomes, while also requiring direct management of delivery execution in select scenarios. Responsibilities Portfolio Governance & Delivery Orchestration • Own governance across a portfolio of engagements, ensuring alignment to ISD delivery frameworks, processes, and quality standards • Orchestrate across delivery teams, area CPMs, and stakeholders to ensure successful execution across all lifecycle phases • Identify cross-project dependencies, risks, and systemic issues, and drive resolution at portfolio level Financial Management & Predictability • Own portfolio-level financial oversight including consumption, forecasting, cost management, and revenue predictability • Drive forecast accuracy and financial discipline across engagements, ensuring timely corrective actions • Identify financial risks (leakage, overruns, aging engagements) and lead recovery planningRisk, Issue & Compliance Leadership • Drive proactive identification and mitigation of risks, issues, and compliance gaps • Ensure adherence to governance requirements including project hygiene, audit readiness, ISRA compliance, and decrement closure • Lead structured escalation management with clear resolution ownership and timelinesExecutive Reporting & Insights • Deliver leadership-ready reporting (dashboards, executive summaries, portfolio insights) with clear narratives and actions • Provide data-driven insights on portfolio health, trends, and areas requiring leadership intervention • Simplify and standardize reporting frameworks to improve clarity and decision-makingStakeholder Engagement & Advisory • Act as a trusted advisor to area leadership on governance, financials, and operational improvements • Establish strong communication cadence with stakeholders, ensuring alignment on risks, priorities, and actions • Influence without direct authority to drive alignment and outcomesOperational Excellence & Process Improvement • Identify and drive process improvements, standardization, and efficiency initiatives across engagements • Scale best practices across the PMOAutomation & AI Enablement • Drive adoption of automation, Copilot, and AI-driven solutions to reduce manual effort and improve insights • Deliver measurable improvements in efficiency, cycle time, or reporting quality • Promote reusable solutions and best practices across the teamCapability Building & PMO Leadership • Act as a subject matter expert in areas such as financial governance, reporting, or portfolio management • Contribute to knowledge sharing, training sessions, and capability developmentCompetencies: • Proven experience in supporting complex technology projects or programs, including delivery across scope, cost, schedule, and quality • Strong background in project/program management and consulting engagements. Proven ability to orchestrate multidisciplinary teams, including data scientists, engineers, architects, and business stakeholders • Experience in financial governance, forecasting, and commercial management • Expertise in risk, issue, and change management, including leading scope and budget impact assessments. Proven abilities to manage risks related to Data readiness and quality, Model governance and ethical AI considerations • Ability to translate requirements along with AI capabilities into business outcomes, aligning use cases to Customer strategy and value realization • Hands‑on experience in supporting AI‑enabled, data‑driven, or advanced analytics programs, including cloud‑based AI solutionsProfessional Development & Readiness • Commitment to continuous learning in AI, data, and emerging technologies • Actively maintains relevant certifications and training across project management, cloud, and AI • Demonstrates a strong consulting mindset, customer empathy, and outcome‑focused delivery leadership • Familiarity with Azure Dev Ops • Exposure to LLM and agentic AI Qualifications Required/Minimum Qualifications: • Bachelor degree in Engineering, Computer Science, IT, or related field (or equivalent experience) with 5+ years of experience with at least 2+ years of experience in Project Management. • Excellent communication skills are required. • Demonstrated management of medium to large complexity projects involving employees, external/internal customers, and partners. Ability to work with different Microsoft internal stakeholders. Additional or Preferred Qualifications:  • Project Management Professional (PMP) certification. AI 900 or any other equivalent certification. • 2+ years financial management experience. • Agile certification, Scrum Master, Agile Certified Practitioner (PMI-ACP), or Professional Scrum Master One (PSM1) certification.This role is designed to support government customers operating in a regulated environment. As a result, the position is subject to government procurement contracts and/or applicable legal requirements. 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.