Role at a glance
- Job function
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Product, Strategy & Operations Product Management & Product Ownership
- Salary
- $142.8K – $274.8K/yr
- Location
- Multiple Locations, United States United States
- Work arrangement
- On-site
- Employment
- Full-time
- Experience
- Bachelor's Degree AND 8+ years experience in product/service/program management or software development OR equivalent experience.
- Education
- Bachelor's Degree
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Role Summary
The Principal Product Manager will lead product strategy and critical workstreams for AI Capability Onboarding within Microsoft's AI Infrastructure and Platforms organization. The role defines how new AI capabilities become reusable platform building blocks and progress from innovation through packaging, launch, distribution, and lifecycle management.
What You'll Do
- Define and own the product vision, strategy, roadmap, and measurable outcomes for moving new AI capabilities from innovation to platform...
- Lead the end-to-end capability onboarding portfolio from intake and requirements through packaging, launch, catalog distribution,...
- Transform repeated launch activities, manual workflows, and bespoke integrations into reusable platform primitives, standardized...
- Translate customer, partner, market, and business needs into product requirements, launch criteria, investment priorities, and portfolio...
- Establish onboarding standards, decision rights, ownership boundaries, and handoff contracts across Product Management, Technical...
- Define and use outcome-based scorecards covering platform availability, onboarding throughput, launch success, standard-path adoption,...
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View full postingQualifications
Bachelor's degree and 8+ years of experience in product, service, program management, or software development, or equivalent experience.
Required
- Bachelor's degree
- 8+ years of experience in product/service/program management or software development, or equivalent experience
Preferred
- 15+ years of experience in product/service or software development, or equivalent experience
- Product strategy ownership for a technically complex platform
- Platform product management experience involving reusable capabilities, common contracts, scalable services, automation, and...
- Technical depth in AI infrastructure, cloud platforms, distributed systems, developer platforms, or an adjacent domain
- Experience leading product decisions across multiple organizations using written strategy, evidence, decision frameworks, and executive...
- Experience defining outcome-based metrics, instrumenting customer and platform journeys, interpreting telemetry and qualitative...
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Responsibilities
- Define and own the product vision, strategy, roadmap, and measurable outcomes for moving new AI capabilities from innovation to platform availability.
- Lead the end-to-end capability onboarding portfolio, from intake and requirements through packaging, launch, catalog distribution, lifecycle management, and transition to production adoption.
- Transform repeated launch activities, manual workflows, and bespoke integrations into reusable platform primitives, standardized contracts, automation, and self-service onboarding paths.
- Translate customer, partner, market, and business needs into clear product requirements, launch criteria, investment priorities, and portfolio tradeoffs across capability types and providers.
- Establish onboarding standards, decision rights, ownership boundaries, and handoff contracts across Product Management, Technical Program Management, Engineering, compliance, operations, and downstream product teams.
- Partner with Engineering on technical feasibility, architecture implications, reliability, and platform investments, and with TPM on integrated plans, dependencies, risks, governance, and launch readiness.
- Define and use outcome-based scorecards, including time to platform availability, onboarding throughput, launch success, standard-path adoption, capability reuse, and reduction in manual work, to guide investment decisions and continuously improve the onboarding system.
Qualifications
Required/minimum qualifications
- Bachelor's Degree AND 8+ years experience in product/service/program management or software development OR equivalent experience.
Other Requirements
Ability to meet Microsoft, customer and/or government security screening requirements are required for this role. This includes passing the Microsoft Cloud background check upon hire/transfer and every two years thereafter.
Additional or preferred qualifications
- Bachelor's Degree AND 15+ years experience in product/service or software development OR equivalent experience.
- Demonstrated success owning product strategy for a technically complex platform, including defining the target customer, product value proposition, differentiated product direction, multi-year roadmap, and measurable business outcomes.
- Strong platform product management experience, including turning fragmented workflows, repeated integrations, or one-off launches into reusable product capabilities, common contracts, scalable services, automation, and self-service experiences.
- Technical depth in AI infrastructure, cloud platforms, distributed systems, developer platforms, or an adjacent domain, with the ability to engage credibly in architecture and feasibility discussions while maintaining clear accountability for the product’s what, why, customer focus, and success measures.
- A record of leading consequential product decisions across multiple organizations using clear narratives, written strategy, evidence, decision frameworks, and executive communication to align senior product, engineering, and business stakeholders.
- Strong analytical product judgment, including experience defining outcome-based metrics, instrumenting customer and platform journeys, interpreting telemetry and qualitative feedback, and using evidence to improve product direction after launch.
Product Management IC5 - 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.
Certain roles may be eligible for benefits and other compensation. Find additional benefits and pay information here:
https://careers.microsoft.com/us/en/us-corporate-pay
Product Management IC6 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $165,600 - $296,400 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 $220,800 - $331,200 per year.
Certain roles may be eligible for benefits and other compensation. Find additional benefits and pay information here:
https://careers.microsoft.com/us/en/us-corporate-pay
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.
About the company
Microsoft
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Microsoft is a global technology leader that empowers individuals and organizations to achieve more through innovative software, services, and devices. Founded in 1975, the company is best known for its flagship products like the Windows operating system and Microsoft Office suite. In addition to personal computing, Microsoft is a leader in cloud computing with its Azure platform, providing a range of solutions for businesses to enhance productivity and efficiency. With a strong commitment to sustainability and accessibility, Microsoft continues to drive technological advancements that shape the future of work and learning.