Microsoft

Principal Product Manager, Content AI

Microsoft$188K — $304K *
Consumer Technology
8 - 10 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's Degree AND 8+ years experience in product/service/program management or software development.
  • 12+ years experience preferred for an enhanced knowledge base.
  • Proven ability to drive editorial direction and strategy.
  • Experience with AI-first products and scaling evaluations.
  • Solid communication skills and leadership experience.
  • Familiarity with creating content for broad audiences.
  • Experience with Generative AI content.

Responsibilities

  • Develop and implement editorial guidelines for AI-powered content.
  • Shape video and creator guidelines to ensure safety and quality.
  • Build and execute scalable evaluations for editorial content.
  • Lead collaborative cross-functional projects with product and technical teams.
  • Make data-driven decisions aligned with business objectives.
  • Identify and enhance workflow efficiency across content products.
  • Collaborate on strategic planning regarding editorial processes.

Benefits

  • Work from the office at least four days a week starting January 2026, subject to local law.
  • Collaborate within a leading innovative technology environment.
  • Engage in projects with cross-functional teams enhancing skill growth.
  • Opportunity to shape the future of AI-powered content and editorial strategy.
Full Job Description
Overview

A Principal Product Manager for Content and Editorial will help lead the editorial direction, editorial operations and cross-collaboration with our product and engineering teams to ensure the success and integrity of our content across Microsoft MSN surfaces. This role sits within the Microsoft AI core experiences team and aims to build content products that inform and entertain while ensuring high-quality, timely delivery of MSN AI-powered products across MSN surfaces.

Starting January 26, 2026, Microsoft AI (MAI) employees who live within a 50- mile commute of a designated Microsoft office in the U.S. or 25-mile commute of a non-U.S., country-specific location are expected to work from the office at least four days per week. This expectation is subject to local law and may vary by jurisdiction.

Responsibilities
  • Develop and implement quality and editorial guidelines for premium AI-powered content experiences across MSN and Microsoft surfaces.
  • Shape video and creator guidelines within our MSN content experiences, establishing trust, safety and quality frameworks at scale.
  • Build and execute scalable evaluations for AI-powered content systems.
  • Create and execute quality evaluations for existing editorial content products at scale in partnership with product and engineering teams.
  • Lead cross-functional projects with product, technical, and design teams, influencing scale and editorial outcomes.
  • Collaborate with Product and Engineering teams on model evaluation, prompt engineering, and strategic planning around key editorial.
  • Make data informed decisions that meet audience, editorial, and business objectives.
  • Identify workflow improvements to enhance efficiency and product quality across editorial content product.


Qualifications

Required Qualifications:
  • Bachelor's Degree AND 8+ years experience in product/service/program management or software development
    • OR equivalent experience.


Preferred Qualifications:
  • Bachelor's Degree AND 12+ years experience in product/service/program management or software development
    • OR equivalent experience.
  • Proven experience in driving editorial direction, strategy, and accuracy at scale.
  • Proven excellence in executing editorial judgment and leading editorial direction.
  • Proven experience building, executing and scaling frameworks and evaluations within AI-first products.
  • Proven experience collaborating with product and technical engineering teams.
  • Experience building products for broad audiences at scale.
  • Solid communication and leadership experience.
  • Experience with GenAI content.


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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

This position will be open for a minimum of 5 days, with applications accepted on an ongoing basis until the position is filled.

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