Microsoft

Principal Product Manager

Microsoft$165K — $296K *
Enterprise Technology
8 - 10 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree with 10+ years in product/service/program management or software development.
  • MBA preferred with 12+ years of related experience.
  • Proven experience in AI, LLMs, and data-driven decision-making.
  • Capacity to meet Microsoft security screening requirements.
  • Ability to translate complex user needs into actionable product features.

Responsibilities

  • Identify user needs through data analysis and market research.
  • Translate user pain points into impactful product features.
  • Own product roadmaps and prioritize tasks across teams.
  • Deeply engage with technical teams for product clarity and execution.
  • Utilize data to inform feature prioritization and enhance performance.
  • Provide compelling updates to senior leadership.

Benefits

  • Opportunity to work with leading AI scientists and engineers.
  • Engagement with cutting-edge research in AI technologies.
  • Direct impact on real-world applications of Microsoft products.
  • Involvement in a high-profile, innovative team at Microsoft.
  • Possibility to convert product work into direct business value for Microsoft.
Full Job Description
Overview

Microsoft 365 Copilot brings AI assistance to productivity work via M365 App, Outlook, Teams, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and more by grounding large language models (LLMs) in Microsoft Graph (work data) and the web to deliver secure, contextually relevant help to users inside their everyday apps. M365 Copilot has core capabilities like web search grounding, real-time voice and vision, File Summarization, image understanding & image generation, and advanced data analysis via code-execution and we are looking to expand these capabilities further. We need a Principal PM to lead end-to-end product definition from problem discovery to shipped impact at scale. The specific role would be part of the MSAI Turing PM team. The Turing team has a long history of building and shipping state-of-the-art foundation models and multimodal technologies that power experiences across Microsoft, including Search, Office, and Copilot. Combined with M365 Copilot, this role would be a focal point where cutting-edge research meets massive real-world use.

As a Principal Product Manager in MSAI Turing, you will be responsible for doing market research on the latest tech trends and how they are being used by AI tools to enhance productivity of information workers. The work will involve doing competitive research, defining user needs and aligning them with capabilities of the AI models to enable end-to-end experiences in M365 Copilot that will add value to the product that can be directly monetized. This opportunity will allow you to work closely with leading Applied AI Scientists and Engineers, be AI forward with data and metrics driven decision making and convert your work into direct business value for Microsoft.

Responsibilities

  • Customer Focus: You will roll up your sleeves and identify end-user needs and gaps by doing opportunity analysis in the problem domain through data analysis, user and market research.
  • Product Thinking: Translate fuzzy user pain points into lovable, metric-moving features and products. Own roadmaps and prioritize work that balances long-term investments with short-term needs from various product teams - ensuring alignment with organizational objectives.
  • Execution & Ownership: You can make it happen! Deeply engage with applied science, engineering and design teams to ensure clarity on goals, launch fast and iterate faster.
  • Data-Driven Decisions: Utilize data to prioritize features, make informed trade-offs, and continually enhance product performance.
  • Executive Communication: Present clear and compelling progress updates to senior leadership, aligning stakeholders and securing support.


Qualifications

Required Qualifications:

  • Bachelor's Degree AND 10+ 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. These requirements include but are not limited to the following specialized security screenings:

Microsoft Cloud Background Check: This position will be required to pass the Microsoft Cloud background check upon hire/transfer and every two years thereafter.

Preferred Qualifications:

  • MBA AND 12+ years of experience in product/program management or software development


  • OR equivalent experience.


  • Familiarity with AI, LLM and data driven decision making


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.

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Microsoft is an American multinational corporation that develops, manufactures, licenses, supports, and sells a range of software products and services. Microsoft’s devices and consumer (D&C) licensing segment licenses the Windows operating system and related software, Microsoft Office for consumers, and the Windows Phone operating system. The company’s computing and gaming hardware segment provides Xbox gaming and entertainment consoles and accessories, second-party and third-party video games, and Xbox Live subscriptions; surface devices and accessories; and Microsoft PC accessories. Its phone hardware segment offers Lumia smartphones and other non-Lumia phones. Its D&C segment provides Windows Store, Xbox Live transactions, and Windows phone store; search advertising; display advertising; Office 365 Home and Office 365 Personal; first-party video games; and other consumer products and services as well as operating retail stores. Microsoft’s commercial licensing segments license server products, including Windows Server, Microsoft SQL Server, Visual Studio, System Center, and related Client Access Licenses (CALs); Windows Embedded; Windows operating system; Microsoft Office for business, including Office, Exchange, SharePoint, Lync, and related CALs; Microsoft Dynamics business solutions; and Skype. Its commercial segment offers enterprise services, including premier support services and Microsoft consulting services; commercial cloud comprising Office 365 Commercial, other Microsoft Office online offerings, Dynamics CRM Online, and Microsoft Azure; and other commercial products and online services. The company markets and distributes its products through original equipment manufacturers, distributors, and resellers, as well as online.

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