Microsoft

Principal Technical Product Manager

Microsoft • $142K — $274K *
Redmond, WA 98052In-Person
Consumer Technology
8 - 10 years of experience
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Qualifications

  • Bachelor's Degree and 8+ years in product/service/program management or software development, or equivalent experience.
  • Fluent in Mandarin and English for technical discussions.
  • Experience with Games as a Service (GaaS) and live operations.
  • Track record of leading complex, multi-team technical initiatives with dependencies.
  • Stakeholder management experience and advocacy skills for resource allocation.
  • Background in owning a technical product or platform strategy and roadmap.
  • Experience managing external development teams and partnerships.

Responsibilities

  • Drive the long-term technical strategy and roadmap for Minecraft China.
  • Organize technical syncs and summits with internal and external partners to align on direction and share knowledge.
  • Ensure on-time delivery of China content releases by managing dependencies and support issues.
  • Lead technical migrations and improve the China codebase's health in collaboration with co-development partners.
  • Manage external development teams, focusing on resources, priorities, and roadmaps.
  • Oversee resource planning and forecasting to align talent with priority projects.
  • Advocate for China’s needs in stakeholder relationships and raise visibility of partner challenges.

Benefits

  • Eligible for comprehensive health and wellness benefits.
  • Opportunities for professional development and growth.
  • Flexible working hours to collaborate with global teams.
Full Job Description
Overview

China is one of our most important and most complex markets, where Minecraft is co-developed and published in partnership with NetEase and reaches a massive player base. We are looking for an experienced Technical Product Manager to lead the Minecraft China program.

This is a principal individual-contributor leadership role that owns the technical product strategy, partner relationship, and execution that brings Minecraft to the Chinese market. You will set the long-term technical strategy for China, drive complex cross-team initiatives, and own the health of the China codebase. Success in this role requires deep technical product sense, cross-cultural stakeholder management, ability to lead cross-functional teams, and the ability to build trust with a long-term co-development partner. Mandarin fluency is preferred.

Responsibilities
  • Technical strategy
    • Own and drive the long-term technical strategy and multi-year roadmap for Minecraft China in partnership with internal and external teams.
    • Lead regular ongoing syncs and organize technical summits between internal and external teams to align high-level technical direction, surface risks and dependencies, share knowledge, and build cross-team relationships.
  • Development planning and execution
    • Ensure on-time delivery of major China content releases, proactively managing dependencies, dev tooling/build upgrades, security needs, and emergent support issues.
    • Implement strategy and own health of the China codebase by leading technical migrations, reducing tech debt, driving code integration, identifying areas for improvement and working closely with our co-dev partner to understand their needs.
  • Team management
    • Lead and manage external development teams, including resourcing, priorities, access, and roadmaps to ensure healthy operations and unblock high-risk workstreams.
    • Own resource planning and forecasting (such as annual capacity planning) to ensure the right talent is in place to execute priority China workstreams.
  • Partnership management
    • Manage stakeholder relationships across leadership and partner teams, advocating for China's needs and raising visibility of partner challenges, contributions, and business impact.
    • Partner with security and compliance to ensure China workstreams meet security standards and partners have appropriate access to internal systems and assets.


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

Preferred Qualifications
  • Fluent in Mandarin and English, able to lead technical meetings and negotiations in both.
  • Experience with Games as a Service (GaaS) and live operations.
  • Self-starter who can set a clear path and drive it through ambiguity and obstacles.
  • Proven track record of leading large, complex, multi-team technical initiatives with significant cross-team dependencies.
  • Stakeholder management skills and the ability to influence and secure resourcing and support from leadership.
  • Experience of owning a technical product or platform strategy and multi-year roadmap.
  • Experience managing external or partner development teams and co-development partnerships.
  • Written and verbal communication, able to translate complex technical topics for leadership audiences.
  • Experience working with global teams across multiple cultures and time zones, including Chinese companies and work culture, with the ability to work flexible hours.


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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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