Microsoft

Product Manager II

Microsoft$102K — $202K *
Information Technology
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's Degree with 2+ years in product/service/program management or software development, or equivalent experience.
  • 3+ years of product management, technical program management, or software engineering experience delivering technology products.
  • Ability to navigate ambiguity and drive cross-functional initiatives from concept to delivery.
  • Strong written and verbal communication skills to articulate customer and business outcomes.
  • Experience in FinOps or commercializing software/services/cloud products through pricing and go-to-market systems.
  • Knowledge of delivering reusable capabilities across multiple products or clouds.
  • Experience using AI tools to enhance product management processes.

Responsibilities

  • Contribute to the vision and roadmap for Core Commerce Pricing and Charge capabilities aligning business needs with platform goals.
  • Partner with various teams to translate monetization scenarios into comprehensive requirements and execution plans.
  • Work with engineering to deliver scalable pricing and charge capabilities across different customer segments.
  • Define product capabilities and standards that promote interoperability and extensibility.
  • Use customer feedback and market insights to make informed product decisions and prioritize features.
  • Track success metrics to drive continuous improvement in product performance and outcomes.
  • Manage dependencies and coordinate execution across teams to resolve complex issues effectively.
  • Communicate product goals and impact to stakeholders using data-driven practices.

Benefits

  • Healthcare coverage including medical, dental, and vision insurance.
  • 401(k) plan with company matching to help you save for retirement.
  • Generous paid time off and holidays to support work-life balance.
  • Access to professional development resources and training programs.
  • Employee discounts on products and services.
Full Job Description
Overview

As a Product Manager, you will help build the next generation of commerce pricing and charge capabilities that enable the business to rapidly bring new offerings to market while maintaining accuracy, flexibility, and operational excellence. You will partner closely with engineering, finance, business planning, and other platform teams to design reusable "Build Once, Benefit Many" capabilities that create value across multiple products, channels, and clouds.

The Product Manager owns platform capability end-to-end, from customer discovery and requirements definition through delivery, adoption, and continuous improvement. Success in this role requires strong cross-functional collaboration, customer focus, utilizing AI to scale and execute.

Join us to shape the future of Microsoft's commerce platform by building resilient services, driving platform consistency, and enabling intelligent, data-driven decision-making at scale.

This role requires you to be onsite 3 days a week in Microsoft's offices in Redmond, WA.

Responsibilities
  • Contribute to the vision, strategy, and roadmap for assigned Core Commerce Pricing and Charge capabilities, aligning business and customer needs with platform priorities and modernization goals.
  • Partner with business, engineering, finance, operations, and downstream teams to identify customer needs, translate monetization scenarios into requirements, and define outcomes, user stories, acceptance criteria, and execution plans.
  • Collaborate with engineering to deliver secure, compliant, reliable, and scalable pricing and charge capabilities across products, channels, customer segments, and commercial models, balancing customer value, technical constraints, and platform investments.
  • Help define and maintain product capabilities, APIs, contracts, and platform standards that promote reuse, interoperability, and extensibility, in partnership with senior product and engineering owners.
  • Use customer feedback, operational insights, market trends, and data to recommend priorities, evaluate tradeoffs, and make informed product decisions.
  • Define and track success metrics-including adoption, pricing agility, charge accuracy, efficiency, performance, and customer outcomes-and use the results to drive continuous improvement.
  • Coordinate cross-functional execution by managing dependencies, surfacing risks, aligning stakeholders, and partnering with senior owners to resolve complex issues.
  • Communicate product goals, roadmap, progress, decisions, and business impact to partners, customers, and leadership; use AI and data-driven practices to improve analysis, documentation, and product development.


Qualifications

Required Qualifications
  • Bachelor's Degree AND 2+ years experience in product/service/program management or software development OR equivalent experience.

Preferred Qualifications
  • 3+ years of experience in product management, technical program management, software engineering, or equivalent experience delivering technology products, services, or platform capabilities.
  • Demonstrated ability to navigate ambiguity, prioritize investments, manage dependencies, and drive cross-functional initiatives from concept through delivery and adoption.
  • Proficient written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to create clarity, articulate customer and business outcomes, and influence stakeholders across disciplines and levels.
  • A growth mindset and intellectual curiosity, with a demonstrated ability to learn new skills and domains, seek feedback, and adapt based on evidence and changing customer needs.
  • Experience related to FinOps or commercializing software, services, cloud products, or platform capabilities through offers, pricing, marketplace, or go-to-market systems.
  • Experience defining or delivering foundational platforms, shared services, or reusable capabilities used across multiple products, businesses, channels, or clouds.
  • Experience using customer research, market analysis, product telemetry, experimentation, and business metrics to inform priorities and measure product impact.
  • Experience applying AI tools or AI-powered capabilities to accelerate jobs to be done, improve product management workflows, or create differentiated customer value.


Product Management IC3 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $102,100 - $202,200 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 $133,800 - $219,200 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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