Microsoft

Senior AI Product Manager, Minecraft

Microsoft • $119K — $234K *
Consumer Technology
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's Degree AND 5+ years in product/service/program management or software development, or equivalent experience
  • 5+ years translating complex AI concepts into business value for diverse stakeholders
  • 5+ years collaborating with engineering, data science, and product teams to launch AI solutions
  • 5+ years in stakeholder management with senior leadership and cross-functional partners
  • Preferred: Ability to educate both technical and non-technical audiences on new technologies
  • Preferred: Experience in fast-paced, innovation-driven environments
  • Preferred: Hands-on experience with AI-powered products or internal tools

Responsibilities

  • Partner with teams to identify AI tools and support their adoption for practical value
  • Develop AI learning resources and coordinate training for employees
  • Identify and automate workflows, defining requirements and measuring productivity improvements
  • Coordinate cross-functional AI projects, tracking progress and addressing blockers
  • Support AI Team's planning by organizing requests and gathering user feedback

Benefits

  • Comprehensive health and wellness programs
  • Flexible work arrangements
  • Professional development opportunities
  • Collaborative and innovative work environment
  • Access to cutting-edge AI tools and technologies
Full Job Description
Overview

The Senior AI Product Manager at Mojang Studios will help teams adopt AI tools, build new skills, and improve everyday workflows. This role partners with business units, engineering, product, and studio leaders to translate emerging AI capabilities into practical, trusted solutions for Minecraft and Mojang. The ideal candidate combines hands-on experience with AI tools, solid organizational and communication skills, and a passion for helping others learn new technologies. This role supports AI education, workflow automation, and cross-team project coordination, helping the AI Team prioritize opportunities and move initiatives forward. This is an opportunity to help Mojang become an AI-native organization through practical improvements in how teams work and collaborate.

Responsibilities

  • Partner with teams and business leaders to understand their needs, identify relevant AI tools, and support adoption of approved capabilities that deliver practical value.
  • Develop and maintain AI learning resources, coordinate training and demonstrations, and help technical and non-technical employees use AI confidently and responsibly.
  • Identify opportunities to simplify or automate workflows, working with partner teams to define requirements, pilot solutions, and measure improvements in productivity, quality, or efficiency.
  • Coordinate cross-functional AI projects by bringing together stakeholders, clarifying ownership, tracking progress and dependencies, and surfacing blockers to keep initiatives moving forward.
  • Support the AI Team's planning and prioritization by organizing incoming requests, gathering user feedback and adoption insights, and sharing progress, reusable solutions, and lessons learned.


Qualifications

Required Qualifications:

  • Bachelor's Degree AND 5+ years experience in product/service/program management or software development
    • OR equivalent experience
  • 5+ years experience translating complex technical AI concepts into business value for executives, engineering teams, and non-technical stakeholders with solid fluency in AI tools, models, systems, AI-assisted development workflows, and current industry trends
  • 5+ years experience partnering with engineering, data science, research, product, and external partner teams to define, prototype, launch, and scale AI-powered solutions
  • 5+ years experience in stakeholder management including senior leadership, technical teams, and cross-functional partners


Preferred Qualifications:

  • Demonstrated ability to educate and enable both technical and non-technical audiences on new technologies
  • Experience operating in ambiguous, fast-moving, innovation-oriented environments
  • Hands-on experience building, launching, or scaling AI-powered products, internal tools, prototypes, or incubation efforts
  • Experience with GitHub Copilot, AI-assisted development, agentic workflows, model evaluation, developer productivity, or internal AI platforms
  • Experience managing technical incubation environments, AI hardware, compute access, model access, or experimentation infrastructure
  • Executive storytelling, written communication, and product strategy skills
  • High-trust, high-autonomy ownership style with transparent communication and bias for action


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Product Management IC4 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $119,800 - $234,700 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 $160,200 - $261,000 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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