Microsoft

Senior Product Manager

Microsoft • $119K — $234K *
Redmond, WA 98052In-Person
Enterprise Technology
5 - 7 years of experience
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Qualifications

  • Bachelor's Degree AND 5+ years' experience in product/service/program management or software development
  • 8+ years' experience preferred in product/service/program management or software development
  • 2+ years' experience taking a product, feature, or experience to market
  • 4+ years' experience improving product metrics in a market
  • Demonstrated experience with Apache Kafka, Azure Event Hubs, or similar technologies
  • Proficient in communication and technical storytelling skills
  • Familiarity with Microsoft products to engage in technical conversations

Responsibilities

  • Analyze customer and market signals in messaging and streaming to identify unmet needs
  • Drive strategy and roadmap aligned with OKRs and KPIs such as engagement and retention
  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams to define and enhance streaming capabilities
  • Define and launch AI-assisted user experiences to improve Eventstream usability
  • Engage with customers to gather feedback and refine the product experience
  • Represent Eventstream through demos, blogs, and presentations to various stakeholders
  • Embody company culture and values in all interactions

Benefits

  • Opportunity for growth and advancement within a leading tech company
  • Access to a comprehensive benefits program including health, wellness, and retirement options
  • Engage in a culture that promotes diversity and inclusion
  • Chance to work with cutting-edge technologies in AI and event streaming
  • Collaborative work environment across diverse teams and departments
Full Job Description
Responsibilities

  • Analyze customer and market signals across the messaging and streaming space using quantitative telemetry, qualitative feedback, competitive analysis, and AI-driven trend and sentiment evaluation to form hypotheses, identify unmet customer needs, and prioritize opportunities for Fabric Eventstream.
  • Own and drive the strategy, and roadmap, defining short and long-term investment priorities, translating them into user stories and scenarios, and aligning the plan with OKRs and KPIs such as engagement, usage, adoption, and retention.
  • Partner with Engineering, Design, Data Science, and research to define the feature set and shepherd capabilities from private preview to public preview to general availability, hardening backend streaming capabilities and interoperability with Apache Kafka, Azure Event Hubs, and messaging brokers.
  • Make AI a core differentiator by defining and shipping AI-assisted experiences, building MVPs and proofs of concept, and setting success metrics (e.g., relevance, quality) that improve the Eventstream user experience.
  • Build trust with customers and partners through direct engagements, preview programs, and listening systems; synthesize feedback and product telemetry into a positive, easy-to-adopt experience and productive courses of action.
  • Represent Eventstream to the field, partners, analysts, and customers through demos, blogs, videos, conference presentations, and Executive Briefing Center sessions, partnering with Product Marketing on go-to-market content and launch plans.
  • Embody our culture and values.


Qualifications

Required/Minimum Qualifications:
  • Bachelor's Degree AND 5+ years' experience in product/service/program management or software development
    • OR equivalent experience.

Additional 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:
  • Bachelor's Degree AND 8+ years' experience in product/service/program management or software development OR equivalent experience.
  • 2+ years' experience taking a product, feature, or experience to market (example: design, addressing product market fit, and launch, internal tool/framework).
  • 4+ years' experience improving product metrics for a product, feature, or experience in a market (example: growing customer base, expanding customer usage, avoiding customer churn).
  • 4+ years' experience disrupting a market for a product, feature, or experience (example: competitive disruption, taking the place of an established competing product).
  • Demonstrated experience with Apache Kafka, Azure Event Hubs, messaging brokers, or other similar streaming technologies.
  • Demonstrated technical depth in messaging, event streaming, or real-time data processing systems.
  • At least 2 years' experience with Azure or other cloud platforms.
  • Experience defining and shipping user experiences, including AI-assisted or low-code experiences.
  • Proficient communication and technical storytelling skills, with the ability to adapt messaging across technologies and audiences and to engage others with data, customer scenarios, and product narratives.
  • Ability to build and maintain positive business relationships with customers, partners, and cross-functional stakeholders, and to reach collaborative, mutually beneficial agreements.
  • Familiarity with Microsoft products and services sufficient to participate in technical conversations with customers and engineering partners.


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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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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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Size
181,000 employees
Market Cap
$1,762.4 billion
Industry
Enterprise Technology
Net Income
$51.3 billion
Founded
1975
5 Year Trend
+15.5%
Revenue
$153.2 billion
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