Microsoft

Senior Technical Product Manager

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

  • Bachelor's Degree with 5+ years in product/service/project management or software development
  • Demonstrated capability in planning and analytical skills
  • Proven expertise in cross-group collaboration and communication
  • 6+ years experience in shipping cloud products as a preferred qualification
  • Ability to navigate ambiguity and drive clarity in complex environments
  • Experience leading diverse teams with measurable results
  • Strong interpersonal skills and passion for cultural initiatives

Responsibilities

  • Define product strategy by aligning customer needs with cloud capabilities
  • Collaborate with engineering teams to enhance cloud architecture for scalability
  • Establish regular communication regarding cloud development status and updates
  • Facilitate teamwork among PMs, developers, and other stakeholders to create a unified vision
  • Lead cultural initiatives to improve team morale and foster inclusion

Benefits

  • Comprehensive health insurance
  • 401(k) plan with company match
  • Generous paid time off and sick leave
  • Professional development opportunities
  • Flexible working hours and remote work options
Full Job Description
Responsibilities

As a Senior Technical Product Manager, your mission is to turn problems and gaps into the capabilities of tomorrow. You will be responsible for defining capabilities and partnering with engineering counterparts to deliver and operate them. You will work closely with stakeholders to understand their needs and define the product roadmap to ensure our offerings meets those needs.

As a part of a growing team, your responsibilities will include:

  • Product Strategy: You will help shape our cloud roadmap by translating customer needs into scalable capabilities, tools, and processes. This role partners closely with customers and sales teams to gather signals, lead requirements workshops, and advise on solution design and deployment. As the voice of the customer, you will synthesize customer and market insights to drive clear prioritization decisions, ensuring strong return on investment and alignment with Microsoft's strategy. You will collaborate across engineering and business stakeholders to deliver solutions that meet customer needs and maximize business value.
  • Architecture: You will help mature the cloud architecture, identify opportunities for design optimization, and ensure our cloud is positioned to scale.
  • Communications: You will be responsible for establishing and maintaining regular communications about the status of our cloud and upcoming developments. In addition, you will be able to conduct insightful conversations with senior business and technical decision makers inside and outside Microsoft.
  • Team Collaboration: You will pull stakeholders together to align on a shared vision, working with a talented and diverse group of PMs, Developers, and internal teams that rely on our services to be successful. You must be a great collaborator, able to work effectively across broad teams and influence stakeholders of all levels and of all disciplines across Microsoft. Ability to engage colleagues across a large, diverse, and distributed organization to drive decisive action that delivers results for expanding the market for Azure across international boundaries.
  • Cultural Leadership: Ability and passion to lead cultural initiatives, having positive impact on team morale and fostering an environment of inclusion


Other:

Embody our culture and values

Qualifications

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

Other Requirements:
  • Citizenship & Citizenship Verification: This position requires verification of citizenship due to citizenship-based legal restrictions. Specifically, this position supports United States federal, state, and/or local United States government agency customers and is subject to certain citizenship-based restrictions where required or permitted by applicable law. To meet this legal requirement, and as a condition of employment, the successful candidate's citizenship will be verified with a valid passport.
  • 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:
  • 6+ years of software development, product management, or technical program management with a strong track record of shipping products and services.
  • Ability to deal with ambiguity, navigate uncertain situations, and drive for clarity.
  • Previous experience and success in an engineering role where you delivered cloud services.
  • Demonstrated experience in planning, cross-group collaboration, communications, analytical capabilities, and attention to detail.
  • Passion and proven record for execution with measurable results; focus on delivering impact.
  • Proven interpersonal skills, innovation, and the ability to motivate, inspire, and lead cross group/functional teams with a high degree of independence and success.
  • Ability to work successfully across a complex, highly matrixed environment.
  • Demonstrated capability in verbal and written communications skills across a geographically dispersed audience.


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.

About Microsoft

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
NASDAQ
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