Responsibilities
- Define and own the product vision, strategy, roadmap, and measurable outcomes for moving new AI capabilities from innovation to platform availability.
- Lead the end-to-end capability onboarding portfolio, from intake and requirements through packaging, launch, catalog distribution, lifecycle management, and transition to production adoption.
- Transform repeated launch activities, manual workflows, and bespoke integrations into reusable platform primitives, standardized contracts, automation, and self-service onboarding paths.
- Translate customer, partner, market, and business needs into clear product requirements, launch criteria, investment priorities, and portfolio tradeoffs across capability types and providers.
- Establish onboarding standards, decision rights, ownership boundaries, and handoff contracts across Product Management, Technical Program Management, Engineering, compliance, operations, and downstream product teams.
- Partner with Engineering on technical feasibility, architecture implications, reliability, and platform investments, and with TPM on integrated plans, dependencies, risks, governance, and launch readiness.
- Define and use outcome-based scorecards, including time to platform availability, onboarding throughput, launch success, standard-path adoption, capability reuse, and reduction in manual work, to guide investment decisions and continuously improve the onboarding system.
Qualifications
Required/minimum qualifications
- Bachelor's Degree AND 8+ years experience in product/service/program management or software development OR equivalent experience.
Other Requirements
Ability to meet Microsoft, customer and/or government security screening requirements are required for this role. This includes passing the Microsoft Cloud background check upon hire/transfer and every two years thereafter.
- Bachelor's Degree AND 15+ years experience in product/service or software development OR equivalent experience.
- Demonstrated success owning product strategy for a technically complex platform, including defining the target customer, product value proposition, differentiated product direction, multi-year roadmap, and measurable business outcomes.
- Strong platform product management experience, including turning fragmented workflows, repeated integrations, or one-off launches into reusable product capabilities, common contracts, scalable services, automation, and self-service experiences.
- Technical depth in AI infrastructure, cloud platforms, distributed systems, developer platforms, or an adjacent domain, with the ability to engage credibly in architecture and feasibility discussions while maintaining clear accountability for the product’s what, why, customer focus, and success measures.
- A record of leading consequential product decisions across multiple organizations using clear narratives, written strategy, evidence, decision frameworks, and executive communication to align senior product, engineering, and business stakeholders.
- Strong analytical product judgment, including experience defining outcome-based metrics, instrumenting customer and platform journeys, interpreting telemetry and qualitative feedback, and using evidence to improve product direction after launch.
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
Product Management IC6 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $165,600 - $296,400 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 $220,800 - $331,200 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.
Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, citizenship, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, immigration status, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran or military status, race, ethnicity, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable local laws, regulations and ordinances. If you need assistance with religious accommodations and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application process, read more about requesting accommodations.
Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree and 8+ years of experience in product, service, program management, or software development, or equivalent experience
- Ability to pass Microsoft Cloud background checks and applicable Microsoft, customer, or government security screening requirements
- Bachelor's degree and 15+ years of experience in product, service management, or software development, or equivalent experience
- Experience owning product strategy for a technically complex platform
- Strong platform product management experience, including reusable capabilities, common contracts, scalable services, automation, and self-service experiences
- Technical depth in AI infrastructure, cloud platforms, distributed systems, developer platforms, or an adjacent domain
- Experience leading product decisions across multiple organizations and aligning senior stakeholders through strategy, evidence, decision frameworks, and executive communication
- Strong analytical product judgment and experience defining outcome-based metrics, analyzing telemetry and feedback, and improving product direction
Microsoft Compensation & Benefits Highlights
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Fair & Transparent Compensation — Pay is presented as broadly competitive overall, with clear role/level/location variation and an emphasis on using posted ranges and band information for apples-to-apples comparisons.
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Retirement Support — Retirement benefits are described as a standout, highlighted by a strong 401(k) match structure and immediate vesting, plus additional plan features for tax-advantaged saving.
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Parental & Family Support — Family-oriented benefits are portrayed as a meaningful strength, with substantial paid parental leave and added supports like back-up care and adoption/surrogacy assistance.
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