The Microsoft Agentic Security organization is building the next generation of AI-powered security solutions, rethinking how security work gets done in the era of AI. As part of the Microsoft Agentic Security organization, the Project Perception team is pioneering a new security paradigm that combines frontier AI models, security expertise, knowledge graphs, and deep security context to transform how defenders detect, investigate, and respond to threats.
Perception brings together specialized security agents that collaborate across the security lifecycle:
Red agents continuously identify risks, attack paths, exposures, and security gaps before adversaries can exploit them.
Blue agents investigate threats, develop detections, and help defenders prioritize and respond to security incidents.
Green agents drive remediation and hardening recommendations to improve organizational security posture.
Together, these agents help security teams operate with greater speed, precision, and scale while keeping humans in control of critical decisions.
We are looking for Principal + Senior Product Managers to help define and deliver the future of AI-native security experiences. You will work at the intersection of cybersecurity, artificial intelligence, and large-scale distributed systems, partnering closely with engineering, security research, design, and business leaders to create products used by security teams worldwide.
Responsibilities
- Drive product strategy, vision, and roadmap for key areas of Microsoft Agentic Security and Project Perception.
- Define and deliver AI-native security experiences that combine reasoning, action, and human oversight.
- Partner with engineering, security research, design, and data science teams to translate emerging technologies into customer value.
- Engage directly with enterprise customers, security leaders and architects to identify unmet needs and shape investment priorities.
- Analyze customer signals, market trends, threat landscapes, and competitive dynamics to identify opportunities for innovation.
- Lead cross-organizational alignment across Microsoft Security product and platform teams.
- Drive business impact through measurable success criteria, product adoption, customer outcomes, and usage analytics.
- Communicate product strategy, investment recommendations, risks, and progress to senior and executive leadership.
Qualifications
Required/minimum qualifications
- Bachelor's Degree AND 5+ years experience in product/service/program management or software development
- OR equivalent experience.
- 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 background and Microsoft Cloud background check upon hire/transfer and every two years thereafter.
Additional or 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 (e.g., 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 (e.g., growing customer base, expanding customer usage, avoiding customer churn).
- 4+ years experience disrupting a market for a product, feature, or experience (e.g., competitive disruption, taking the place of an established competing product).
- Proven track record delivering enterprise-scale cloud services or security products for security analysts, SOC teams, CISOs, security architects, or IT administrators.
- Experience defining product strategy and executing multi-year roadmaps for highly technical products.
- Understanding of cybersecurity domains such as threat detection, incident response, vulnerability management, posture management, threat hunting, or pen testing.
- Experience partnering with security practitioners, security research teams, offensive security teams, or red team organizations.
- Familiarity with AI systems, large language models (LLMs), retrieval and grounding techniques, agentic architectures, evaluation frameworks, or autonomous workflows.
- Experience building or shipping AI-powered products, agent-based solutions, or intelligent workflow systems.
- Exceptional written and verbal communication skills, including experience presenting to senior and executive leadership.
- Demonstrated ability to influence across organizational boundaries and align diverse stakeholders around a common vision.
- Experience with distributed systems, enterprise SaaS platforms, and secure cloud services.
- Familiarity with knowledge graphs, retrieval-augmented systems, evaluation frameworks, security intelligence, or AI infrastructure platforms.
- Experience launching category-defining products in emerging technology spaces.
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
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
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 5+ years of experience in product, service, or program management or software development, or equivalent experience
- Ability to meet Microsoft, customer, and/or government security screening requirements, including the Microsoft Cloud Background Check
- Bachelor's degree and 8+ years of experience in product, service, or program management or software development, or equivalent experience
- 2+ years of experience taking a product, feature, or experience to market
- 4+ years of experience improving product metrics in a market
- 4+ years of experience disrupting a market with a product, feature, or experience
- Track record delivering enterprise-scale cloud services or security products for security analysts, SOC teams, CISOs, security architects, or IT administrators
- Experience defining product strategy and executing multi-year roadmaps for highly technical products
- Understanding of cybersecurity domains including threat detection, incident response, vulnerability management, posture management, threat hunting, or penetration testing
- Experience partnering with security practitioners, security research teams, offensive security teams, or red team organizations
- Familiarity with AI systems, large language models, retrieval and grounding techniques, agentic architectures, evaluation frameworks, or autonomous workflows
- Experience building or shipping AI-powered products, agent-based solutions, or intelligent workflow systems
- Exceptional written and verbal communication skills, including presenting to senior and executive leadership
- Ability to influence across organizational boundaries and align diverse stakeholders around a common vision
- Experience with distributed systems, enterprise SaaS platforms, and secure cloud services
- Familiarity with knowledge graphs, retrieval-augmented systems, evaluation frameworks, security intelligence, or AI infrastructure platforms
- Experience launching category-defining products in emerging technology spaces
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