Build the platform that will define how enterprises create and operate AI agents. Microsoft Foundry Agent Service is the unified platform for taking agents from first idea to trusted production asset. Connecting models, knowledge, and tools while providing the identity, state, scale, observability, safety, and governance enterprises require.
As a Senior Product Manager - CoreAI on the Agent Service team, you will work on a focused product area and interact directly with customers, engineering, design, research, and partner teams to turn emerging agent patterns into simple, durable platform capabilities. You will help to define products in a rapidly evolving market, make evidence-based tradeoffs across developer experience and enterprise requirements, and move ideas from customer problem through launch, adoption, and measurable customer value.
Microsoft’s mission is to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more. As employees, we come together with a growth mindset, innovate to empower others, and collaborate to realize our shared goals. Each day, we build on our values of respect, integrity, and accountability to create a culture of inclusion where everyone can thrive at work and beyond. In alignment with our Microsoft values, we are committed to cultivating an inclusive work environment for all employees to positively impact our culture every day.
Responsibilities
- Develop product vision, scenarios, requirements, and a prioritized roadmap for a focused area of Foundry Agent Service, balancing near-term customer needs with a coherent long-term platform direction.
- Use the product regularly, communicate progress and learning clearly, and contribute to an inclusive, evidence-driven team culture that moves with urgency while maintaining a high bar for customer outcomes.
- Engage directly with developers and enterprise customers to understand their jobs to be done, identify recurring barriers from prototype to production, and translate qualitative and quantitative signals into product decisions.
- Partner with engineering and design from problem framing through delivery, defining clear scenarios and success criteria, resolving tradeoffs, and helping the team ship capabilities that are coherent across APIs, SDKs, command-line tools, portal experiences, and documentation.
- Define and track measures for activation, production adoption, reliability, retention, and usage; use telemetry, experiments, customer feedback, and competitive analysis to evaluate impact and guide iteration.
- Drive product readiness across security, privacy, responsible AI, compliance, supportability, documentation, and go-to-market partners so customers can adopt the service with confidence.
Qualifications
Required/Minimum Qualifications
- Bachelor's Degree AND 5+ years experience in product/service/program management or software development
- OR equivalent experience.
- Microsoft Cloud Background Check: This position will be required to pass the Microsoft Cloud background check upon hire/transfer and every two years thereafter.
- 1+ years of experience working with generative AI, agents, machine learning systems, distributed cloud services, developer tools, or related technologies.
- 1+ years of experience taking a cloud service, developer platform, API, SDK, or enterprise software capability from problem definition through launch and iteration.
- 1+ years of experience using customer research, product telemetry, experiments, or market analysis to define priorities and improve measurable product outcomes.
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.
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
- Equivalent experience may substitute for a bachelor's degree and experience requirement
- Ability to meet Microsoft, customer, and/or government security screening requirements
- Pass the Microsoft Cloud Background Check upon hire or transfer and every two years thereafter
- 1+ years of experience with generative AI, agents, machine learning systems, distributed cloud services, developer tools, or related technologies
- 1+ years of experience taking a cloud service, developer platform, API, SDK, or enterprise software capability from problem definition through launch and iteration
- 1+ years of experience using customer research, product telemetry, experiments, or market analysis to define priorities and improve measurable product outcomes
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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