Microsoft Principal Group Product Manager 

United States, Washington 

590296672

Required/Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree AND 10+ years experience in product/service/project/program management or software development
  
  • OR equivalent experience.
• 6+ years people management experience.

Other 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 12+ years of experience in product/service/project/program management
  • OR software development
  • OR equivalent experience.
• 8+ years people management experience.
• 2+ years of practical experience in AI techniques & tools, as evidenced by prior projects
• Functional understand and/or prior hands-on experience with Large Language Models (LLM) such as OpenAI and others, Azure AI, Azure Machine Learning (ML) or their equivalent is preferred
• Proven success with product strategy and products for Microsoft Azure (internal or external facing)
• Experience with enterprise solutions and adeep technical understanding of software and hardware.
• People Management Experience leading product management teams if we decide to grow a team under this role as the products expand in scope.
• Customer focus and a deep commitment to delivering products that create customer value and delightful experiences
• Executive management skills and proven success in driven alignment for strategic priorities.
• Ability to think through measurable impact for the business and drive data-driven decision making.
• Problem solving and conflict-resolution skills across a set of technical, product, and business challenges
• Relationship building capabilities – this role has stakeholders across many organizations
• Effective communication skills with a broad range of audiences and ability to influence without authority
• Passion for technology, quality and security
• Proven presentation and evangelism capabilities.

Certain roles may be eligible for benefits and other compensation. Find additional benefits and pay information here:Microsoft will accept applications for the role until December 3, 2024.

• Understand the customer persona – who are we solving for? What are their
  needs?
• Understand competitive products – are there other products that compete with your product? What is the unique proposition for this product?
• Design product vision and strategy – What will this product deliver?
• Drive product requirements definition, product planning and product design (including writing PRDs) of new features and enhancements
• Own all stakeholder management - clearly communicate product benefits to our users and internal stakeholders and create feedback loops so that we can iterate effectively.
• Partner with the Azure CXP Software Engineering (SWE) leader to ensure that we have a clear plan for feature build and product roadmap stays on track.
• Anticipate, identify, and mitigate blockers to customer success goals
• Work closely with the Data Science team to ensure we are tracking measurable impact of the product
• Share actionable insight, learnings, feedback to drive continuous improvements