Principal Group Product Manager

Microsoft • Redmond, WA

1d • $165,600 - $331,200

About The Position

Microsoft’s Cloud Supply Chain (CSCP) organization enables the hardware infrastructure supporting the company’s Cloud and AI growth. The Supply Chain Product Management organization designs and builds systems, tools, and processes for Microsoft’s Cloud and Devices supply chains, embedding AI into end-to-end supply chain solutions.

The Principal Group Product Manager will lead a portfolio of hardware planning capabilities across S&OP and supportability for Cloud server and network assets. The role includes managing and developing product managers, setting strategy and roadmaps for complex planning transformations, and coordinating planning systems and stakeholders across business, engineering, finance, and operations. The position turns ambiguous problems into requirements, process designs, phased capabilities, and measurable outcomes; establishes accountability and decision rights; and drives standardized planning processes, adoption, data quality, and governance.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree and 10+ years of experience in product/service/program management or software development, or equivalent experience.
• At least 3 years of people management experience.
• Ability to meet Microsoft, customer, and/or government security screening requirements, including passing the Microsoft Cloud background check upon hire or transfer and every two years thereafter.

Nice To Haves

• Bachelor's degree and 15+ years of experience in product/service/program management or software development, or equivalent experience.
• More than 7 years of product management leadership experience in supply chain, cloud infrastructure, capacity planning, enterprise planning, or large-scale operations.
• Proven ability to lead complex, cross-functional transformation programs across business, product, engineering, finance, and operations stakeholders.
• Strong understanding of integrated planning concepts, including S&OP, S&OE, demand/supply reconciliation, supportability, capacity planning, scenario planning, and execution handoffs.
• Ability to simplify complex topics into clear strategy, decisions, tradeoffs, and business outcomes for executive audiences.
• Experience leading through ambiguity when ownership, process boundaries, systems, and decision rights are undefined.
• Strong systems thinking and understanding of how changes in planning processes, data sources, or workflows affect downstream commitments and execution.
• Track record of building product roadmaps that connect long-term vision to practical release plans, adoption milestones, and measurable business impact.
• Ability to influence senior stakeholders, peer teams, engineering organizations, and operational leaders without direct authority.
• Strong analytical and data-driven decision-making skills, including using metrics to diagnose process health, prioritize investments, and measure transformation outcomes.
• More than 7 years managing product managers and scaling product discipline across a portfolio.
• Excellent communication skills, including executive storytelling, decision framing, and articulation of risks and dependencies.
• Focus on operational clarity, accountability, and durable process design, rather than only producing and shipping features.
• Experience using and implementing SAP IBP.

Responsibilities

• Lead a portfolio of hardware planning product capabilities across S&OP and supportability for Cloud server and network assets.
• Hire, manage, and develop a team of exceptional product managers up to principal level.
• Define product strategy, roadmap, release sequencing, success metrics, and operating models for complex planning transformation programs.
• Drive integration across planning, Shiproom, build planning, master data, engineering, Finance, and execution teams so solutions operate as a coherent planning system.
• Translate ambiguous business problems into clear product requirements, future-state process designs, phased capabilities, and measurable outcomes.
• Own executive-ready narratives, decision forums, and review materials that communicate problem statements, risks, dependencies, tradeoffs, metrics, and asks.
• Establish product accountability and decision rights across business process owners, product teams, engineering teams, and execution teams.
• Resolve cross-program dependencies before they become blockers for launch, adoption, or supportability.
• Partner with engineering teams to take programs from concept and PRD through design, implementation, validation, launch, and hypercare.
• Drive adoption of standardized planning processes, exception workflows, data quality controls, and governance mechanisms across planner communities.

Benefits

• The posting says certain roles may be eligible for benefits and other compensation and links to additional benefits and pay information; specific benefits are not listed.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Principal