Principal PM Manager

Microsoft

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About The Position

Azure Core is at the forefront of innovation for Microsoft’s Cloud and Artificial Intelligence (AI) mission. We are responsible for designing and building the foundational primitives, platforms, hardware and services that power the current and next generation of applications including Generative AI. Our work expands the Azure Cloud (AI Regions, Region Expansions, New Clouds, Change Management Safety), scales out new hardware product introduction, enables the safe, scalable, and efficient evolution of Azure and improves the foundations of platform quality for every developer and enterprise.

We are seeking a Product Management M5 with a bias for action to design developer tools and platforms that help accelerate Change Management safety efforts, with a strong focus on driving safe maintenance updates into production across complex, large-scale services. You will lead a team of technical product managers working with engineering leaders across Microsoft to drive ongoing innovation in this area meeting increasing customer demands while improving engineering velocity. This role is central to Microsoft’s success.
This is an opportunity to shape the future of cloud infrastructure at one of the world’s largest cloud providers. You will work across engineering, operations, and compliance teams to define strategy, drive innovation (including AI-powered capabilities), and deliver measurable impact on Azure’s business and customer trust.

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.

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree AND 8+ years experience in product/service/program management or software development OR equivalent experience.
• 1+ year(s) people management 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 Cloud Background Check upon hire/transfer and every two years thereafter.

Nice To Haves

• Bachelor's Degree AND 12+ years experience in product/service/program management or software development OR equivalent experience.
• 3+ years people management experience.
• 4+ years experience taking a product, feature, or experience to market (e.g., design, addressing product market fit, and launch, internal tool/framework).
• 6+ 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).
• 6+ years experience disrupting a market for a product, feature, or experience (e.g., competitive disruption, taking the place of an established competing product).

Responsibilities

• Secure executive support for the company-wide initiatives needed to succeed, maintaining the highest levels of trust and integrity with all stakeholders.
• You will provide strategic help to cross-divisional teams as they work with Software and Hardware Engineering to design technical solutions. You will also oversee teams as they identify risks and propose data-based mitigations.
• You’ll drive cross-divisional teams to define success criteria and provide strategic knowledge to help them understand return on investment. You’ll also oversee team collaboration and ensure alignment on product management and release.
• You will oversee cross-divisional teams as they deliver on feature roadmap, track project schedules, develop staging and implementation, and hold teams accountable for leading governance programs.
• You will oversee teams driving continuous improvements by using industry expertise to teach them to validate use cases and helping them partner with other departments to collect performance metrics. You’ll also oversee teams that own customer support and ensure cross-divisional participation in direct customer engagements.
• Innovate product management practices across Azure services and champion the adoption of generative AI tools to streamline planning, feedback-loop synthesis, and engineering system efficiency, setting a new standard for scalable, data-informed decision-making across the platform.
• Stay abreast of industry trends in cloud infrastructure and advancements in product management, ensuring our approach and practices remain cutting-edge.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Principal
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees