Principal Product Manager - WebIQ, AI Economy

Microsoft • Mountain View, CA

11h

About The Position

The AI Economy Team at Microsoft is building infrastructure that enables AI to discover, understand, and interact with information. WebIQ connects AI systems with fresh, relevant information beyond what is contained in their models, including the open web and specialized sources, experiences, and capabilities across domains.

The Principal Product Manager will help define and drive the next phase of WebIQ. Working across product, engineering, business, and partner organizations, this role identifies opportunities, shapes product direction, establishes platform-level requirements, and helps bring complex capabilities to market. The work varies by opportunity and may involve leading directly or influencing, connecting, and enabling the work of others. The role calls for product leadership that can navigate ambiguity and move between strategy and execution, bringing product judgment, technical depth, business acumen, and cross-organizational influence to deliver customer value.

AI Experiences employees who live within a 50-mile commute of a designated Microsoft Hub in the U.S. are expected to work from the office at least four days per week. This expectation is subject to local law and may vary by jurisdiction.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree and 8+ years of experience in product/service/program management or software development, or equivalent experience.
• Experience defining platform-level product requirements for technical products, platforms, cloud services, developer products, search, data, or related technologies.
• Experience shipping complex products or capabilities across multiple teams, ownership boundaries, or interconnected systems.
• Experience taking products or capabilities from early strategy and definition through launch, adoption, and ongoing development.
• Experience working with technical and domain-specialist teams to translate customer and business needs into scalable platform capabilities.
• Strong product judgment and demonstrated ability to balance customer experience, technical considerations, business priorities, and execution.
• Proven ability to create clarity, align stakeholders, and deliver results in ambiguous, rapidly evolving environments.

Nice To Haves

• Bachelor's degree and 12+ years of experience in product/service/program management or software development, or equivalent experience.
• Understanding of AI platforms, search, cloud infrastructure, data products, APIs, developer ecosystems, or platform business models.
• Demonstrated ability to learn and apply emerging AI concepts, independently explore new capabilities, and form product judgment in a rapidly changing technical environment.

Responsibilities

• Define and evolve the product strategy and playbook for bringing specialized vertical capabilities into WebIQ.
• Identify and evaluate opportunities to expand WebIQ into new domains, working with teams that bring specialized expertise, technology, data, and customer understanding.
• Partner with domain teams from early ideation and strategy through product definition, requirements, integration, launch, adoption, and ongoing evolution.
• Define platform-level product and technical requirements that enable specialized capabilities to integrate into WebIQ and deliver a cohesive customer experience.
• Develop scalable approaches and operating mechanisms to incorporate new verticals efficiently while accounting for individual domains’ requirements and maturity.
• Translate customer needs, partner feedback, market signals, and emerging AI use cases into clear product priorities and investment recommendations.
• Drive alignment and execution across Product, Engineering, Data Science, Business Development, Sales, Marketing, Customer Success, Finance, Legal, and partner organizations.
• Help shape business and go-to-market considerations for new vertical capabilities, including customer segmentation, adoption, packaging, and measurement.
• Establish success metrics and feedback loops to understand customer adoption, product quality, ecosystem health, and business impact.
• Drive clarity on ownership, dependencies, and decisions across organizations contributing to a common customer experience.
• Communicate strategy, progress, opportunities, and tradeoffs clearly to senior leaders and stakeholders across Microsoft.

Benefits

• Certain roles may be eligible for benefits and other compensation; additional benefits and pay information is available through Microsoft's careers website.

What This Job Offers

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