Principal Product Manager- Windows Server Team
About The Position
Windows Server powers millions of mission-critical workloads across datacenters, edge locations, and hybrid environments worldwide. The Windows Server team is seeking a Principal Product Manager to help define the future of AI infrastructure on Windows Server. You will work closely with enterprise customers, OEMs, silicon and accelerator partners, and Microsoft product teams to identify emerging AI infrastructure needs and translate them into product strategy, roadmap investments, and customer-facing solutions. This role requires a product leader who combines technical depth, customer focus, and strategic thinking to drive innovation across one of Microsoft's most important infrastructure platforms. 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/program management or software development, OR equivalent experience.
- Ability to meet Microsoft, customer and/or government security screening requirements.
- Must 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/program management or software development, OR equivalent experience.
- 3+ years of experience leading enterprise platform, infrastructure, cloud, or distributed systems products with direct customer or partner engagement.
- Experience with AI inference platforms, products, services, or related AI infrastructure technologies.
- Experience translating complex technical and business requirements into product strategy, roadmaps, priorities, and measurable outcomes.
- Experience influencing engineering and business teams across multiple organizations.
- Deep experience in AI/ML inference, model serving, developer platforms, distributed systems, datacenter infrastructure, cloud, edge, or on-premises environments.
- Experience working with OEMs, silicon or accelerator providers, ISVs, systems integrators, or other ecosystem partners.
- Demonstrated success leading customer advisory, pilot, preview, or design-partner programs.
Responsibilities
- Lead customer engagement strategies, including executive briefings, technical workshops, advisory forums, and design-partner programs.
- Gather customer, partner, market, and competitive insights and translate them into product strategy, requirements, success metrics, and roadmap priorities.
- Partner across Microsoft to align plans with developer tools, applications, cloud, security, management, and platform teams.
- Develop a strong perspective on enterprise AI infrastructure, inference workloads, deployment models, hardware trends, and competitive offerings.
- Drive cross-organizational alignment, influence senior stakeholders, and communicate recommendations through clear strategy documents and executive presentations.
Benefits
- Certain roles may be eligible for benefits and other compensation.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Principal
