Principal Product Manager - Microsoft Discovery

Microsoft•Redmond, WA

4d•$142,800 - $304,200•Onsite

About The Position

In the Microsoft Discovery and Quantum team, our focus is on developing new growth opportunities for Microsoft. By bringing together all the best technology and AI from across Microsoft alongside our own inventions, we enable researchers to revolutionize the scientific method, speeding up their work towards dependable, superior results. We have a bold mission to accelerate scientific discovery for our entire planet and are looking for candidates to join us in crafting the next winning products for Microsoft. We are looking for a Principal Product Manager to join the Microsoft Discovery team. You will play an integral role in defining and executing a new vision for AI-driven science platform development. This opportunity will allow you to accelerate your career growth, expand domain impact, and deliver at a startup pace. This is a Redmond, WA or Mountain View, CA based position, with an expectation that you will be available to collaborate in person on campus. If you have a passion for technology, innovation, and making a difference, this is the perfect opportunity for you to jump in. You should have experience in strategy, product management, and cross-functional execution. Experience with enterprise products and driving adoption would be a plus. Your expertise in new products, verticals, and taking something from inception to scale will be essential in setting the industry standard. We are building a team of AI native Full Stack Builders, and operate at startup pace. 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.
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/program management or software development OR equivalent 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).
4+ years experience shipping production-ready code as a result of a collaborative process
Experience as a full stack builder
Experience developing with the latest AI-assisted development tools and systems
Experience in scientific R&D, particularly in chemistry and materials science, bio and life-sciences, or silicon and physics.
Track record of setting strategy and converting it into executed, measurable outcomes across multiple planning cycles.
Proven organizational skills with a track record of managing complex, multi‑team programs.
Demonstrable cross-functional leadership and communication; able to influence engineering and partner teams without direct authority.
Experience defining product strategy using customer insights, data, and experimentation.
Experience partnering directly with enterprise customers to identify unmet needs and validate product direction.
Familiarity with modern AI technologies, agents, retrieval-augmented generation (RAG), automation, or workflow orchestration.
Passion for building products that help customers achieve meaningful business outcomes at global scale.

Responsibilities

Define and execute a new vision for AI-driven science platform development.
Work with cross-functional teams of product managers, engineers, designers, scientists, and researchers to build new product experiences.
Shape underlying AI capabilities that support these experiences.
Foster a culture of innovation and high-craft product making.
Influence others to drive business impact across the organization.
Track success criteria for multiple feature areas across divisions.
Identify long-term investment opportunities and engage partners to garner support for those feature areas.
Define a feature set and facilitate senior-level usability reviews with customers.
Own the roadmap for multiple feature areas across divisions.
Collaborate with a partner team to build golden configurations and drive scenario walkthroughs.
Scale Product Marketing teams by building marketing and roll-out plans.
Lead the creation of customer support plans.
Take advantage of major opportunities to promote feature areas and present at large events.
Partner to collect performance metrics and form hypotheses for complex technical needs to improve product development.
Identify features to deprecate.
Manage customer communities.
Build trust with targeted customers across sectors.