Product Manager II

Microsoft

5d • $100,600 - $199,000

About The Position

Do you want to be part of the team building Microsoft Azure? Are you passionate about cloud computing, distributed systems and working on bleeding edge technology at massive scale? Do you want to build the next generation of the enterprise storage in the public cloud? Are you excited about the opportunity to drive tremendous business growth and innovation in Azure? The Azure Storage team delivers cloud native block storage for a variety of compute options including VMs, containers, and BareMetal solutions. Join us in building the largest and most scalable virtualized storage in Cloud. Cloud native block storage is a fundamental building block for customers to migrate and transform their solutions on Cloud as well as the data foundation of service offerings across Microsoft. You can be part of a strategic team with Microsoft-wide and make industry-wide impact. 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 2+ years experience in product/service/program management or software development OR equivalent 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 5+ years experience in product/service/program management or software development OR equivalent experience.
• 2+ 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).
• 2+ years experience disrupting a market for a product, feature, or experience (e.g., competitive disruption, taking the place of an established competing product).

Responsibilities

• Listen to and understand customer requirements, translating them into thorough feature proposals and justifications to secure stakeholder alignment.
• Collaborate with engineering and cross-functional teams to deliver assigned feature sets, managing scope and timelines effectively.
• Collect, analyze, and interpret performance metrics related to product features, forming hypotheses for incremental improvements.
• Understand the organizational Objectives and Key Results (OKRs), align related projects, work items, and measure the impact on key results.
• Support an inclusive team environment by encouraging open communication and collaboration, ensuring all team members contribute effectively to product development and strategy.
• Demonstrate strong technical problem-solving, communication skills, and experience with system architecture.
• Identify opportunities and explore innovative solutions to complex problems.

What This Job Offers

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