Principal + Senior Product Managers

Microsoft•Redmond, WA

5d•$119,800 - $304,200

About The Position

Microsoft Security’s Identity and Network Access (IDNA) organization builds identity and access technologies, including authentication, authorization, identity security, access governance, and zero-trust network access solutions such as Microsoft Entra. The team is expanding its work to address AI-related security, including threat detection, automated decision-making, secure adoption of AI workloads and agents, and protection of sensitive data used by AI systems. Microsoft is hiring Principal and Senior Product Managers to help shape the roadmap for securing AI in an early-stage problem space. The role partners with customers, engineering, and cross-functional teams to turn complex security and AI challenges into product capabilities that can ship quickly and scale. Product Management IC4 and IC5 compensation ranges are provided in the posting; location-specific ranges apply in the San Francisco Bay Area and New York City metropolitan area. The position will remain open for at least five days and accept applications until filled.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree and at least 5 years of experience in product, service, or program management, or software development; or equivalent experience.
Ability to meet Microsoft, customer, and/or government security screening requirements, including passing the Microsoft Cloud Background Check upon hire or transfer and every two years thereafter.

Nice To Haves

Bachelor’s degree and at least 8 years of experience in product, service, or program management, or software development; or equivalent experience.
At least 2 years of experience taking a product, feature, or experience to market, such as through design, product-market fit, launch, or an internal tool or framework.
At least 4 years of experience improving product metrics in a market, such as growing the customer base, expanding usage, or reducing churn.
At least 4 years of experience disrupting a market with a product, feature, or experience, such as through competitive disruption or replacing an established competing product.
Experience owning identity, authentication, security, or enterprise platform products end to end.
Track record leading large cross-organizational initiatives or platform migrations, managing complex dependencies, and influencing without authority.
Experience working directly with enterprise customers and executives, including handling escalations.
Hands-on use of AI in product work, such as research, prototyping, or specification writing, or experience shipping AI-powered features.

Responsibilities

Own product vision, strategy, roadmap, and execution for user onboarding and self-service management across Microsoft Entra and consumer accounts (MSA).
Shape product strategy and execution plans using customer needs, telemetry, market research, business opportunities, and trends in identity, security, access management, governance, and compliance.
Prioritize investments and features based on customer impact, business value, technical feasibility, and strategic goals.
Partner with engineering, design, research, and data science to deliver customer-facing solutions.
Lead specifications through product review forums.
Influence across product, engineering, security, business, and partner teams without direct authority.
Drive alignment, resolve priority and dependency tradeoffs, and reach shared outcomes.
Serve as an executive point of contact for strategic customers and partners; handle escalations, validate scenarios, gather feedback, and translate findings into roadmap priorities.
Define success metrics and track product performance.
Report status, decisions, and impact to leadership through business reviews, key results, and executive summaries.
Drive go-to-market readiness and adoption with marketing, sales, documentation, and support teams, including announcements, blogs, FAQs, conference content, and customer success.
Lead with AI in team practices and shipped products; use AI for research, prototyping, specification writing, and validation, and build AI-driven efficiency tools and customer-facing products.
Mentor product managers and foster an inclusive culture of innovation, customer obsession, accountability, and continuous improvement.