Senior Product Manager, Excel Copilot

Microsoft • Redmond, WA

8h • $119,800 - $261,000

About The Position

The Senior Product Manager, Excel Copilot will shape how Excel applies foundation models and agentic AI to help customers work with data. As part of the Models and Signals team, this role will drive continuous improvement based on customer feedback and advances in AI models. The position works across customers, product, engineering, applied science, and design to understand the work people do in Excel and translate those needs into product and technical decisions.

This is an ownership-focused product role: develop a customer- and data-grounded point of view, turn it into strategy and testable hypotheses, make tradeoffs, ship improvements, measure results, and determine next steps. The role contributes to near-term product improvements and longer-term Excel strategy and vision.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree and 5+ years of experience in product management, including driving products from strategy through delivery and using qualitative and quantitative data to inform product decisions, or equivalent experience.
• Ability to meet Microsoft, customer, and/or government security screening requirements, including passing a Microsoft Cloud Background Check upon hire or transfer and every two years thereafter.

Nice To Haves

• Experience building AI-powered products, agentic experiences, or products that incorporate foundation models.
• Experience working closely with engineering and applied science teams on technically complex products.
• Experience with experimentation, evaluation, telemetry, or other systems for measuring and improving AI or product quality.
• Experience delivering products at scale for a broad and diverse customer base.

Responsibilities

• Identify customer needs and product opportunities through customer engagement, telemetry, experimentation, research, competitive insights, and other relevant data.
• Evaluate AI capabilities, including foundation models and agentic systems, and translate applicable capabilities into product experiences that address customer needs.
• Partner with Engineering, Applied Science, Design, and other cross-functional teams to define product requirements, hypotheses, success criteria, and measurable outcomes.
• Use experimentation, evaluations, telemetry, and customer feedback to measure product performance, identify opportunities for improvement, and inform product decisions.
• Drive near-term product improvements while contributing to longer-term product strategy and vision for Excel.
• Assess product and technical tradeoffs in ambiguous or rapidly evolving areas and establish priorities based on customer needs, data, technical considerations, and business objectives.
• Define and monitor product metrics and use data and customer insights to inform prioritization and product investments.
• Communicate product priorities, decisions, and recommendations clearly across cross-functional teams and stakeholders.
• Collaborate effectively across disciplines and contribute learnings, product practices, and insights that support the broader team.

What This Job Offers

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