Principal Product Manager

Do you have a passion for blazing new approaches that solve the most challenging business and technical scenarios and translating these solutions into scalable and reusable approaches and implementations?  If so, we want to talk with you.  The Commerce Engineering team team is seeking an experienced Principal Product Manager for Pricing and Offers Management, to solve business optimization problems at scale and help develop a new class of products and automation. You will incubate software solutions to large-scale business problems, collaborate and create clarity. 

Join us  to shape the future of offer management experiences. Our team ensures pricing accuracy and agility across Microsoft working deeply across Marketing and Core Engineering.  We are expanding technologies to tackle challenges and complexities in our processes, create automated solutions, and improve quality and efficiency.  

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.

In alignment with our Microsoft values, we are committed to cultivating an inclusive work environment for all employees to positively impact our culture every day.

By applying to this U.S. based position, relocation does not apply/is not provided for the role.

Responsibilities

Business Acumen and Executive Presence 

• Executive presence to build confidence and trust with stakeholders and partner teams 

• Technical acumen to drive ideation, planning and operationalization of business strategy that require alignment of cross-organizational strategy and securing commitment beyond your immediate team 

• Versatile with ability to be adaptable in rapidly evolving business/org situations 

• Analytical skills, able to distill key insights from incomplete data that leads to clarity, urgency and action 

Technical / Role Depth 

• Developing product strategy and associated roadmaps. 

• Driving and delivering features from ideation to launch. This includes understanding customer needs, crafting product requirements, collaborating with design and engineering teams, ensuring the successful rollout of features, and adoption plans and metrics. 

• Identifying gaps in a platform, service, or process that act as barriers to achieving the team’s objectives. 

• Using insights derived from various disconnected data sources - such as different customer cohorts, broader market and industry trends, and analysis - to inform product development and enhancements. 

• Defining the necessary data to make efficient, data-driven decisions, ensuring features meet user needs and market demands. 

• Ensuring that investments in features and enhancements deliver the anticipated value to customers and align with Microsoft's business objectives. 

• Articulating project status, blockers, and outstanding actions to all stakeholders, including senior management.