Principal Product Manager

Azure Edge+Platform [E+P] is responsible for Microsoft’s Operating Systems, IoT and Edge products, Engineering Systems, and Health Platforms that span cloud-to-edge and edge-to-cloud. E+P is the platform team for the company and the foundation upon which virtually every Microsoft product and service, like Azure, Xbox, HoloLens, Visual Studio, Microsoft 365, and Microsoft Teams, is built. E+P products and services enable engineers to build out, deploy, manage, monitor, and secure Azure, Windows, and the rest of Microsoft. Additionally, E+P is responsible for several multibillion-dollar businesses of its own including Windows and Azure Monitor. E+P’s mission is to empower every person and organization on the planet to achieve more, meeting them where they live, work, and make decisions – at the edge. 

Engineering Systems [ES] is a team in Azure Edge+Platform that builds and operates the Engineering System for two of the largest businesses at Microsoft: Azure and Windows. We provide our engineers, who work on code ranging from Azure Services to Windows and Linux based products, with tools and services to empower them to deliver world-class quality and secure products, with efficiency and high developer productivity, in a fiscally responsible way. This in turn helps enable Microsoft to deliver more functionality, of higher quality, with better security, and do it faster and more economically.  

The Windows Build team is innovating the way first-party and third-party Microsoft developers build, test, and ship code and services to 1 billion+ devices. We are creating an industry leading set of cloud-based services, developer tools, and processes to empower thousands of engineers to develop for Azure and Windows. We are seeking an aspirational product manager who is passionate about developer tooling for Azure, Windows, and Linux products. Our ideal candidate will work closely with engineering and the executive team to collaboratively build a strategy and oversee product development. Our ideal candidate demonstrates a history of being customer focused and has a solid foundation working in a technically complex space. A technical undergraduate degree is not required, but you should be comfortable collaborating with engineering on tough technical problems. 

As a Principal Product Manager on the Windows Build team, you will be responsible for driving security initiatives within the Windows Engineering System, including definition and rollout of key error detection and sanitization frameworks. You will work closely with the Group Program Manager to identify, evaluate, plan, and execute programs that harden the Windows codebase and deliver a more secure and robust product. You will develop and own a roadmap and balance competing priorities across the business. You will assist with team planning, our rhythm of business, and be a thought-leader in our team of talented Product Managers and Technical Program Managers. 

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. 

Responsibilities

• Anticipate customers’ multiple needs and opportunities for multiple feature areas.  

• Lead partnerships across the organization and company-wide alignment.  

• Build experiences across multiple feature areas and divisional boundaries.  

• Lead process of defining problems and incubating solutions for a team or organization.  

• Influence the long-term vision and strategy for the feature areas based on a deep understanding of customer needs, business goals, and strategy. 

• Serve as a subject matter expert in identifying data-informed, long-term, solution-level investment opportunities, and drive the roadmap for the multiple feature areas across divisional boundaries.  

• Provide demonstrations to leadership team around product/service areas.  

• Collaborate with stakeholders to identify product release criteria and other relevant information.  

• Collect performance metrics, derive deep insights, and drive productive courses of action across teams and the business. 

• Drive next steps for customer transition, identifies gaps, and ensures the vision aligns with customer goals. 

Other

• Embody our Culture