Principal Product Manager

Did you know that Microsoft operates and manages one of the largest private global networks on earth? Did you know that Microsoft is one of the largest providers of security-as-a-service offerings? The identity and network access team develops cloud based native network security and identity services that play a foundation role to protect user and resources (applications, devices and data) access in a mobile first cloud first world. We are working on new innovative cloud native security services and are looking for a Principal Product Manager to join our team and help us grow our suite of offerings and larger business portfolio. If you enjoy defining and driving new network security and management capabilities that delight customers, love partnering with engineers to solve complex problems and deliver customer delightful capabilities, working closely with finance and business planning to understand cogs and monetize offerings, engaging customers and Customer Engagement to validate offerings and drive adoption then this could be the role for you. 

Responsibilities

• Define the product and product capabilities in close partnership with customers every step of the way. 
• Design and build product capabilities with engineering. 

• Engage customers to validate, design, refine product offering and enable customer adoption. 

• Develop strong, collaborative relationships with cross-functional teams and drive alignment. 

• Partner with finance, business planning and marketing to define monetization, positioning, cogs and pricing 

• Work closely with product marketing and Customer Engagement team to position offering and enable sales organization to pilot, deploy and operate offering 

Qualifications

Required/minimum qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree AND 8+ years experience in product/service/program management or software development OR equivalent experience.
• 7+ years developing strategic solutions requiring participation across organizational boundaries 

• Bachelor's Degree AND 12+ years experience in product/service/program management or software development OR equivalent experience.
• Understanding of network technologies and passion for infrastructure services. Network securi