Principal Product Manager

Microsoft is a company where passionate innovators come to collaborate, envision what can be and take their careers further. This is a world of more possibilities, more innovation, more openness, and the sky is the limit thinking in a cloud-enabled world. 

A Principal Product Manager leads product strategy, vision, and execution across complex product areas. The role requires deep customer understanding, market analysis, cross-functional leadership, and the ability to drive high-impact product investments. PMs are expected to influence across organizations, shape long-term strategy, and deliver customer and business outcomes through product innovation. 

In Azure Data Integration specifically, the role involves shaping and defining data integration capabilities and experiences, working closely with customers, partners, engineering teams, and stakeholders to drive product improvements and future product direction.

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.

Analysis of Customer and Market Signals

• Lead cross-team problem solving using customer, market, and ecosystem insights.
• Analyze trends and opportunities.
• Validate product-market fit.
• Gather customer feedback and translate insights into product decisions.
• Build strategic partnerships and manage stakeholder relationships.

Go-To-Market Leadership

• Promote product capabilities internally and externally.
• Partner with Marketing, Engineering, Sales, and Support teams.
• Define release criteria and launch strategies.
• Drive customer acquisition and adoption plans.
• Support creation of training and product content. 

Product Strategy and Definition

• Identify investment opportunities.
• Define product vision and long-term roadmap.
• Establish success metrics and business outcomes.
• Write product strategy documents and business cases.
• Align stakeholders around priorities and product direction.

Product Development

• Drive feature prioritization and requirements.
• Partner with Engineering and Design teams.
• Ensure usability, accessibility, security, and compliance requirements are met.
• Manage tradeoffs between customer needs, schedule, and business goals.
• Incorporate AI-first thinking and responsible AI practices where applicable. 

Product Performance and Growth

• Define and track Key Performance Indicators (KPIs).
• Analyze product health and usage metrics.
• Drive improvements based on data and customer feedback.
• Manage feature deprecation and transition planning.
• Build ongoing customer engagement loops to improve the product.
• Embody our culture and values.

Required Qualifications: 

• Bachelor's Degree AND 8+ years experience in product/service/project/program management or software development
  • OR equivalent experience.

Other Requirements: 

Ability to meet Microsoft, customer and/or government security screening requirements are required for this role. These requirements include but are not limited to the following specialized security screenings: Microsoft Cloud Background Check:

• This position will be required to pass the Microsoft Cloud background check upon hire/transfer and every two years thereafter.

Preferred Qualifications: 

• Masters Degree in Busines