Principal Group Product Manager

Do you want to work on the intersection of artificial intelligence, local business, a data platform, a consumer ecosystem and advertising? Do you want to innovate on how users find local places & services and scale that to different surfaces with AI infused experiences? Then this role is for you, in the Bing Maps & Local team, as we make Microsoft Bing the most AI centric search offering.   This is a unique role that lets you innovate and evolve the consumer search space, the SMB space along with the advertising space. 

We are looking for a Principal Group Product Manager – Bing Local with people management experience. In this role, you will own a broad product charter that defines what and where the future of Bing Maps & Local resides, that keeps pace with AI innovation and with how the search and advertising space is evolving. You will look at end to end customer experience across different across a variety of surfaces and interaction models for consumers, SMBs/advertisers. This is a manager of managers role where you will lead a team of product managers. In this role you also own very important partnerships across Microsoft, as we work on an ever-evolving AI platform and a growing advertising and search platform and have ample opportunities to work closely with customers, partners, SMBs, data partners, and other stakeholders to strategize and enable new experiences  

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. 

Our Culture: Microsoft Culture 

Responsibilities

Responsibilities

• Leading a team, both direct and indirect, of product managers who will create and drive execution of a multi-year vision, strategy and execution plan.
• Managing cross-team partnerships and relationships with engineering, design, research, and data science to establish a shared strategic framework, technical vision, plans, and roadmap.  
• Partnering with cross-company product and engineering leaders to ensure successful delivery of the product roadmap.     
• Engaging with leaders across the company to ensure executive sponsorship and manage escalations – this opportunity is high impact and comes with division wide visibility.  
• Building and growing a team that obsesses over the customer, is data driven, owns the end-to-end experience, and delivers with agility and quality.  

Other

• Embody our culture and values 

Qualifications

Required/Minimum Qualifications 

• Bachelor's Degree AND 10+ years experience in product/service/project/program management or software development

  • OR equivalent experience.

• 6+ years people management experience in leading large and diverse product teams across multiple domains, with a track record of delivering business outcomes.  

• 4+ years of demonstrated leadership skills in leading senior teams with or without positional authority.  
• 2+ years of experience in managing business profit & loss and/or contracts, and/or customer operations and/or product operations.

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree AND 12+ years of experience in product/service/project/program management or software development
  • OR equivalent experience.
• 8+ years people management experience.

Product Management M6 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $158,500 - $276,600 per y