Job description

Overview Microsoft's mission is to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more. As AI agents become part of how the world works, that empowerment increasingly depends on trust. Agents are only as effective and reliable as the tools available to them. Organizations are connecting agents to a fast-growing ecosystem of MCP (Model Context Protocol) servers, plugins, skills, connectors, and custom integrations. As they do, the ability to onboard, discover, and govern those tools becomes essential to enterprise trust. We are looking for a Product Manager II, AI Tools Governance to join the team building the tool governance experience in Agent 365 . Agent 365 lets customers inventory and register tools, discover unsanctioned ones, and apply consistent policy and controls across them. In this role, you'll own the end-to-end delivery of key features within tool governance. You'll work closely with senior product leaders, engineering, and design to turn customer needs into capabilities that make agent tooling safe and easy to manage. This is a great opportunity to grow your product career in one of the fastest-moving areas of AI. You'll learn from the customer, ship often, and see your work directly shape how enterprises adopt agents with confidence. Microsoft's culture is grounded in a growth mindset, and we bring our best each day to build on our values of respect, integrity, and accountability to create a culture of inclusion where everyone can thrive at work and beyond. Responsibilities • Own the definition and delivery of one or more feature areas within tool governance, such as the tool registry and onboarding experience for MCP servers, plugins, skills, and connectors. Write clear specs, user scenarios, and acceptance criteria. • Lead by example of being an AI-first Product professional to scale for their productivity - clear specs, user scenarios, AI Evals and acceptance criteria for AI features. • Contribute to the tool governance roadmap by bringing customer insights, data, and competitive analysis to prioritization discussions with senior product leadership. • Engage directly with customers and partners to understand their governance and compliance needs, and translate what you learn into well-defined product requirements. Help build discovery and observability for unsanctioned (Shadow AI) tools, including usage and activity insights that give customers visibility into tools outside sanctioned channels. • Drive execution day to day with engineering and design: unblock decisions, manage scope and trade-offs, and make sure features ship with quality and on schedule. • Define and track success metrics for your features, use telemetry and customer feedback to measure adoption and impact, and iterate on what you learn. • Support requirements for regulated and sovereign customers, including audit evidence and government cloud, in partnership with security and compliance stakeholders. Collaborate with partner teams across Microsoft to deliver a consistent, seamless tool governance experience. Qualifications Required Qualifications: • Bachelor's Degree AND 2+ years experience in product management of AI features • 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: • Bachelor's Degree AND 5+ years experience in product management • OR equivalent experience. • 2+ years experience improving product metrics for a product, feature, or experience in a market (e.g., growing customer base, expanding customer usage, avoiding customer churn). • 2+ years experience disrupting a market for a product, feature, or experience (e.g., competitive disruption, taking the place of an established competing product). #Agent365 #CAP Product Management IC3 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $102,100 - $202,200 per year. There is a different range applicable to specific work locations, within the San Francisco Bay area and New York City metropolitan area, and the base pay range for this role in those locations is USD $133,800 - $219,200 per year. Certain roles may be eligible for benefits and other compensation. Find additional benefits and pay information here: careers.microsoft.com This position will be open for a minimum of 5 days, with applications accepted on an ongoing basis until the position is filled. Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, citizenship, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, immigration status, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran or military status, race, ethnicity, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable local laws, regulations and ordinances. If you need assistance with religious accommodations and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application process, read more about requesting accommodations.

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This is a great opportunity to grow your product career in one of the fastest-moving areas of AI. You'll learn from the customer, ship often, and see your work directly shape how enterprises adopt agents with confidence.
Lead by example of being an AI-first Product professional to scale for their productivity - clear specs, user scenarios, AI Evals and acceptance criteria for AI features.
Contribute to the tool governance roadmap by bringing customer insights, data, and competitive analysis to prioritization discussions with senior product leadership.
Engage directly with customers and partners to understand their governance and compliance needs, and translate what you learn into well-defined product requirements.
Help build discovery and observability for unsanctioned (Shadow AI) tools, including usage and activity insights that give customers visibility into tools outside sanctioned channels.
Drive execution day to day with engineering and design: unblock decisions, manage scope and trade-offs, and make sure features ship with quality and on schedule.
Define and track success metrics for your features, use telemetry and customer feedback to measure adoption and impact, and iterate on what you learn.
Support requirements for regulated and sovereign customers, including audit evidence and government cloud, in partnership with security and compliance stakeholders.
Collaborate with partner teams across Microsoft to deliver a consistent, seamless tool governance experience.
Bachelor's Degree AND 2+ years experience in product management of AI features • OR equivalent experience.
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.
Bachelor's Degree AND 5+ years experience in product management • OR equivalent experience.
2+ years experience improving product metrics for a product, feature, or experience in a market (e.g., growing customer base, expanding customer usage, avoiding customer churn).
2+ years experience disrupting a market for a product, feature, or experience (e.g., competitive disruption, taking the place of an established competing product).
This position will be open for a minimum of 5 days, with applications accepted on an ongoing basis until the position is filled.

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