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Overview Do you want to change the way the world works with, analyzes, and makes decisions using data? Do you want to have immediate impact on millions of customers, using the latest advances in agentic AI to help people solve the critical, everyday problems that move their work forward? In the Excel Product Group, we’re building an intelligence layer that does just that, and we’re just getting started. We’re looking for a Senior Product Manager, Excel Copilot to join us as we reinvent what it means to work with data, bringing the power of the world’s best AI models together with Excel to give every person new superpowers for getting their work done. Excel is one of the world’s most widely used tools for working with data. From a student building their first budget, to an analyst forecasting a business, to experts building extraordinarily sophisticated financial and operational models, people turn to Excel to understand information, explore possibilities, and make decisions. Our team builds the core Excel experience across Windows and Mac. We continually evolve the product itself, bringing new capabilities to the grid and calculation engine while preserving the flexibility, performance, and compatibility that customers depend on. And we build the collaborative experiences that allow individuals and teams to work together, share what they know, and make better decisions. At the same time, advances in AI are creating the opportunity to fundamentally rethink what Excel can do, and our primary focus is bringing Copilot and agentic AI deeply into the Excel experience so customers can move from intent to outcome dramatically faster, tackle work that previously required specialized expertise, and accomplish more without giving up the power, flexibility, and control that make Excel unique. We are a diverse, worldwide, passionate, customer-obsessed team with a highly collaborative environment. We believe world-class products come from world-class teams, and we work as deliberately on our culture as we do on our product. We want an environment where people understand and respect one another, bring their unique perspectives to hard problems, debate the right path forward with curiosity and conviction, and do the best work of their careers together. About the role We’re looking for a Senior Product Manager, Excel Copilot to shape how Excel takes advantage of the rapid evolution of foundation models and agentic AI to make Excel Copilot the best-in-class tool for working with data as part of our Models and Signals team,  driving constant improvement in response to customer signal and model enhancements. You’ll work at the intersection of customers, product, engineering, applied science, and design, deeply understanding the jobs people rely on Excel to accomplish and translating those needs into product and technical choices. Your goal is deceptively simple: help us hill-climb toward an intelligent Excel experience that gives every customer the right capabilities for the task they’re trying to accomplish. This isn't primarily a coordination role. You'll own developing a point of view grounded in customers and data, turning that understanding into strategy and testable hypotheses, making tradeoffs, shipping, measuring what happens, and deciding what we should do next. 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 • Identify customer needs and product opportunities through customer engagement, telemetry, experimentation, research, competitive insights, and other relevant data. • Evaluate AI capabilities, including foundation models and agentic systems, and translate applicable capabilities into product experiences that address customer needs. • Partner with Engineering, Applied Science, Design, and other cross-functional teams to define product requirements, hypotheses, success criteria, and measurable outcomes. • Use experimentation, evaluations, telemetry, and customer feedback to measure product performance, identify opportunities for improvement, and inform product decisions. • Drive near-term product improvements while contributing to longer-term product strategy and vision for Excel. • Assess product and technical tradeoffs in ambiguous or rapidly evolving areas and establish priorities based on customer needs, data, technical considerations, and business objectives. • Define and monitor product metrics and use data and customer insights to inform prioritization and product investments. • Communicate product priorities, decisions, and recommendations clearly across cross-functional teams and stakeholders. • Collaborate effectively across disciplines and contribute learnings, product practices, and insights that support the broader team. Qualifications Required Qualifications: • Bachelor's Degree AND 5+ years experience in product management including driving products from strategy through delivery and using qualitative and quantitative data to inform product decisions • 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 : • Experience building AI-powered products, agentic experiences, or products that incorporate foundation models. • Experience working closely with engineering and applied science teams on technically complex products. • Experience with experimentation, evaluation, telemetry, or other systems for measuring and improving AI or product quality. • Experience delivering products at scale for a broad and diverse customer base. #OPG #OPGHiring Product Management IC4 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $119,800 - $234,700 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 $160,200 - $261,000 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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Identify customer needs and product opportunities through customer engagement, telemetry, experimentation, research, competitive insights, and other relevant data.
Evaluate AI capabilities, including foundation models and agentic systems, and translate applicable capabilities into product experiences that address customer needs.
Partner with Engineering, Applied Science, Design, and other cross-functional teams to define product requirements, hypotheses, success criteria, and measurable outcomes.
Use experimentation, evaluations, telemetry, and customer feedback to measure product performance, identify opportunities for improvement, and inform product decisions.
Drive near-term product improvements while contributing to longer-term product strategy and vision for Excel.
Assess product and technical tradeoffs in ambiguous or rapidly evolving areas and establish priorities based on customer needs, data, technical considerations, and business objectives.
Define and monitor product metrics and use data and customer insights to inform prioritization and product investments.
Communicate product priorities, decisions, and recommendations clearly across cross-functional teams and stakeholders.
Collaborate effectively across disciplines and contribute learnings, product practices, and insights that support the broader team.
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.
This position will be open for a minimum of 5 days, with applications accepted on an ongoing basis until the position is filled.

Nice-to-haves

Experience building AI-powered products, agentic experiences, or products that incorporate foundation models.
Experience working closely with engineering and applied science teams on technically complex products.
Experience with experimentation, evaluation, telemetry, or other systems for measuring and improving AI or product quality.
Experience delivering products at scale for a broad and diverse customer base.
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