Job description

Overview The AI Economy Team at Microsoft is building the infrastructure that enables AI to discover, understand, and interact with the world’s information. At the center of this work is WebIQ , which connects AI systems with fresh, relevant information beyond what is contained in their models. With access to the right information at the right time, AI can deliver better answers and accomplish increasingly complex tasks more efficiently. The information AI needs extends across a broad and evolving landscape. It includes the open web as well as specialized sources, experiences, and capabilities spanning a variety of domains. Bringing these together creates new opportunities to improve how AI understands information, responds to users, and takes action. Microsoft is uniquely positioned to help shape this space, with deep expertise, technology, and data distributed across teams and a broader ecosystem of partners. Realizing that potential requires strong product leadership that can connect opportunities across organizational and technical boundaries and translate them into experiences that deliver meaningful customer value. We are looking for a Principal Product Manager to help define and drive the next phase of this work. You will operate across a highly cross-functional environment, partnering with product, engineering, and business leaders to identify opportunities, shape product direction, establish platform-level product requirements, and help bring complex capabilities to market. The nature of the work will vary by opportunity, requiring the ability to lead directly in some areas while influencing, connecting, and enabling the work of others in others. This role is ideal for a product leader who thrives in ambiguity and can move fluidly between strategy and execution. You will bring strong product judgment, technical depth, business acumen, and the ability to influence across organizational boundaries to help shape what AI can discover, understand, and accomplish 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. AI Experiences employees who live within a 50- mile commute of a designated Microsoft Hub in the U.S. are expected to work from the office at least four days per week. This expectation is subject to local law and may vary by jurisdiction. Responsibilities • Define and evolve the product strategy and playbook for bringing specialized vertical capabilities into WebIQ. • Identify and evaluate opportunities to expand WebIQ into new domains, working with teams that bring specialized expertise, technology, data, and customer understanding. • Partner with domain teams from early ideation and strategy through product definition, requirements, integration, launch, adoption, and ongoing evolution. • Define platform-level product and technical requirements that enable specialized capabilities to integrate into WebIQ and deliver a cohesive experience to customers. • Develop scalable approaches and operating mechanisms that allow new verticals to be incorporated efficiently while accounting for the unique requirements and maturity of individual domains. • Translate customer needs, partner feedback, market signals, and emerging AI use cases into clear product priorities and investment recommendations. • Work across Product, Engineering, Data Science, Business Development, Sales, Marketing, Customer Success, Finance, Legal, and partner organizations to drive alignment and execution. • Help shape business and go-to-market considerations for new vertical capabilities, including customer segmentation, adoption, packaging, and measurement. • Establish success metrics and feedback loops to understand customer adoption, product quality, ecosystem health, and business impact. • Drive clarity on ownership, dependencies, and decisions across multiple organizations contributing to a common customer experience. • Communicate strategy, progress, opportunities, and tradeoffs clearly to senior leaders and stakeholders across Microsoft. Qualifications Required Qualifications: • Bachelor's Degree AND 8+ years experience in product/service/program management or software development • OR equivalent experience. Preferred Qualifications: • Bachelor's Degree AND 12+ years experience in product/service/program management or software development • OR equivalent experience. • • Experience defining platform-level product requirements for technical products, platforms, cloud services, developer products, search, data, or related technologies. • Experience shipping complex products or capabilities across multiple teams, ownership boundaries, or interconnected systems. • Experience taking products or capabilities from early strategy and definition through launch, adoption, and ongoing development. • Experience working with technical and domain-specialist teams to translate customer and business needs into scalable platform capabilities. • Understanding of AI platforms, search, cloud infrastructure, data products, APIs, developer ecosystems, or platform business models. • Demonstrated ability to learn and apply emerging AI concepts, independently explore new capabilities, and form product judgment in a rapidly changing technical environment. • Strong product judgment and demonstrated ability to balance customer experience, technical considerations, business priorities, and execution. • Proven ability to create clarity, align stakeholders, and deliver results in ambiguous, rapidly evolving environments. #AIX Product Management IC5 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $142,800 - $274,800 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 $188,000 - $304,200 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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Must-haves

Define and evolve the product strategy and playbook for bringing specialized vertical capabilities into WebIQ.
Identify and evaluate opportunities to expand WebIQ into new domains, working with teams that bring specialized expertise, technology, data, and customer understanding.
Partner with domain teams from early ideation and strategy through product definition, requirements, integration, launch, adoption, and ongoing evolution.
Define platform-level product and technical requirements that enable specialized capabilities to integrate into WebIQ and deliver a cohesive experience to customers.
Develop scalable approaches and operating mechanisms that allow new verticals to be incorporated efficiently while accounting for the unique requirements and maturity of individual domains.
Translate customer needs, partner feedback, market signals, and emerging AI use cases into clear product priorities and investment recommendations.
Work across Product, Engineering, Data Science, Business Development, Sales, Marketing, Customer Success, Finance, Legal, and partner organizations to drive alignment and execution.
Help shape business and go-to-market considerations for new vertical capabilities, including customer segmentation, adoption, packaging, and measurement.
Establish success metrics and feedback loops to understand customer adoption, product quality, ecosystem health, and business impact.
Drive clarity on ownership, dependencies, and decisions across multiple organizations contributing to a common customer experience.
Communicate strategy, progress, opportunities, and tradeoffs clearly to senior leaders and stakeholders across Microsoft.
Bachelor's Degree AND 8+ years experience in product/service/program management or software development • OR equivalent experience.
Bachelor's Degree AND 12+ years experience in product/service/program management or software development • OR equivalent experience.
Certain roles may be eligible for benefits and other compensation. Find additional benefits and pay information here:
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 defining platform-level product requirements for technical products, platforms, cloud services, developer products, search, data, or related technologies.
Experience shipping complex products or capabilities across multiple teams, ownership boundaries, or interconnected systems.
Experience taking products or capabilities from early strategy and definition through launch, adoption, and ongoing development.
Experience working with technical and domain-specialist teams to translate customer and business needs into scalable platform capabilities.
Understanding of AI platforms, search, cloud infrastructure, data products, APIs, developer ecosystems, or platform business models.
Demonstrated ability to learn and apply emerging AI concepts, independently explore new capabilities, and form product judgment in a rapidly changing technical environment.
Strong product judgment and demonstrated ability to balance customer experience, technical considerations, business priorities, and execution.
Proven ability to create clarity, align stakeholders, and deliver results in ambiguous, rapidly evolving environments.

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