Principal Product Manager
Microsoft
Product
USD 137,600-267k / year
Posted on May 1, 2025
Principal Product Manager
Redmond, Washington, United States
Date posted
Apr 29, 2025
Job number
MIC014284
Work site
Microsoft on-site only
Role type
Individual contributor
Profession
Product Management
Discipline
Product Management
Employment type
Full-time
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Job Description
Overview:
At Microsoft AI, Consumer Product Managers play a pivotal role in shaping the next generation of our personal AI, Copilot. As a Principal Product Manager on this team, you will combine creativity, curiosity, and technical expertise to drive challenging projects to successful outcomes. By collaborating with engineers, designers, other product managers, and AI researchers, you'll transform ambiguous projects into exceptional user experiences that delight our customers. The ideal candidate takes initiative and thrives on building world-class consumer products and experiences.
We’re looking for a Principal Product Manager (PM) with technical and data skills to help build the next wave of capabilities for our personal AI, Copilot. Do you have a knack for imagining how AI can help people feel more supported and productive? Do you thrive in a fast-paced environment, take initiative to solve problems, and lead with empathy and kindness? If so, we'd love for you to consider joining us.
You will impact the lives of hundreds of millions of users by creating experiences for the consumer Copilot app on PC and collaborating with internal and external partners to ship quickly and innovate boldly. As part of the Consumer Copilot team, you’ll also have the opportunity to shape your own journey, including exploring ways to meet customer needs on Mobile, Web, and beyond.
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.
By applying to this Redmond, WA position, you are required to be local to the Seattle area and in the office 3 days a week.
Responsibilities:
As a Principal Product Manager, you will balance creativity, curiosity, and technical expertise to drive challenging projects to successful completion. You will work closely with engineers, designers, other product managers, and AI researchers to take ambiguous projects and mold them into amazing experiences to delight our customers. This role requires a balance of technical skills and effective collaboration skills. You will:
- Own a product area and be responsible for understanding user needs and behaviors, defining product requirements, and managing end-to-end product development, launches, and iterations.
- Find a path to get things done despite roadblocks to get your work into the hands of users quickly and iteratively.
- Translate business goals into strategy, user experience, and technical requirements in close collaboration with UX designers and AI model training teams.
- Define goals and performance indicators, set up and oversee experiments, measure success, and iterate.
- Dive deep into the data to understand user behaviors and business performance to uncover product opportunities.
- Collaborate effectively and communicate clearly with cross-functional teams to build exceptional consumer-grade applications.
- Embody our culture and values.
Qualifications:
Required/Minimum Qualifications
- Bachelor’s Degree AND 8 years experience in product/service/project/program management or software development
- OR equivalent experience.
Additional or Preferred Qualifications
- Bachelor's Degree AND 10 years experience in product/service/project/program management or software development
- OR equivalent experience.
- Experience building consumer products
- Experience building consumer products for large screens (Windows/Mac/Web).
- Experience building consumer products in personal productivity, search, education, or messaging.
- Experience building consumer products leveraging Machine Learning or Large Language Models.
- Ability to work in a fast-paced environment, manage multiple priorities, and adapt to changing requirements and deadlines.
- Proven ability to collaborate and contribute to a positive, inclusive work environment, fostering knowledge sharing and growth within the team.
- Experience with data analytics and experimentation tools. Working knowledge of SQL and coding skills (Python, Javascript).
Product Management IC5 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $137,600 - $267,000 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 $180,400 - $294,000 per year.
Certain roles may be eligible for benefits and other compensation. Find additional benefits and pay information here: https://careers.microsoft.com/us/en/us-corporate-pay
Microsoft will accept applications and processes offers for these roles on an ongoing basis.
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Benefits/perks listed below may vary depending on the nature of your employment with Microsoft and the country where you work.
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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 and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application process, read more about requesting accommodations.