As a Principal Product Manager for AI Developer Experience, you will harness your extensive expertise in AI technologies and developer tools to lead a dynamic team dedicated to empowering developers worldwide. Your role will be pivotal in shaping our SDK and API strategy, ensuring that our offerings meet the needs of developers and align with our mission to democratize AI technology. 
 
By actively engaging with our developer community, analyzing feedback, and monitoring market trends, you will drive the creation of features that enhance the developer experience and meet market demands. Your leadership will be instrumental in crafting a product strategy that enables developers to integrate and leverage AI in their projects effectively. 
 
You will collaborate closely with engineering, data science, and various stakeholders to deliver innovative solutions that support our goal of making AI accessible to all developers. In this high-visibility role, you will work alongside Azure AI leadership and cross-functional teams to define and execute the product roadmap. Your insights will help align complex organizational priorities, ensuring that our products deliver significant business impact. 
 
Through strategic guidance and effective communication, you will drive the success of our initiatives, contributing to Microsoft’s overarching mission of empowering every person and organization on the planet to achieve more.

Responsibilities

As a Principal Product Manager on our team, you will significantly impact our products and customers. You’ll lead a team of Product and Technical Program Managers, collaborate with engineering and Data Science teams, and work with various Azure stakeholders. You’ll design, deliver, and iterate on new tools, SDKs and APIs, with high visibility and support from Azure leadership. 

Key responsibilities include: 

• Identifying customer needs an market opportunities through data analysis and feedback. 

• Leading experiments to test new features and guide prioritization and execution. 

• Providing strategic guidance to shape long-term vision and strategy based on market research and business goals. 

• Developing feature specifications and collaborating with internal and external stakeholders. 

• Influencing leadership and aligning complex organizational structures. 

• Defining success metrics and partnering with engineering teams on feature design and user experience. 

• Working with Product Marketing, Business Planning, and Engineering to develop release criteria and marketing strategies. 

• Managing investment opportunities and contributing to agile development practices. 

Qualifications

Required/Minimum Qualifications

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

            o OR equivalent experience.

• 6+ years people management experience.

Additional or Preferred Qualifications

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

              o OR equivalent experience.

• 8+ years people management 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.

Additional or Preferred Qualifications

· Bachelor's Degree AND 12+ years experience in product/service/project/program management or software development

              o OR equivalent experience.

Product Management M6 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $161,600 - $286,200 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 $209,600 - $314,400 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 for the role until February 10, 2025.

Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran status, race, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable laws, regulations and ordinances.  We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. If you need assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application or the recruiting process, please send a request via the Accommodation request form.

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