Product Manager

Do you want to help make Xbox Game Pass the greatest consumer subscription in the world? Are you passionate about building businesses and products, driving discovery of great games, and helping Microsoft reach the more than 2B+ worldwide gamers with our gaming subscriptions?   

The Xbox Planning & Insights (XPI) team plays a central role in shaping the strategic direction of the Gaming organization by delivering business planning, intelligence, analytics, and decision science that drive impact across the Xbox ecosystem. We partner cross-functionally to optimize performance, inform investment decisions, and ensure alignment with long-term goals. Whether supporting Game Pass content strategy, membership planning, or platform insights, our work is grounded in a player-first mindset and a commitment to execution excellence—from idea to measurable outcomes. We’re looking for candidates who thrive in ambiguity and are passionate about building the future of gaming. 

We are seeking a content programming Product Manager to drive operational excellence across the catalog of 500+ games available to our subscribers in Game Pass. This is a fast-paced, cross-disciplinary role that requires close partnership with content planning, business development, engineering, and marketing to execute on content opportunities across all Game Pass platforms, including Xbox, PC, and cloud gaming.       

This job offers a compelling opportunity to drive impact on a highly visible and rapidly growing consumer entertainment subscription. With content as a key growth engine of Game Pass and a significant content budget to invest, this role is highly visible and provides opportunity to drive significant impact on a marquee service in a fast-changing category.   

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.

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree
  • OR equivalent experience.
• 2+ years of experience in business operations, marketing, or product planning experience in technology, media, or entertainment sectors. 

Preferred Qualifictions: 

• Experience using data-driven approaches for problem solving
• Experience in working across functions and organizations, with ability to navigate roadblocks and challenges 
• Track record of communication (written and verbal) and analytical skills, including leading discussions with senior leaders to actionable decisions 
• Ability to work in a fast-paced, dynamic and ambiguous environments with rapidly changing requirements 

Product Management IC2 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $84,200 - $165,200 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 $109,000 - $180,400 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 October 8th, 2025.

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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.

Benefits/perks listed below may vary depending on the nature of your employment with Microsoft and the country where you work.

• Partner with ID@Xbox program, content planning, and marketing teams to build best-in-class content calendar 
• Drive entry/exit motion for a broad catalog of Game Pass titles across multiple platforms and markets 
• Champion Game Pass Benefits, content updates, and other run-rate programs while ensuring contractual compliance 
• Serve as a center of collaboration to support showcase planning and other go-to-market  
• Own rhythm-of-business deliverables (Excel, PowerPoint, and PowerBI) with a security-first approach 
• Produce quantitative and qualitative analysis and content insights to drive deeper insights for Microsoft