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Microsoft

Builds workplace software, PCs and cloud services

Principal Product Manager

Full-Time
$165.6k - $331.2k/yr
Expert
Bachelor's
Redmond, WA, USA+1 moreMore locations: Mountain View, CA, USA
In PersonEmployees within a 50-mile commute of a designated U.S. Microsoft Hub are expected in-office at least four days per week.
ProductProduct Management
Company Historically Provides H1B Sponsorship

About the job

Requirements
  • A bachelor's degree and 10 or more years of experience in product, service, or program management or software development, or equivalent experience.
  • Experience commercializing SaaS, analytics, advertising, marketing technology, or enterprise platform products.
  • Experience with pricing, packaging, go-to-market strategy, paid product adoption, or monetization models for digital products.
  • Experience building analytics products, AI analytics, web analytics, experimentation, attribution, measurement, or customer insight tools.
  • Experience defining product requirements for paying customers, including enterprise workflows, admin controls, access models, reporting, onboarding, support, and customer success needs.
  • Experience working across engineering, design, data science, sales, marketing, finance, business planning, and senior leadership.
  • Experience communicating with audiences at all levels and disciplines, with the ability to make ambiguous product and business tradeoffs clear in written and verbal communications.
  • Experience with AI search, generative engine optimization, search engine optimization, large language model visibility, content discovery, citations, knowledge retrieval, or agentic product experiences.
  • Experience with web analytics or product analytics tools such as Clarity, Google Analytics, Adobe Analytics, Amplitude, Mixpanel, Pendo, FullStory, or similar products.
  • Experience building enterprise SaaS products with role-based access control, account hierarchy, multi-tenant controls, compliance, privacy, and admin workflows.
  • Experience with advertising, marketing technology, agency workflows, Microsoft Advertising, or customer acquisition products.
  • Experience with API strategy, partner integrations, data exports, model context protocol-style integrations, or products that become part of a customer's operating workflow.
  • Experience taking a free or product-led growth product into paid tiers, enterprise packaging, or sales-led adoption.
  • Strong customer empathy for marketers, growth teams, agencies, ecommerce teams, publishers, and enterprise digital teams.
  • Ability to operate like a business owner across product strategy, customer value, go-to-market, economics, execution, and organizational alignment.
Responsibilities
  • Define and lead the product strategy for Clarity Commercialization, including paid customer scenarios, pricing and packaging inputs, enterprise readiness, go-to-market needs, and measurable business outcomes.
  • Translate customer, agency, seller, and partner feedback into clear product requirements for enterprise customers, account hierarchies, agency models, permissions, privacy-safe sharing, onboarding, and support readiness.
  • Define the product capabilities needed for potential paid offerings, including premium analytics, premium compute-backed features, reporting, APIs, model context protocol or agent integrations, customer administration, and durable value measurement.
  • Partner with engineering, data science, design, marketing, sales, customer success, finance, and business planning to move from strategy to shipped product, launch plans, adoption targets, and commercial outcomes.
  • Build the connection between product usage and business value, including activation, retention, paid conversion, revenue attribution, Microsoft Advertising value, and customer return on investment.
  • Use data, experimentation, customer conversations, competitive signals, and field feedback to prioritize the highest-value commercialization bets and stop work that does not create customer or business value.
  • Create clear executive and cross-functional alignment on Clarity's commercial roadmap, including what is free, what is paid, what is enterprise-only, and what must be built before the product can scale through sellers and partners.
  • Help Clarity become the trusted analytics layer for the AI economy, where businesses understand human behavior, AI-mediated discovery, agent activity, and the actions that drive growth.
  • Model Microsoft culture through customer focus, high accountability, direct communication, inclusive collaboration, and working through ambiguity without hiding behind process.
Desired Qualifications
  • A bachelor's degree and 15 or more years of experience in product, service, or program management or software development, or equivalent experience.

About the company

Microsoft builds workplace software, operating systems and cloud infrastructure for consumers, businesses and government agencies, from small organizations to global enterprises. Microsoft 365 combines Word and Excel with Teams communication and Copilot AI features, while Windows runs PCs and Surface supplies the company's own computers. Azure rents computing capacity, storage and databases to build and run web applications. Microsoft also sells Xbox consoles and games, collecting revenue through software licenses, subscriptions, usage charges and product sales. Founded in 1975 by Bill Gates and Paul Allen, Microsoft is headquartered in Redmond, Washington.

Company Size

10,001+

Company Stage

IPO

Headquarters

Redmond, Washington

Founded

1975

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  • US corporate staff receive education support: eligible, approved graduate coursework qualifies for up to $10,000 annually.
  • Cloud demand expands: July 2026 results showed Azure and other cloud services revenue grew 43% year-over-year in fiscal Q4.
  • Investment has an earnings cushion: July 2026 results reported $155.2 billion consolidated operating profit for fiscal 2026.

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  • Performance reviews include security: every Microsoft employee must discuss their security contribution with their manager.
  • Office flexibility depends on the role: Microsoft's postings specify requirements ranging from fully remote to fully on-site.
  • Cloud capacity faces local limits: Microsoft describes power-grid delays and water constraints affecting US datacenter expansion.

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  • Hybrid customers stay within reach: Azure Arc manages servers across customer datacenters and competing clouds.
  • Developer reach extends beyond Azure: Microsoft's GitHub hosts code collaboration alongside AI coding tools.
  • Professional data widens its business: Microsoft owns LinkedIn's recruiting, advertising and workplace-learning network.

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Benefits

  • Health Insurance
  • Dental Insurance
  • Vision Insurance
  • 401(k) Company Match
  • Professional Development Budget
  • Conference Attendance Budget
  • Flexible Work Hours
  • Remote Work Options

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