Product Manager 2

As a Store Ops Product Manager II in the M365 Copilot Platform team, you will build the next wave of AI & Copilot productivity solutions built using the latest generative AI technology.

We are looking for self-driven Product Manager candidates who can operate in a fast-paced environment with high ability to influence without authority, perform rapid exploration, have a high sense of ownership, boundaryless impact and bias for execution.

The ideal candidate must have had experience in solutions on AI platform that improve productivity and quality. The person must be comfortable dealing with the ambiguity, is able to take developer- focused approach to defining goals, driving executive alignment, developing solutions and leading with a technical mindset to work both with internal M365 Copilot platform feature crews and with external developers building on our platform. The person believes in a bold vision for generative AI-led transformation, is already an “agent boss” i.e. embraces generative AI and agents in daily life, carries a “learn-it-all” vs a “know-it-all” mindset, is comfortable dealing with the ambiguity that comes with seeing transformative, time-sensitive and ROI -driven engagements with customers aspiring to become Frontier Firms.

We operate in an extremely fast-paced environment with rapid exploration, iteration and execution, as we continue to develop M365 Copilot extensibility platform to fundamentally transform how people and companies work using the power of generative AI. Your colleagues will be among the best in the industry, and they share an intense passion for customer and partner success. Even while working hard, we have a great sense of humor and love to infuse that personality into our product.

Come and join an evolving team with a growth mindset to drive Copilot agents quality by enabling third party developers to publish high quality agents. In this role, you’ll work with ecosystem partners, engineering teams, and vendor suppliers to drive operational excellence for agent publishing and maintenance with developer experience and quality at the core.
We believe that we are rewiring productivity for the next 30 years! If you love taking on challenges and delivering nonlinear impact in a fast-paced environment, we want to speak with you!

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 AND 2+ years experience in product/service/program management or software development
  • OR equivalent experience.
• Previous experience with proven success in working on commercial SaaS external partnerships and/or customer-facing engagements.
• Previous experience working with web and mobile technologies, cloud services architecture and operations on a scale, or other highly technical areas.
• Working knowledge of AI orchestration, agent invocation flows, and Azure OpenAPI or any other AI Model.
• Proven ability to simplify complex developer workflows and build empathy-driven solutions.
• Skilled in collecting, synthesizing, and presenting developer feedback to influence product and doc roadmaps.
• Demonstrated ability to critique user experience, software, and app interface design.
• Outstanding analytical and problem-solving skills including attention to detail combined with an ability to derive insights from available data.
• Solid executive presence and ability to think analytically and creatively on your feet.
• The ability to wear many hats and speak many language – from business to product to design to technical – learn quickly and change direction when needed.
• The ability to think creatively and critically about product features and user scenarios in the enterprise space
• Demonstrated ability of very strong product thinking and a growth mindset.
• Demonstrated ability to evaluate, critique, and recommend improvements on software user experiences and interface design.
• Solid project management, growth hacking, leadership and cross-group collaboration skills.
• Innate curiosity and ability to self-start in an ambiguous, highly autonomous and rapidly changing startup environment.
• Excellent written and verbal communication/presentation skills through all levels of the organization, technical and non-technical.
• Good problem-solving skills and ability to think strategically on the feet.
• Proven ability to build data-driven product experiences, define metrics and use analytics to derive insights to arrive at product & growth decisions.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree AND 4+ years’ experience in product/service/project/program management or software development
  • OR equivalent experience.
• 4+ years of product development /management experience with proven success in working with developer partners & customers.
• Experience in product/program management experience with proven success in working with partners.
  
• Innate curiosity and ability to self-start in an ambiguous and rapidly changing startup environment.
  
• Recent experience driving generative AI-based solutions (RAG, GPT, LLM) and general awareness of the rapidly evolving AI, especially generative AI landscape.
  
• Hands-on experience or solid familiarity with the Microsoft technology stack is preferred (M365 Copilot extensibility, AI agents, Azure OpenAI, Graph Connectors, Microsoft Teams extensibility platform, etc.).
  
• Recent experience driving generative AI-based solutions (RAG, GPT, LLM) and general awareness of the rapidly evolving AI, especially generative AI landscape.
  
• Hands-on expertise with AI agents using low-code/no-code tools or tech stacks.

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.

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• Spearhead agent quality aligned with product goals and industry best practices to deliver success.
• Define the quality and minimum value bar definitions for agents in the Copilot platform.
• Define the SLA and KPIs to run Agent store operations at scale efficiently.
• Help resolve developer queries and issues ensuring third party developers can publish high quality agents in an agile manner.
• Partner with engineering to influence roadmap priorities based on developer feedback and telemetry.
• Represent developer and user experience needs in product reviews and planning by sharing insights and usage data.
• Collaborate with partner PMs and cross-functional teams to streamline agent validation, app store readiness. Enhance app publisher experience by driving process improvements for Copilot agents store validation.
• Develop tools and AI powered solutions that bring in efficiency in operations.
• Leverage best practices, systems, and tools to manage operational escalations from stakeholders and developers.
• Partner with globally distributed teams to release tools that enable developers to easily identify quality issues prior to agent submission.
• Define processes and build tools to maintain quality of agents on Agent Center.
• Contribute to the overall product strategy and roadmap.
• Utilize reports to track publishing process and store metrics, align stakeholders through regular updates, and adjust your execution plan
• Drive key product insights and developer experience signals coming straight from the market to shape the future of the M365 Copilot and our AI extensibility stack inside Microsoft Copilot app, Teams, Outlook, Word, PowerPoint, Excel, Microsoft365.com and other host products
• Work with strategic customers to understand feedback on what makes high quality agents for enhancing the value and user experience
• Self-organized, strong project management, growth hacking, leadership and cross-group collaboration skills
• Innate curiosity and ability to self-start in an ambiguous, highly autonomous and rapidly changing, new domain with evolving product, technology and customer maturity
• Ability to hold technical discussions, go deep in technical areas, when required especially in domains of generative AI, LLM technology
• Embody our culture and values.