Principal Product Manager

Overview

Microsoft AI is a customer-first organization building AI-powered products to serve customer business goals. The AI platform shift is rapidly changing the world, and we need Product Managers who can foresee the future and bring clarity to the present to guide our work.

As a Principal Product Manager for Microsoft AI, you will help businesses grow and expand using our products, data, and services through advertising and new business models that unlock AI-first products. This role requires consistent knowledge and deep awareness of the emerging AI industry to develop new products, with the freedom and flexibility to use the best technology for our customers.

We work within Microsoft AI (MAI), an organization responsible for Copilot, Bing, Edge, MSN, and other AI-first products. The organization fosters close collaboration and rapid decision-making with Product, Engineering, Research, and Go To Market functions partnering as peers with shared goals.

One of the reasons Microsoft AI consistently brings innovative products to market is the collaborative work in Product Management. We work closely with talented engineers, designers, marketers, creatives, customers, partners, and go-to-market teams to design and develop products tailored for our customer’s benefit. We run lean, obsess about users, and make decisions based on evidence. We ship regularly, so your work will have a real and immediate impact. It’s a time of huge change in the AI landscape, and this role will put you right in the heart of it.

Starting January 26, 2026, Microsoft AI (MAI) employees who live within a 50-mile commute of a designated Microsoft office in the U.S. or 25-mile commute of a non-U.S., country-specific location are expected to work from the office at least four days per week. This expectation is subject to local law and may vary by jurisdiction.

Responsibilities

• Drive building world-class AI applications that will delight consumers and deliver business results.
• Own a product area and be responsible for understanding user needs and behaviors, defining product requirements, 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.
• Enjoy working in a fast-paced, customer-first, product development cycle.
• Translate business goals into strategy, user experience, and technical requirements in close collaboration with Applied Science, Data Science, Engineering, UX, and Product Marketing/Sales teams.
• Define goals and performance indicators, set up and oversee experiments, and measure success with data and research.
• Embody our Culture and Values.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree AND 8+ years experience in product/service/program management or software development OR equivalent experience.

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree AND 10+ years experience in product/service/program management or software development OR equivalent experience.
• 2+ years experience leading cross functional product teams across advertising, privacy, search, conversational AI, or generative AI.
• 5+ years experience delivering products that include full Search and/or Advertising technology stack.
• 5+ years experience with data analytics and experimentation tools with working knowledge of SQL and coding skills (Python, Javascript).
• 7+ years of experience building Ads products.
• 5+ years of experience in monetization products and B2B.
• 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.