Principal Product Manager

Job ID: 200058387Posted: 2026-10-05Location: United States, Washington, RedmondSalary: USD $165,600 - $296,400 per yearEmployment type: Full-TimeWork site: 3 days / week in-officeRole type: People ManagerTravel: Less than 25%Profession: Product ManagementDiscipline: Product ManagementCompany: MicrosoftOverviewMicrosoft’s Commercial Engineering & AI organization is seeking a Principal Product Manager to lead strategic AI, agent, data, and insight products that improve Microsoft’s commercial and customer experiences. This role sits within the Data Science and Applied AI team within Commercial Engineering & AI. This hands-on product leadership role owns complex initiatives from customer problem and product strategy through experimentation, scaled delivery, and measurable impact. You will set direction across organizational boundaries, build partner relationships, and create the clarity and operating cadence needed to deliver trusted, AI-native experiences. 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.In alignment with our Microsoft values, we are committed to cultivating an inclusive work environment for all employees to positively impact our culture every day.ResponsibilitiesDefine product strategy, roadmaps, and measurable outcomes for AI agents, evaluation and observability, data products, machine learning systems and intelligent commercial experiences. Drive a cross-enterprise engineering &AI portfolio, establishing clear ownership, milestones, decision paths, and operating rhythms across product, engineering, and data science. Translate customer and business needs into product requirements; prototype, experiment, learn quickly, and scale successful solutions. Shape Microsoft platform requirements and influence partner roadmaps to close critical capability gaps. Use telemetry, evaluations, experimentation, and customer signals to improve product quality, adoption, reliability, and responsible operation. Build alignment with senior technical and business leaders and drive complex initiatives across Microsoft. Embody our Culture and ValuesQualificationsRequired/minimum qualificationsBachelor's Degree AND 10+ years experience in product, service, project, or program management, software development, data/AI, or equivalent experience. OR equivalent experience.3+ years people management experience.Additional or preferred qualificationsBachelor's Degree AND 15+ years experience in product, service, project, or program management, software development, data/AI, or equivalent experience. 5+ years people management experience.6+ years experience taking a product, feature, or experience to market (e.g., design, addressing product market fit, and launch, internal tool/framework).8+ years experience improving product metrics for a product, feature, or experience in a market (e.g., growing customer base, expanding customer usage, avoiding customer churn).8+ years experience disrupting a market for a product, feature, or experience (e.g.,. competitive disruption, taking the place of an established competing product).Experience taking complex technology products from strategy through delivery and measurable adoption. Experience setting direction and influencing across engineering, product, data science, and senior leadership. Experience building AI/ML, generative AI, agentic, data, cloud, or large-scale enterprise products. Experience with AI product development, including evaluation, telemetry, experimentation, governance, and responsible deployment. Experience creating clarity and changing organizational momentum in ambiguous, fast-moving environments. Experience presenting to/engaging with technical stakeholders effectively.#CEAIjobs Product Management M6 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $165,600 - $296,400 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 $220,800 - $331,200 per year. Certain roles may be eligible for benefits and other compensation. Find additional benefits and pay information here:This position will be open for a minimum of 5 days, with applications accepted on an ongoing basis until the position is filled.Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, citizenship, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, immigration status, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran or military status, race, ethnicity, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable local laws, regulations and ordinances. If you need assistance with religious accommodations and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application process, read more about requesting accommodations.