Microsoft

Principal Product Manager

United States, Washington, Redmond · Principal

Sponsorship not specified$143k-$275kDetected 14 hours ago

Machine LearningData EngineeringData ScienceA/B TestingProduct ManagementProduct StrategyResearchCollaborationMicrosoft Office

About the role

This role may focus on areas such as Gaming, Outlook, MSN, Copilot-adjacent surfaces, or emerging inventory experiences.
This is a role for a product leader who is energized by ambiguous spaces, complex marketplace dynamics, and cross-company execution.

Define and drive product strategy for a portfolio of non-Search inventory initiatives, translating business opportunities into clear customer problems, product bets, success metrics, and execution plans.
Lead product discovery across advertisers, agencies, internal sales teams, surface owners, and engineering partners to identify high-value inventory opportunities and sharpen the why now for each investment.
Develop crisp product requirements, roadmap priorities, launch plans, and tradeoff recommendations that balance advertiser demand, surface experience quality, marketplace economics, privacy, policy, and technical feasibility.
Partner with engineering, data science, and design to ship scalable inventory products and measurement capabilities that improve yield, quality, relevance, and advertiser confidence.
As employees we come together with a growth mindset, innovate to empower others, and collaborate to realize our shared goals.
Experience partnering with engineering and cross-functional stakeholders to deliver products or features from concept through launch and iteration.
Ability to reason across user experience, advertiser value, marketplace economics, partner incentives, and long-term platform strategy.

Bachelor's Degree AND 8+ years experience in product/service/program management or software development - OR equivalent experience.
3+ years experience driving product strategy, roadmap definition, requirements, and execution for complex software, advertising, marketplace, commerce, media, or platform products.
Experience using data, experimentation, customer research, or business analysis to identify opportunities, make product tradeoffs, and measure outcomes.
Experience communicating in written and verbal formats to simplify ambiguous problems and influence stakeholders without direct authority.
Experience in digital advertising, monetization, inventory quality, campaign management, yield optimization, brand safety, measurement, or media marketplaces.
Experience working on consumer or commercial surfaces, commerce, content, or other scaled digital experiences.
Experience operating in ambiguous, multi-stakeholder environments and convert early signals into structured product plans and measurable outcomes.
Bachelor's Degree AND 8+ years experience in product/service/program management or software development

Microsoft's mission is to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more.

Create alignment across Microsoft Advertising, MAI, surface teams, sales, finance, and other stakeholders by communicating product vision, progress, risks, and decisions clearly at multiple levels.
Technical fluency with platform architecture, APIs, data pipelines, experimentation systems, privacy/security considerations, or machine learning-driven product experiences.

Our Inventory team sits at the center of that work: turning high-quality consumer and commercial experiences into durable, trustworthy, measurable advertising opportunities for customers and partners.
We are looking for a Principal Product Manager to lead one or more high-impact initiatives across our non-Search portfolio.
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.

equal opportunity employer.
If you need assistance with religious accommodations and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the

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

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