Senior Product Manager
Microsoft
Join the M365 Copilot organization at the core of Microsoft’s AI strategy. Our team builds the foundational capabilities that power M365 Copilot, including orchestration, grounding, memory, agent collaboration, extensibility, and Copilot experience hosting, among others.
If you’re energized by big, bold challenges, high‑impact product leadership, and fast‑paced execution at the epicenter of the AI transformation, this is your team. As a Senior Product Manager, you will define strategy and partner across engineering, applied science, design, product, and marketing to deliver breakthrough AI capabilities that transform the lives of hundreds of millions of users around the world.
In this role, you will help foster a culture of experimentation, inclusion, and excellence. While this is not a people‑management position, it is a role requiring deep product leadership and strategic influence. You will set the standard for AI‑forward product management by balancing long‑term vision with hands‑on execution and rapid iteration. The future is waiting to be built—join us.
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 where everyone can thrive at work and beyond.
Responsibilities
- Own the strategy and roadmap for Microsoft’s most visible AI experiences by defining capabilities that unlock first‑party innovation and third‑party extensibility at scale.
- Deliver core AI platform capabilities (e.g., multi‑turn orchestration, grounding, memory, agent‑to‑agent collaboration, extensibility), define how quality and trust are evaluated, and scale solutions responsibly across large audiences.
- Provide strategic direction across divisions by defining business impact, success criteria, and long‑term investment opportunities, while ensuring teams engage the right partners and track measurable outcomes.
- Guide customer‑centered product development by leading customer discussions, driving scenario and product clarity, and aligning capabilities across divisions.
- Drive go‑to‑market readiness by shaping rollout plans, ensuring strong customer and developer support, and incorporating ongoing feedback and usage insights.
- Orchestrate cross‑organizational execution with engineering, applied science, design, and partner product teams to deliver complex, high‑impact experiences with clear milestones and effective communication.
- Mentor and serve as a role model for product managers and engineers by fostering a culture of clarity, creativity, inclusion, and accountability, and by exemplifying AI‑forward product leadership.
Qualifications
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor’s Degree AND 5+ years of experience in product, service, or program management, or software development
- OR equivalent experience
Other Requirements:
- Ability to meet Microsoft, customer, and/or government security screening requirements for this role. These requirements include, but are not limited to, the following specialized screenings:
- Microsoft Cloud Background Check, required upon hire/transfer and every two years thereafter
Preferred Qualifications
- Bachelor’s Degree AND 8+ years of experience in product, service, or program management, or software development
- OR equivalent experience
- Hands‑on technical experience with SDKs, APIs, developer tools, or platform integration patterns, with the ability to engage deeply in technical design and partner closely with engineering, customers, or external technical partners
- 4+ years of experience bringing a product, feature, or experience to market (e.g., design, product‑market fit, launch, internal tools or frameworks)
- 4+ years of experience improving product metrics (e.g., customer growth, usage expansion, or retention)
- 4+ years of experience driving market differentiation or competitive disruption
- Experience with AI/ML systems, including orchestration, grounding, evaluation, and responsible AI practices
- Experience designing or building AI application stacks and agents, including conversational UX, agent frameworks, and generative AI platforms
Product Management IC4 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $119,800 - $234,700 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 $158,400 - $258,000 per year.
Certain roles may be eligible for benefits and other compensation. Find additional benefits and pay information here:
https://careers.microsoft.com/us/en/us-corporate-pay
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.