Senior Product Manager - CoreAI | Microsoft Careers

Overview

CoreAI is at the forefront of Microsoft’s mission to redefine how software is built and experienced. We are responsible for building the foundational platforms, services, programming models, and developer experiences that power the next generation of applications using Generative Artificial Intelligence.

The 1ES (One Engineering System) team enables the world’s best engineering teams with world-class tools and systems that help them ship products their customers love. 1ES develops and operates engineering tools and services including build, verification, code review, data analysis, and machine learning services, all working toward a unified engineering system for internal Microsoft needs. Our services are used by tens of thousands of developers, building, analyzing, testing, and releasing millions of projects daily at scale across multiple data centers worldwide.

We are looking for a Senior Product Manager - CoreAI to drive product strategy and execution for policy enforcement, compliance automation, and AI-driven engineering automation across Microsoft’s engineering systems at enterprise scale. You will own the product vision for platforms that deliver organizational policy controls, event-driven governance workflows, and intelligent automation to engineering teams across the company.

This role follows Microsoft’s flexible work model, with an expectation of in-person collaboration at least three days per week to foster alignment, innovation, and team connection.

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. If you meet the qualifications and are excited about the mission, we encourage you to apply!

Responsibilities

What You Will Own as a Senior Product Manager - CoreAI:

Policy and Compliance at Scale

• Organizational policy controls that enable engineering teams to focus on their products while 1ES delivers security and compliance tooling.
• A policy catalog spanning security and compliance controls, applied and enforced at enterprise scale across Microsoft’s engineering systems.
• Automated policy evaluation and response throughout the product lifecycle, with secure evidence collection and retention to minimize the cost of internal and external compliance audits.

Engineering Automation

• Event-driven platforms that enable teams to build reactive applications triggered by events across GitHub and Azure DevOps.
• Declarative configuration-as-code enforcement, compliance and governance policy automation, and self-service developer productivity workflows at organization, project, and repository levels.
• AI-driven automation that bridges engineering systems with intelligent agents for code review, issue triage, technical debt management, documentation generation, and security patching.

Product Management Responsibilities

• Own the end-to-end product strategy and roadmap for policy, compliance, and engineering automation platforms, aligning investments with organizational priorities and customer needs.
• Engage with internal engineering teams across Microsoft to surface unmet needs, validate opportunities, and synthesize telemetry and qualitative feedback into prioritized investments.
• Define and track OKRs, KPIs, and release criteria, driving accountability and measurable outcomes across the product portfolio.
• Lead cross-team alignment with engineering, design, and partner teams across 1ES, Azure DevOps, and GitHub to deliver on the roadmap.
• Advance AI-first approaches by driving the integration of multi-agent systems and agentic workflows into engineering platform capabilities.
• Champion policy-as-code and compliance automation, ensuring engineering teams meet security and audit requirements with minimal friction.
• Drive adoption and usage growth by expanding the application ecosystem, onboarding new teams, and improving the developer experience.
• Evaluate tradeoffs across security, compliance, developer productivity, and platform scalability to inform investment decisions.
• Collaborate with business teams on go-to-market strategy for internal tooling, including communication plans, documentation, and enablement materials.
• Contribute to the broader 1ES security and compliance vision, identifying opportunities for integration and consolidation across tooling.

Qualifications

Required/Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree AND 5+ years experience in product/service/program management or software development
• OR equivalent experience

Other Requirements:

Ability to meet Microsoft, customer and/or government security screening requirements are required for this role. These requirements include, but are not limited to the following specialized security screenings:

• Microsoft Cloud Background Check: This position will be required to pass the Microsoft Cloud background check upon hire/transfer and every two years thereafter.

Preferred/Additional Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree AND 8+ years of experience in product management, program management, or software development, or equivalent experience.
• Hands-on experience with security and compliance tooling in CI/CD environments, including policy enforcement, static analysis, secrets scanning, or audit evidence collection.
• Experience with Azure DevOps and GitHub engineering ecosystems, including webhooks, APIs, and extensibility models.
• Experience with ML/AI systems, evaluation tools, or developer platforms. Familiarity with Copilot products and workflows.
• Experience building natural-language or agentic workflows, including multi-agent orchestration systems.
• Understanding of GitOps principles: declarative configuration, version-controlled desired state, and continuous reconciliation.
• Demonstrated ability to drive complex cross-organizational initiatives involving multiple engineering teams and stakeholders.
• Proven track record of improving product adoption, usage growth, and developer satisfaction metrics.
• Systems thinking, execution skills, and technical aptitude.
• Storytelling and executive communication skills.
• Ability to negotiate priorities and build coalitions across organizational boundaries.
• Experience building internal developer platforms or driving large-scale internal tool adoption programs.

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.

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