Principal PM Manager | Microsoft Careers

Microsoft

Actively hiring
US Posted 70 days ago $163,000$296,400 / year

At a glance

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TL;DR

As a Principal PM Manager in Employee Experiences at HR Technology and AI, you will lead a senior people management and strategic product leadership role, owning multi-year product strategy and execution across complex employee-facing platforms. Your day-to-day involves defining long-term vision for HR technology platforms, prioritizing high-impact opportunities to improve employee experience through AI-enabled capabilities, and ensuring alignment with organizational priorities. You will manage a portfolio of experiences, resolve large-scale alignment challenges, guide teams in defining roadmaps, and lead platform evolution while maintaining compliance standards. Key skills include strategic leadership, cross-organizational influence, data-driven prioritization, empathy for HR personas, and experience applying AI responsibly. Preferred qualifications involve expertise in HR technology platforms, delivering AI-powered products, and managing Product Managers effectively.

Skills

AI Python SQL PostgreSQL Kubernetes AWS Azure CI/CD Terraform GitHub Jira Confluence OKRs MVP Scrum Agile UX/UI Data Analytics Responsible AI

What you'll do

  • Define and drive long-term vision and product strategy for HR technology platforms.
  • Identify high-impact opportunities to improve employee experience through AI-enabled capabilities.
  • Lead platform evolution, including modernization and deprecation of legacy experiences.
  • Ensure alignment of product strategy with organizational priorities and investment goals.
  • Accountable for organizational-level outcomes such as employee satisfaction and operational efficiency.
  • Drive adoption of Responsible AI principles in employee-facing solutions.
  • Manage and develop Product Managers to foster strong product judgment and execution discipline.

What we're looking for

  • 10+ years of product/service/program management or software development experience.
  • Bachelor's Degree required; Master’s degree preferred (MBA, MS, or equivalent).
  • Experience in HR technology and employee experience platforms serving global populations.
  • Proven success driving organizational-level metrics like adoption, satisfaction, efficiency.
  • Ability to define strategy, prioritize investments, and deliver measurable business outcomes using data.
  • Experience managing and developing Product Managers with performance management expertise.
  • Familiarity with Responsible AI principles in delivering AI-powered products.

Market check

Salary context

This $163,000–$296,400 range sits above 90% of similar postings on FindRole.

Peer median band

$139,900$241,050

Median floor and ceiling across peers.

Typical midpoint (25–75%)

$165,000$208,800

Middle half of comparable postings.

Based on 238 comparable postings.

* 240 is the maximum number of comparable postings sampled.

Employer

About Microsoft

Microsoft Corporation is a global technology leader producing software, hardware, and cloud services including Windows, Office 365, Azure cloud platform, Xbox gaming, and Surface devices. Industry: Software & Cloud Computing

Microsoft currently has 451 open roles on FindRole.

Listed pay typically runs $119,800–$234,700 across 417 roles with salary data.

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