Principal Product Manager

Microsoft

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Work type: On-site
Location: —
Salary: $142,800–$274,800 / yr
Posted: 30 days ago
Freshness: Confirmed live yesterday
Closes: Feb 8, 2027

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Similar $203k

This role $209k

$127k most similar roles pay here $291k

This role pays more than 59% of similar roles. Most pay $175,250–$231,000 — the shaded band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $209k versus about $203k for comparable roles.

Based on 240 similar postings.

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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 598 open roles on FindRole.

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TL;DR · Principal Product Manager

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As a Principal Product Manager on the Microsoft AI team, you will help shape the next generation of AI models by translating customer needs into technical requirements. You will own and deliver the model roadmap, define scientific, data-driven evaluations and benchmarks, and determine launch readiness by balancing capability against risk. Your daily work involves partnering with researchers and engineers to drive model development, training, and deployment while tracking the rapidly evolving AI landscape to set actionable priorities. The role requires expertise in defining requirements for AI models, managing computing infrastructure, and developing agentic and reasoning models. You will navigate complex trade-offs to move products from research to market. This position focuses on building ultra-capable systems that are safety-aligned and anchored to human values within the domain of advanced artificial intelligence.

What does a Product Manager earn?

Median $204200 from 424 postings across 77 companies.

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Skills

Model Training Model Evaluation Product Management Software Development Reasoning Models Computing Infrastructure

What you'll do

Define and manage the model roadmap while balancing quality, speed, and strategic trade-offs.
Translate partner product needs into specific technical requirements for AI models.
Develop data-driven benchmarks and evaluations to measure and improve model performance.
Establish clear criteria and make go/no-go decisions for model launches based on risk and capability.
Monitor the evolving AI landscape to identify and prioritize actionable product opportunities.
Collaborate with researchers and engineers to drive the development and deployment of next-generation models.
Translate emerging AI capabilities into impactful products and user experiences.

What we're looking for

Bachelor's Degree and 8+ years of experience in product/service/program management or software development (or equivalent).
Bachelor's Degree and 12+ years of experience in product/service/program management or software development (preferred).
4+ years of experience taking a product, feature, or experience to market (preferred).
6+ years of experience improving product metrics for a product, feature, or experience in a market (preferred).
6+ years of experience disrupting a market for a product, feature, or experience (preferred).
5+ years of experience defining product requirements for AI models and driving decisions across multiple senior stakeholders (preferred).
5+ years of hands-on collaboration with model researchers and ML engineers in areas like training, evaluation, and infrastructure (preferred).
Proven ability to ship best-in-class AI models or products in a fast-paced environment (preferred).

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