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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
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The Principal Product Manager joins the search team to shape how users find answers, files, and context within Microsoft Copilot and various applications. This builder role involves identifying unmet customer needs by combining quantitative telemetry and qualitative research into actionable product strategies. You will own the roadmap, prioritize backlogs, and manage technical tradeoffs while building AI-powered systems and automated workflows to scale feedback analysis. The role requires deep technical knowledge to influence search, retrieval, ranking, and AI/ML adoption. Key competencies include experience with agentic coding tools, information retrieval systems, and cross-functional leadership. You will solve complex problems regarding how AI agents find information to act, ensuring high relevance and quality across diverse modalities and content types to maintain customer trust and engagement.
What does a Product Manager earn?
Median $199625 from 738 postings across 94 companies.
Analyze quantitative telemetry and qualitative feedback to uncover unmet customer needs for Copilot and in-app search.
Identify root problems and patterns to prioritize high-impact product opportunities based on evidence.
Own the product roadmap by prioritizing backlogs and aligning with engineering on technical tradeoffs.
Evaluate and champion the adoption of emerging search, retrieval, and AI/ML technologies into core systems.
Build AI-powered systems and automated workflows to scale feedback analysis and sentiment evaluation.
Lead cross-functional partners in engineering, data science, and design to align on a common product vision.
Present technical strategies and recommendations to stakeholders to drive organizational alignment and continuous improvement.
Coach and mentor peers on framing problems, forming hypotheses, and building an inclusive team culture.
What we're looking for
Bachelor's degree and 8+ years of experience in product/service/program management or software development, or equivalent experience.
4+ years of experience training or evaluating search/information retrieval systems as a Product Manager, Software Developer, or Data Scientist (preferred).
Experience with search, retrieval, ranking, or recommendation systems (preferred).
Experience with agentic coding or AI developer tools (preferred).
Experience delivering results through collaboration across disciplines, time zones, and feature teams without direct authority (preferred).
Comfort working through ambiguity and a habit of seeing problems through to completion (preferred).
Generative AI
Conversational AI
Python
SQL
Javascript
A/B testing
Data Analytics
Causal Inference
Cohort Analysis
Experimentation
Data Science
Software Development
AI
ML
RAG
Conversational AI
Agentic Systems
Knowledge Systems
Responsible AI
Telemetry
Experiment Design
Product Evaluation
Search and Retrieval
Microsoft 365
Copilot
Privacy
Security
Compliance