Principal Product Manager

Microsoft

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Work type: Hybrid
Location: —
Salary: $142,800–$274,800 / yr
Posted: 3 days ago
Freshness: Confirmed live today
Closes: Apr 21, 2027

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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 694 open roles on FindRole.

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TL;DR · Principal Product Manager

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The Principal Product Manager will join the team responsible for building the next generation of agentic experiences within Microsoft Copilot. This role involves defining the multi-year product vision, strategy, and roadmap for a unified Agent and Plugin Store. The individual will lead the evolution into a registry-powered discovery and distribution platform for agents, plugins, skills, and connectors. Key responsibilities include shaping end-to-end marketplace experiences like search, ranking, and lifecycle management while driving a coherent customer model for acquiring and reusing agentic capabilities. The role requires expertise in AI agents, MCP, developer ecosystems, and SaaS marketplaces. The position solves the technical challenge of transforming fragmented technical components into coherent customer solutions while establishing a scalable operating model for cross-surface distribution and public web-facing marketplace discovery.

What does a Product Manager earn?

Median $199125 from 772 postings across 95 companies.

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Skills

AI Agents Microsoft Copilot MCP SaaS Marketplaces Product-Led Growth Experimentation Funnel Optimization search, ranking Information Architecture Lifecycle Management Governance Data Science

What you'll do

Define the multi-year product vision, strategy, and roadmap for a unified Agent & Plugin Store.
Lead the transition from a single store to a registry-powered discovery and distribution platform.
Design end-to-end marketplace experiences including search, ranking, recommendations, and lifecycle management.
Create a web-facing marketplace to expand ecosystem reach and support public discovery of plugins.
Establish a cross-surface distribution strategy to allow publishers to reach multiple Microsoft experiences.
Own the growth strategy and experimentation roadmap for supply, acquisition, activation, and retention.
Define a measurement framework using usage and quality signals to improve merchandising and investment decisions.
Align senior stakeholders on durable product decisions and resolve cross-organizational dependencies.

What we're looking for

Bachelor's Degree and 8+ years of experience in product/service/program management or software development, or equivalent experience.
Bachelor's Degree and 12+ years of experience in product/service/program management or software development, or equivalent experience.
4+ years of experience taking a product, feature, or experience to market.
6+ years of experience improving product metrics for a product, feature, or experience in a market.
6+ years of experience disrupting a market for a product, feature, or experience.
Experience defining and delivering large-scale consumer, enterprise, marketplace, platform, ecosystem, or developer products.
Experience with AI agents, plugins, skills, connectors, MCP, developer ecosystems, app stores, SaaS marketplaces, or enterprise software distribution.
Experience with product-led growth, marketplace flywheels, experimentation, funnel optimization, and recommendation or relevance systems.

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