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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
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The Senior Product Manager joins the Substrate Transport team to own a core area of the Microsoft 365 message routing, filtering, and delivery pipeline. You will define the strategy, roadmap, and technical specifications for your assigned area, driving the full engineering lifecycle from initial definition through safe rollout and operational readiness. Key responsibilities include managing trade-offs between short-term relief and long-term architecture while ensuring security, privacy, and compliance. You will use telemetry, message traces, and large-scale data to frame problems and measure outcomes. Required skills include experience with distributed systems, email infrastructure like SMTP, and Kusto Query Language. You must navigate complex technical problems involving submission, ingestion, routing, categorization, policy enforcement, hygiene, anti-abuse controls, and volumetric throttling for high-scale communications.
What does a Product Manager earn in Washington?
Median $223300 from 114 postings across 20 companies.
Set the strategy and roadmap for a specific area of the transport pipeline based on customer promises.
Write technical specifications for engineering teams and define hypotheses to measure investment success.
Manage the full engineering lifecycle including scoping, safe rollout, telemetry, and operational readiness.
Integrate security, privacy, compliance, and accessibility requirements into the product definition of done.
Analyze telemetry and large-scale data to identify problems and track service metrics.
Represent the product area to leadership and customers by simplifying complex systems for decision-making.
Mentor junior product managers and establish efficient work patterns for the team.
Secure commitment and resolve alignment issues for cross-organizational dependencies.
What we're looking for
Bachelor's Degree and 5+ years of experience in product/service/program management or software development, or equivalent experience.
Ability to pass the Microsoft Cloud background check.
Bachelor's Degree and 8+ years of experience in product/service/program management or software development, or equivalent experience (preferred).
2+ years of experience taking a product, feature, or experience to market (preferred).
4+ years of experience improving product metrics for a product, feature, or experience in a market (preferred).
4+ years of experience disrupting a market for a product, feature, or experience (preferred).
Five or more years in product management, or equivalent experience in engineering, systems, or technical program management with direct ownership of a product area (preferred).
Working fluency with distributed systems, including the ability to hold design discussions with senior engineers (preferred).