Principal Product Manager

We are looking for a Principal Product Manager to help drive the next phase of Microsoft Marketplace as a global commerce platform for cloud solutions, AI apps, and agents. In this role, you will own and advance critical parts of the marketplace experience, focusing on improving the endtoend Find, Try, Buy, and Manage experience for customers, partners, and channel ecosystems.

In this role, you will operate at the intersection ofplatform strategy, product execution, and business outcomes, translating Marketplace priorities into clear roadmaps, platform primitives, and measurable impact. You will work across multiple buying motions including selfserve, enterprise cosell, and channelled transactions and help ensure Marketplace scales reliably as our catalog, partner ecosystem, and AIdriven scenarios continue to grow. This is a highimpact role with direct visibility to leadership and deep collaboration across engineering, design, strategy, operations finance, product groups, and with some of the largest software development companies on the planet.

The ideal candidate is a self-starter with a work ethic who exemplifies creating clarity, generating energy, and delivering success for their team. We value those who have a thoughtful point of view, love to collaborate, and contribute to the success of others. They embrace AI to raise the bar for productivity on the team, feel empowered to take end-to-end ownership, and are comfortable connecting the dots between business, experience, and technology. If you love building products, positively influence the culture, and willing to roll up your sleeves to solve fun high-impact challenges (with a reliable engineering team on your side), then this is the right role for you.

We do not just value differences or different perspectives. We seek them out and invite them in so we can tap into the collective power of everyone in the company. As a result, our customers are better served.

• Own and drive key marketplace platform priorities, translating strategy into clear roadmaps, execution plans, and measurable outcomes.
• Lead crossfunctional efforts to improve partner and customer experiences, including APIs and user experiences.
• Partner closely with engineering to deliver secure, extensible, APIfirst platform capabilities that scale across offer types and ecosystems.
• Use data, customer insights, and partner feedback to identify friction, prioritize investments, and drive continuous improvement.
• Communicate with senior leaders, aligning stakeholders on tradeoffs, dependencies, and progress against goals.
• Foster inclusive collaboration across teams and contribute to a culture of customer obsession, accountability, and learning.
• Embody ourcultureandvalues.

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree AND 10+ years experience in product/service/project/program management or software development
  • OR equivalent experience.

Other Requirements:

Ability to meet Microsoft, customer and/or government security screening requirements are required for this role. These requirements include, but are not limited to the following specialized security screenings: Microsoft Cloud Background Check:

• This position will be required to pass the Microsoft Cloud background check upon hire/transfer and every two years thereafter.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Business, or related field.
• 12+ years of experience in product management, program management, or building largescale platform or commerce systems.
• Proven ability to drive complex, crossteam initiatives from strategy through delivery.
• Ecellent written and verbal communication skills, with experience presenting to senior and executive audiences.
• Demonstrated ability to lead projects with empathy, operate inclusively, and build trust across diverse stakeholders.
• Experience working on platforms, marketplaces, APIs, or developer ecosystems.
• Familiarity with enterprise buying motions, partnerled or channelled sales, or B2B commerce.
• Demonstrated systems thinking, with the ability to design capabilities that scale across products, customers, and geographies.
• Experience using data, experimentation, and customer insights to drive prioritization and measure impact.

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Product Management IC6 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $163,000 - $296,400 per year. There is a different range applicable to specific work locations, within the San Francisco Bay area and New York City metropolitan area, and the base pay range for this role in those locations is USD $220,800 - $331,200 per year.

Certain roles may be eligible for benefits and other compensation. Find additional benefits and pay information here:
https://careers.microsoft.com/us/en/us-corporate-pay

This position will be open for a minimum of 5 days, with applications accepted on an ongoing basis until the position is filled.

Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, citizenship, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, immigration status, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran or military status, race, ethnicity, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable local laws, regulations and ordinances. If you need assistance with religious accommodations and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application process, read more about requesting accommodations.