Microsoft
Principal Product Manager
$143K–$304K
Redmond, WA · On-site · Principal · Full-time · Posted Oct 30, 2026
- Experience
- 8+ years required; equivalent experience accepted. Preferred: 12+ years with a Bachelor's Degree or equivalent experience; additional preferred experience includes 4+ years taking products to market, 6+ years improving product metrics, and 6+ years disrupting a market.
- Education
- Bachelor's Degree or equivalent experience.
About the job
Leads strategy and execution for Microsoft 365 fleet capacity, infrastructure investment, and operations, using AI-driven analysis to improve forecasting, efficiency, and reliability.
What you'll do
- Set capacity and fleet strategy, roadmap, metrics, and investment priorities across Microsoft 365.
- Use AI, agents, automation, telemetry, and scenario testing to forecast demand, analyze tradeoffs, and improve fleet operations.
- Partner across engineering, finance, and supply chain; communicate decisions to leaders and mentor product managers.
What they ask for
- Bachelor's Degree and 8+ years of experience in product/service/program management or software development, or equivalent experience.
- Ability to meet Microsoft, customer and/or government security screening requirements, including the Microsoft Cloud Background Check.
Nice to have
- Experience leading large-scale cloud infrastructure, capacity planning, or distributed systems work.
- AI fluency using agents, automation, and prototyping; experience using telemetry and operational data for platform and investment decisions.
Pay
USD $142,800 - $274,800 per year (base salary); USD $188,000 - $304,200 per year (base salary)
Tools
AI agents, automation, AI Ops, telemetry, OKRs, KPIs
AI focus
Use AI-driven analysis, agents, automation, AI Ops, and prototyping to forecast demand, model capacity and hardware tradeoffs, detect operational issues, and accelerate product decisions and workflows.
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