Microsoft
Principal Product Manager
$166K–$331K
Redmond, WA · On-site · Principal · Full-time · Posted Oct 5, 2026
- Experience
- 8+ years in product/service/program management or software development, or equivalent experience.
- Education
- Bachelor's Degree or equivalent experience.
About the job
Leads strategy and execution for the Search Platform’s developer experience, APIs, and shared retrieval capabilities to improve Microsoft 365 Copilot and agent quality.
What you'll do
- Define the vision, roadmap, and success metrics for developer experience and own product definition for retrieval APIs and integration patterns.
- Improve onboarding, documentation, self-service tooling, observability, and diagnostics for agent developers.
- Drive execution across engineering and partner teams, align roadmaps, communicate decisions and risks, 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.
Pay
USD $165,600 - $296,400 per year (base salary); USD $220,800 - $331,200 per year (base salary)
Tools
Microsoft 365 Copilot, Microsoft Graph, Work IQ, Retrieval API
AI focus
Develops shared retrieval and grounding platform capabilities that improve Copilot and agent quality, including recall-forward retrieval, API integrations, and evidence formats.
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