Microsoft
Principal Product Manager
$143K–$304K
Redmond, WA · On-site · Principal · Full-time · Posted Oct 8, 2026
- Experience
- 8+ years required; 4+ years working training/evaluating search/information retrieval systems preferred.
- Education
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience.
About the job
Leads product strategy and delivery for Copilot and in-app search, using customer insights and technical expertise to improve search experiences and build AI-powered systems that help the team analyze feedback and generate insights.
What you'll do
- Combine customer feedback, telemetry, and research to identify, size, and prioritize user problems.
- Own roadmaps and guide investment, technical adoption, and tradeoffs across organizational boundaries.
- Build AI-powered systems, agents, and workflows; lead cross-functional alignment and mentor peers.
What they ask for
- Bachelor's degree and 8+ years of experience in product/service/program management or software development, or equivalent experience.
Nice to have
- 4+ years of experience working training/evaluating search/information retrieval systems as Product Manager, Software Developer, or Data Scientist.
- Experience with search, retrieval, ranking or recommendation systems, or agentic coding/AI developer tools; cross-disciplinary collaboration and comfort with ambiguity are also valued.
Pay
USD $142,800 - $274,800 per year (base salary); USD $188,000 - $304,200 per year (base salary)
Tools
Copilot, AI/ML, search, retrieval, ranking, recommendation systems, agents, automated workflows
AI focus
Build AI-powered systems, agents, and automated workflows to analyze feedback, evaluate sentiment, and generate insights; champion emerging AI/ML technologies in Copilot search.
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