Principal Product Manager
Microsoft · Washington · $142,800–$274,800 (stated in the posting)
OverviewMicrosoft Agent 365 is the control plane for AI agents in the enterprise — giving organizations the ability to observe, govern, and secure the rapidly growing number of agents at work across their business. Built into the Microsoft 365 admin center and the same trusted infrastructure as Microsoft Entra, Microsoft Purview, and Microsoft Defender, Agent 365 treats agents as first-class digital identities: discoverable in a centralized registry, managed across their lifecycle, and protected with enterprise-grade identity, data protection, and threat defense — regardless of which tools, frameworks, or models were used to build them.
Based in our Redmond, WA office, we are seeking a dynamic and strategic Principal Product Manager to drive the next wave of agent management innovation for Agent 365. This role is pivotal to the success of our platform. The ideal candidate will be a seasoned product leader with a deep technical background in Generative AI, LLM, SLM, and agentic systems, and experience leading engineering and product teams within an enterprise SaaS platform ecosystem.
Microsoft’s mission is to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more. As employees we come together with a growth mindset, innovate to empower others, and collaborate to realize our shared goals. Each day we build on our values of respect, integrity, and accountability to create a culture of inclusion where everyone can thrive at work and beyond.
Responsibilities
Define and execute the product strategy and roadmap for agent observability, governance, and security within Agent 365.
Collaborate with cross-functional teams — including Product Management, Engineering, Design, IT, Sales, and Marketing — to align strategies and ensure a unified approach to product development.
Partner with enterprise customers and stakeholders at C-Level (CISOs, CIOs, and IT and security leaders), as well as internal stakeholders, to shape requirements and support growth across key customer segments.
Drive integration and interoperability across the Microsoft ecosystem and with first-party, third-party, and open-source agents.
Participate in customer and field education programs, including webinars, training sessions, and resource materials.
Drive strategic and customer feedback and insights into the product roadmap.
Qualifications
- Bachelor's Degree AND 8+ years experience in product/service/program management or software development
- OR equivalent experience.
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.
- Bachelor's Degree AND 12+ years experience in product/service/program management or software development
- OR equivalent experience.
- 4+ years experience taking a product, feature, or experience to market (e.g., design, addressing product market fit, and launch, internal tool/framework).
- 6+ years experience improving product metrics for a product, feature, or experience in a market (e.g., growing customer base, expanding customer usage, avoiding customer churn).
- 6+ years experience disrupting a market for a product, feature, or experience (e.g., competitive disruption, taking the place of an established competing product).
- Demonstrated ability to drive product alignment across multiple engineering and product organizations without direct authority.
- Fluency with agent observability and operational governance domains, ideally including monitoring and telemetry, audit and usage/cost accounting, and autonomous-agent orchestration technologies.
- Experience engaging externally with IT and AI operations buyers (CIOs, platform and AIOps leaders), industry analysts, ecosystem and ISV partners.
- Solid written and verbal communication, with the ability to set a narrative for both technical and executive audiences.
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Product Management IC5 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $142,800 - $274,800 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 $188,000 - $304,200 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.
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