Principal Product Manager

Overview

At Microsoft, developer productivity and satisfaction are of utmost importance. The ES365 team is dedicated to improving the end-to-end developer experience in Office, from source control and check-in to build, testing, security, compliance, and deployment automation. By embracing a “one Microsoft” philosophy, open source, and industry-standard tools, the team is making it easier for developers to build and ship apps across platforms and endpoints. This focus on developer productivity and satisfaction is crucial in driving the success of some of the largest productivity applications in the world.

We are seeking a visionary Principal Product Manager to lead the AI and Android Engineering Systems charter within ES365. This role will drive developer productivity, compliance, and modernization of build and automation infrastructure for Android development across Microsoft 365 apps along with leveraging AI to improve every aspect of developer journey.

To succeed in this role, you should have a solid technical background and analytical skills, with the ability to work directly with both customer and engineering teams across the company. You should be able to formulate a vision and strategic plan whilst creating clarity in requirements, demonstrating customer-obsession with a growth mindset. You should be comfortable talking about technical components, understand development cycles but at the same time hold onto the business need and impact. Excellent collaboration, communication and coordination skills are necessary for this role. Understanding of platforms and build systems is a plus.

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

We respect and value other’s perspectives and diverse experiences. As part of our team, you would help us accomplish all that we do as a unified team, trusting in and learning from each other every day.

  While Working With Us And Others, You Will

• Brainstorm and communicate ideas.
• Listen to and incorporate feedback.
• Provide perspectives to others.
  
  

Bring your technical aptitude, eagerness to solve difficult problems and ability to build the product roadmap to:

• Have a hands-on approach to writing developer specs and perform design reviews.
• Create clarity in requirements, embrace agility, fend off scope creep, confirm development approaches and timelines, and support the team to build and deliver high quality and secure solutions on time.
• Promote hypothesis-driven product development and data-driven decision making.
• Define and execute the roadmap for Android engineering systems, balancing KTLO, compliance, and DevEx investments.
• Partner with Android app teams (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Loop, Union) to understand pain points and deliver scalable solutions.
• Lead initiatives such as Maven support, Hilt enablement, Android 13 migration, and automation infrastructure improvements.
• Drive compliance initiatives such as Play store requirements and SFI wave completion.
• Collaborate with global stakeholders to align engineering standards and best practices.
• Mentor and guide a team of PMs and engineers to deliver high-impact outcomes.
  
  

Qualifications

Required/Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelors Degree AND 8+ years experience in product/service/program management or software development.
• OR equivalent experience.
• 1+ year(s) people management experience.
• 8+ years of product management experience with at least 3 years in platform or developer tooling roles.
• Hands on experience of leveraging AI for improving developer experience.
• Deep understanding of Android build systems, CI/CD, and developer workflows.
• Solid program management skills to drive cross-team execution.
• Excellent leadership, communication, and stakeholder engagement skills.
• Experience in technical feature design and understanding of Software Development Life Cycle.
• Detail oriented and able to rapidly come up to speed on complex technologies and architectures.
• Excellent cross group collaboration skills and demonstrated ability to lead virtual teams to deliver on product milestones.
• Self-motivated and self-directed.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills.
  

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

• Bachelors Degree AND 12+ years experience in product/service/program management or software development.
• OR equivalent experience.
• 3+ years people management 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).
  

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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.

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