Principal Product Management Manager

Microsoft is a leading technology company passionate about building cutting-edge AI infrastructure to support the AI revolution. They are seeking a Principal Product Management Manager to oversee a portfolio of AI and GPU Azure VM product families, focusing on simulations, machine learning, inference, remote visualization, and immersive gaming experiences.

Responsibilities:

• You will be part of a team responsible for delivering mission critical customer products, focusing on managing a portfolio of AI and GPU Azure VM families optimized for simulations, machine learning, inference, remote visualization, and gaming. Your responsibilities will include:
• Mentor and grow a Product Management and Technical Product Management team that is customer obsessed, data-driven and owns end-to-end product lines through delivery with agility and quality
• Working directly with core Azure engineering teams to deliver class-leading Azure VM product offerings that is workload-optimized for the target customer segments focusing on product innovation, quality, performance, reliability, and scale throughout the full product lifecycle
• Work on solving complex technical problems through defining roadmaps for features & capabilities and work with the engineering teams on their implementations
• Engage directly with customer stakeholders to understand their workload needs, requirements, and ensure alignment on existing and future product offerings in Azure
• Lead large cross-group partnership opportunities across a diverse set of partner development teams
• Work with senior leaders within Microsoft to align on the product strategies and roadmap, secure cross-team support, and drive clear execution of deliverables

Requirements:

• Bachelor's Degree AND 8+ years experience in product/service/program management or software development OR equivalent experience
• 1+ year(s) people management experience
• Ability to meet Microsoft, customer and/or government security screening requirements are required for this role
• 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
• 3+ years people management experience with a solid track record of leading, growing and coaching a team of strong and diverse product managers and technical program managers
• 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)
• 4+ years experience proven product management track record defining product strategies and delivering AI product offerings in a fast-paced, cloud based, and demanding environment
• Deep knowledge of compute workloads and technologies employed by customers in the areas of simulations, machine learning, inference, remote visualization, and gaming
• Comfortable working at the intersection of hardware architectures and software tools across a broad set of technologies including CPUs, GPUs, FPGAs, RDMA, high-speed interconnects like InfiniBand, AI frameworks, and distributed cloud computing environments
• A growth-mindset that enables creativity in thinking, strong analytical skill, an ability to deal with ambiguity, management of changing priorities, and consistency in learning from others