Principal Product Manager

Microsoft is seeking a Principal Product Manager to shape next-generation AI-powered skilling experiences that help people and organizations learn faster and demonstrate their knowledge. The role will set product vision and strategy, lead cross-functional teams, build trustworthy LLM-powered learning features, and drive measurable learning outcomes, adoption, and retention globally.

Responsibilities:

• Set the North Star – Define the vision and strategy for AI skilling across learner, manager, and enterprise scenarios; translate it into clear success metrics
• Turn Insight into Product – Use qualitative and quantitative research to uncover unmet needs and convert them into crisp scenarios, roadmaps, and MVPs
• Lead the Portfolio – Prioritize data informed investments; make tradeoffs across content, platform, telemetry, cost/latency, privacy, and compliance
• Build AI First Experiences – Partner with Design and Engineering to ship LLM powered features (recommendations, coach, pathways, assessment) that are usable, accessible, and trustworthy
• Raise the Bar on Quality – Establish measurement for engagement, learning outcomes, credential attainment, reliability, and performance; iterate based on evidence
• Launch and Grow – Collaborate with Product Marketing and field teams to craft narratives, land launches (e.g., major events), and drive adoption and retention
• Win with Partners – Work with internal/external partners (e.g., content providers, platform teams) to expand catalog depth, credentials, and enterprise integrations
• Model Reliable Product Leadership – Create clarity, build energy, and deliver results across multiple squads/epics through inclusive, transparent execution
• Embody our culture and values

Requirements:

• • Bachelor's Degree AND 8+ years experience in product/service/program management or software development
• • OR equivalent experience
• • Bachelor's Degree in in  Computer Science, Engineering, Human Computer Interaction, Data/AI, or related technical field or equivalent practical experience AND 12+ years of product leadership with enterprise SaaS/platform experience
• • Advance Degree in (e.g. MS in  Computer Science, Engineering, Human Computer Interaction, Data/AI, or MBA ) is a plus
• • 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)
• • 6+ years of experience end to end product management experience shipping largescale, cross functional products or platforms
• • 6+ years of experience leading product teams building consumer products
• • 6+ years of experience in machine learning and/or AI
• • 4+ years experience taking a product, feature, or experience to market (e.g., design, addressing product market fit, and launch, internal tool/framework)
• • Domain expertise in learning/skilling, credentials/assessment, or workforce development; familiarity with content pipelines and role based learning paths
• • Handson experience bringing generative AI to production (prompting, evaluation, safety & governance, cost/perf optimization)
• • Depth in experimentation and measurement (A/B testing, causal inference, learning outcomes, cohort analysis)
• • Demonstrated executive storytelling and external thought leadership (talks, blogs, community)