Principal Product Manager
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Location: Redmond, WA 98052
Description:
P roduct team s within the division are focused on deliver ing core capabilities for developers who are creating and maintaining their apps whether for the desktop. m obile, C loud or the Web! We pride ourselves in delivering developer tools and experiences that are the best, and the most popular in the industry . Today our tools are used by used by a vast number of community , student , hobbyist and open-source developers, as well as developers and enterprise organizations too .
The era of AI is transforming developer tools . We've seen this with IntelliCode and now significantly with GitHub Copilot whether code completion or all the new experiences with 'chat ' . These are a t the forefront of AI-assisted developer experiences . Our tools teams work together with GitHub to deliver AI- assistance whether you , as a developer, are writin g or coding , debugging, diagnosing, testing, committing and reviewing code -and more! AI m odels , quality of results , and the user-interaction or experiences are key to developer satisfaction , high productivity and user adoption. A nd a s we create extensibility, we are adding Copilot experiences that deliver relevance beyond just the local coding development environment, such as with Azure, or other 3 rd parties too.
We are looking for a Principal P roduct Manager to support our expanding effort with o ur GitHub Copilot capabilities within the broad range of the Visual Studio family of tools and more . This role will focus on two areas. One in driving quality experiences in both new and existing capabilities with a perspective towards high relevance , great UX a nd u ser engagement , and accuracy of results . The second to support our forward thinking exploration.
This position requires a technical, hands-on Product M anager that is familiar with developers, with code, and especially with applying AI models and techniques . It requires a high degree of creativity and critical thinking! This person will work across many groups and teams- especially with our code language teams , with our data science teams, and with many internal and external partners too. The role weaves together customer knowledge, technical know-how and always with an eye towards delivering high customer satisfaction.
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. In alignment with our Microsoft values, we are committed to cultivating an inclusive work environment for all employees to positively impact our culture every day.
Responsibilities:
In this role, you will need to excel at contributing to cross-functional v irtual teams by working closely with customers and partners using our products. Additional responsibilities include:
Qualifications:
Required Qualifications:
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
Microsoft will accept applications for the role until September 30, 2024
Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran status, race, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable laws, regulations and ordinances. If you need assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application or the recruiting process, please send a request via the Accommodation request form .
Benefits/perks listed below may vary depending on the nature of your employment with Microsoft and the country where you work.
The era of AI is transforming developer tools . We've seen this with IntelliCode and now significantly with GitHub Copilot whether code completion or all the new experiences with 'chat ' . These are a t the forefront of AI-assisted developer experiences . Our tools teams work together with GitHub to deliver AI- assistance whether you , as a developer, are writin g or coding , debugging, diagnosing, testing, committing and reviewing code -and more! AI m odels , quality of results , and the user-interaction or experiences are key to developer satisfaction , high productivity and user adoption. A nd a s we create extensibility, we are adding Copilot experiences that deliver relevance beyond just the local coding development environment, such as with Azure, or other 3 rd parties too.
We are looking for a Principal P roduct Manager to support our expanding effort with o ur GitHub Copilot capabilities within the broad range of the Visual Studio family of tools and more . This role will focus on two areas. One in driving quality experiences in both new and existing capabilities with a perspective towards high relevance , great UX a nd u ser engagement , and accuracy of results . The second to support our forward thinking exploration.
This position requires a technical, hands-on Product M anager that is familiar with developers, with code, and especially with applying AI models and techniques . It requires a high degree of creativity and critical thinking! This person will work across many groups and teams- especially with our code language teams , with our data science teams, and with many internal and external partners too. The role weaves together customer knowledge, technical know-how and always with an eye towards delivering high customer satisfaction.
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. In alignment with our Microsoft values, we are committed to cultivating an inclusive work environment for all employees to positively impact our culture every day.
Responsibilities:
In this role, you will need to excel at contributing to cross-functional v irtual teams by working closely with customers and partners using our products. Additional responsibilities include:
- Knowledge and expertise working with developer coding languages, applications, patterns and tools. Hands on ability to prototype.
- Knowledge and expertise of w ork ing with data science, AI tools , processes and techniques .
- Knowledge of customer research. Defining and prioritizing customer scenarios and experiences , identifying problems, outlining concepts and riving validation . Creating differentiated developer experiences across development tools . Anticipate, identify , andmitigateblockers to customer successgoals
- Leveraging data and analytics to capture progress and key results toward team objectives . The ability to systematically gather information from a variety of sources, analyze information, identify implications of data, draw conclusions, generate alternatives and solutions, and evaluate the consequences of choosing each alternative using quality metrics and data
- Engaging with customers and partners to understand business needs and opportunities .
- Clearly communicate product benefits to our users and internal stakeholders
- Specifying, owning, and growing product features through the whole product lifecycle
- Communicate with customers via blog posts, documentation, and engage on Open Source forums
- Build end-to-end demos of scenarios for your developer experiences
- Work with marketing/PR teams and presenting occasionally at conferences
- Embody our Culture and Values
Qualifications:
Required Qualifications:
- Bachelor's Degree AND 8+ years experience in product/service/project/program management or software development
- OR equivalent experience.
- 4+ years of relevant software design and development/DevOps experience.
- 2+ years of practical experience in AI techniques , models and tools.
- 2+ years of technical product management experience.
- In-depth and p rior hands-on experience with AI models , such as OpenAI, Azure AI, ML.
- Experience working with or delivering AI-assisted developer tools.
- Technical and business skills to interface with all levels and disciplines within the organization, from engineers to executives
- Growth mindset with a desire to continually learn and apply new skills to a broad range of projects as you dig into complex problems and create solutions that scale to a large system and codebase
- Possess excellent cross group and interpersonal skills necessary to articulate the business needs and importance of our security deliverables with experience working with data for analysis/insights
- Customer focus and a deep commitment to delivering products that create customer value and delightfulexperiences
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
Microsoft will accept applications for the role until September 30, 2024
Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran status, race, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable laws, regulations and ordinances. If you need assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application or the recruiting process, please send a request via the Accommodation request form .
Benefits/perks listed below may vary depending on the nature of your employment with Microsoft and the country where you work.