Principal Product Manager

We're looking for a Principal Product Manager to join the AI Platform & Tools team in the Windows Platform & Developer organization. This is a high-impact role focused on the full stack of running AI Agents on client compute - the intersection of inference runtimes, AI models from Microsoft and the open source community, optimization of device configurations with OEMs and Silicon partners, and more... You'll need to get hands on, experimenting and building POCs, staying on top of the competitive and open source landscape, driving strategy and direction, engaging with customers, and developing advocacy for the broader developer community. 

Why Join Us? 

As AI continues to become more maintstream in applications and user-expecations, the importance and demand for delivering meaningful capabilities for local AI inference increases. Frontier cloud models are constantly improving in capability, but so are smaller models and the chips they run on — enabling people to run increasingly capable models on client devices, delivering free inference with no required network connection or data egress. We collaborate with teams across Microsoft developing proprietary models optimized for Windows, work closely with many companies delivering capable open source or proprietary models, and partner with AMD, Intel, NVIDIA, and Qualcomm on the chips and software they run on. Microsoft Foundry on Windows is our platform for delivering these capabilities to Windows developers who work on the operating system and across 1st and 3rd party applications, and you will have impact across all facets, from Windows AI APIs to Windows ML and open source frameworks.

This role is for a PM who loves to sit at the frontier, identifying what needs to be done through hands on building and experimenting to unlock the next set of valuable capabilities for our developer community and end-users. Do you want to deliver platform capabilities that empower tens of millions of developers and run on over 1 billion devices on the worlds most widely used desktop platform?

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.

• Personally develop functional E2E proof of concepts and experiences of agents using local models.
• Define and own the strategy for powering AI agents with local models. 
• Engage with developer communities, enterprise customers, ISV partners, and internal stakeholders to validate hypotheses and ground insights in real-world signals. 
• Drive engagement with silicon architecture and device advocacy on informing future Windows devices based on local agent needs.
• Develop advocacy approach, author blogs, create videos showcasing what is possible with Microsoft Foundry on Windows. 
• Drive analysis of open source model ecosystem to inform prioritization for optimization on Windows, and recommendations to developers.
• Partner with marketing, developer experience, customer experience, data science, and other teams to deliver the best local agents experience for the Windows ecosystem. 

Required/Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree AND 10+ years experience in product/service/program management or software development.
  • OR equivalent experience.

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:

• 8 years of experience in product management.
• 5 years of experience in Artificial Intelligence or Machine Learning, preferably in a platform or developer-focused organization.
• 3 years experience in software development or data science.
• 6+ months of consistent use of AI Agents like GitHub Copilot, Claude Code, Codex, etc.
• Ability to translate data and research findings into product strategy and executive-ready recommendations.
• Solid communication skills with the ability to present complex analysis clearly to technical and non-technical audiences.
• Experience working cross-functionally with engineering, product, and business teams. 

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Product Management IC6 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $165,600 - $296,400 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 $220,800 - $331,200 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.

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.