Principal Product Manager

Overview

Who are we?

Microsoft Teams is looking to hire a seasoned Product Leader for Group Product Manager role. We are a 300M monthly users strong team with big and bold ambitions.

Why should you consider this team?

Collaboration is at the heart of productivity for people at work and life alike. Microsoft Teams is making it easy for people to collaborate. We are leading key areas of Teams including Search, Feed, Calendar, Mobile, Platform, and more. This is a place if you want to be challenged with hard product problems with significant product, design, and tech ambiguities.

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

• You will be leading a team of product managers responsible for making Teams Platform best-in-class with a mission of making Teams an ecosystem of choice for 3P apps and agents enabling sticky collaboration.
• You will establish a strong vision and roadmap, enroll execs and partners, and drive deep discussions at the intersection of user needs, experiences, and technology.
• You will be building for scale, with 100s of Millions of monthly users as a minimum.
• Build a world class team with a cultural emphasis of respect and inclusiveness.
  
  

Qualifications

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree AND 10+ years experience in product/service/program management or software development
• OR equivalent experience.
• 5+ year(s) people management experience.
• Innate curiosity and ability to thrive in ambiguous and rapidly changing environment.
• Self-starters and innovators with a positive, collaborative can-do attitude and bias for action are very welcome.
• Experience across the entire product lifecycle – from ideation to in-market success and the know-how required to lead your crew to realize your vision.
• Solid affinity and experience in user-centered design, UX design and innovating on behalf of the customer is required.
• Excellent written and verbal communication/presentation skills through all levels of the organization, technical and non-technical.
• Solid understanding of web and mobile technologies, service operations at scale, and general ability to ramp up and go deep in new technical areas.
•  Great problem-solving skills and ability to think strategically and analytically to define and track success metrics for your areas.
  

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.