Principal Product Manager Job at Microsoft Corporation (Redmond)

Principal Product Manager

Microsoft Corporation

Location:
United States , Redmond

Category:
IT - Software Development

Contract Type:
Not provided

Salary:

139900.00 - 274800.00 USD / Year

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Job Description:

We are seeking a Principal Product Manager to help shape the future of the Windows Developer ecosystem. This role sits at the intersection of product vision, software engineering, and rapid experimentation, and is focused on exploring and validating new ideas that meaningfully improve how developers build on Windows. You will operate in highly ambiguous problem spaces, defining new opportunities, shaping product direction, and bringing ideas to life through working code prototypes. This role is deeply developer-community-driven: you’ll spend meaningful time listening to and engaging with the Windows developer community (open-source maintainers, enterprise developers, toolmakers, and indie creators), co-creating solutions, and translating real-world feedback into clear product bets. You’ll use that ongoing community signal—needs, pain points, and emerging workflows—to influence strategy and accelerate learning across the organization.

Job Responsibility:

Identify and explore new product opportunities across the developer ecosystem, informed by developer needs, emerging workflows, and ecosystem trends
Define and articulate product vision and scenarios that influence direction across teams and stakeholders
Rapidly build high‑fidelity prototypes, demos, and proof‑of‑concepts to explore ideas, validate assumptions, and make future experiences tangible
Use code as a primary mechanism for learning, communication, and alignment, not just implementation
Define and prototype agentic experiences on Windows—using coding agents and agentic tooling to explore new interaction patterns, establish platform expectations, and deliver end-to-end developer experiences where agents are a first-class part of the workflow
Partner with product, engineering, design, and research leaders to drive early‑stage discovery and incubation
Lead and participate in developer research and validation, using prototypes to elicit high‑quality feedback and insights
Synthesize research, experimentation, and technical exploration into clear product narratives, tradeoffs, and recommendations
Advocate for developer‑first design principles and help raise the bar for developer experience across Windows
Influence without authority, helping multiple teams converge around shared vision and high‑confidence bets

Requirements:

Bachelor's Degree AND 8+ years experience in product/program management or software development
OR equivalent experience
Significant experience building software, with the ability to write high‑quality prototype code using modern languages, frameworks, and tooling
Demonstrated ability to operate as a product leader, shaping vision and direction in ambiguous problem spaces
Proven track record of using user research and validation to inform product decisions and strategy
Deep understanding of developer workflows, tools, and ecosystems, with strong intuition for what developers’ value and enjoy
Background in product incubation, innovation teams, or zero‑to‑one exploration
Ability to communicate complex ideas clearly through prototypes, demos, and technical storytelling
Experience building with coding agents or agent-enabled development workflows, and translating those capabilities into polished, developer-facing agentic experiences on Windows

Additional Information:

Job Posted:
March 19, 2026

Employment Type:

Fulltime

Work Type:

Hybrid work

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