New

Principal Product Manager

Microsoft
$163,000.00 - $296,400.00 / yr
United States, Texas, Irving
7000 State Highway 161 (Show on map)
Feb 17, 2026
Overview The Compute Customer Engineering Team (Compute CET) is a core contributor to the Microsoft Azure Compute workloadfocused model. The team engages with customers to build trust, strengthen operational resilience, and support longterm success. These engagements help address nextgeneration workload challenges and provide insights that shape future Azure Compute products and services. We are looking for an experienced and strategic Principal Product Manager to guide a team of engineering and product professionals within the compute product domain. This role offers an opportunity to influence Mission Critical Services innovation and contribute to building the foundation for future advancements in artificial intelligence. The position requires strong leadership skills and the technical depth to support and engage directly with customers when needed. Responsibilities include leading development and product teams, supporting customer workload success, managing escalations, and ensuring delivery of engineering commitments for Strategic 500 customers. Candidates should have substantial experience in technical leadership roles involving complex customer engagements and direct collaboration with executive stakeholders. The role requires an ability to navigate highimpact situations, provide situational leadership, and communicate complex technical concepts clearly through both written and verbal communication. Success also depends on using datainformed decisionmaking, adapting quickly in ambiguous environments, and contributing to product and feature roadmap design. 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 Lead and manage a team of workload-focused Customer account team leads, Engineers Managers, and providing coaching to product development teams on product roadmap adjustments. Serve as a technical and strategic escalation point for high-severity customer incidents and engagements. Partner with Product Engineering, Support, and Field teams to drive resolution of complex customer issues and influence product improvements. Model technical excellence by engaging directly with customers to resolve critical issues or demonstrate best practices. Drive operational excellence through metrics, process improvements, and readiness initiatives leveraging data from multiple data sources across Excel, Kusto, and PowerBI Represent the voice of the customer in internal forums and contribute to the evolution of Microsoft's security products and services. Foster a culture of collaboration, accountability, and continuous learning within the team. Qualifications Required Qualifications Bachelor's Degree AND 10+ years experience in product/service/program management or software development OR equivalent experience. 3+ years people management 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 Bachelor's Degree AND 15+ years experience in product/service/program management or software development OR equivalent experience. 5+ years people management experience. 6+ years experience taking a product, feature, or experience to market (e.g., design, addressing product market fit, and launch, internal tool/framework). 8+ 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). 8+ years experience disrupting a market for a product, feature, or experience (e.g.,competitive disruption, taking the place of an established competing product). #azurecorejobs Product Management M6 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $163,000 - $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.