• Principal PM Manager

    Microsoft Corporation (Redmond, WA)


    Overview

     

    As an AI PM Manager, you will use **AI evaluation as the driver of product impact** . You’ll build the datasets, metrics, and experiments that define quality and steer improvements in grounding, fine-tuning, and model upgrades. Working with the latest AI technologies and frontier models, you’ll help ensure Copilot, Copilot Search, and Researcher remain at the forefront of how people use AI to get work done.

     

    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

    + Shape how customers experience the latest AI advances, ensuring every prompt leads to a high-quality, trusted response.

    + Collaborate closely with data scientists and engineers to design experiments, validate results, and prevent regressions.

    + Lead A/B tests, prompt experiments, and model validations; define clear entry/exit criteria and ship gates.

    + Design and maintain evaluation datasets, test sets, and experimentation pipelines to measure product performance reliably and repeatably.

    + Monitor and analyze product metrics and evaluation signals to prioritize issues and drive timely fixes.

    + Communicate results, priorities, and trade-offs clearly to leadership and cross-functional partners.

    + Manage, mentor, and grow a team focused on AI quality and disciplined execution.

    Qualifications

    Required Qualifications:

    + Bachelor's Degree AND 8+ years experience in product/service/program management or software development

    + OR equivalent experience.

    + 1+ year(s) people management experience.

    Preferred Qualifications:

    + Bachelor's Degree AND 12+ years experience in product/service/program management or software development

    + OR equivalent experience.

    + 3+ years people management experience.

    + 4+ years experience taking a product, feature, or experience to market (e.g., design, addressing product market fit, and launch, internal tool/framework).

    + 6+ 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).

    + Leadership experience mentoring PMs and managing cross-functional teams.

    + Experience shipping commercial products, online services, or data science solutions at scale.

    + Familiarity with privacy, security, and responsible product development practices.

    + Proficiency in designing and maintaining evaluation datasets, test sets, and experimentation pipelines.

     

    Product Management M5 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $139,900 - $274,800 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 $188,000 - $304,200 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. (https://careers.microsoft.com/v2/global/en/accessibility.html)