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Security represents the most critical priorities for our customers in a world awash in digital threats, regulatory scrutiny, and estate complexity. Microsoft Security aspires to make the world a safer place for all. We want to reshape security and empower every user, customer, and developer with a security cloud that protects them with end to end, simplified solutions. The Microsoft Security organization accelerates Microsoft’s mission and bold ambitions to ensure that our company and industry is securing digital technology platforms, devices, and clouds in our customers’ heterogeneous environments, as well as ensuring the security of our own internal estate.

At Microsoft Security, our mission is to make the world a safer place for everyone—and our Services Partner ecosystem is essential to realizing that vision. The Partner Programs team within Customer Experience Engineering (CxE) is seeking a Principal Product Management Manager to lead a high-impact, partner-facing, and technically strategic team.

In this role, you will manage a group of deeply technical product managers specializing in cybersecurity and AI. Together, you’ll collaborate with strategic Microsoft partners to accelerate adoption and usage of our security solutions through technical enablement. You’ll also influence product direction by advocating for partner needs, ensuring our engineering teams deliver experiences that drive measurable value.

You’ll work cross-functionally with Engineering, Product and Partner Marketing, Enterprise Partner Solutions (EPS), and your counterparts in M365 and Azure, aligning efforts to deliver on committed Objectives and Key Results (OKRs) through our partner ecosystem. As the primary liaison to the Identity and Network Access (IDNA) and Management Engineering leadership teams, you’ll represent all partner-related initiatives with clarity and strategic intent.

Microsoft is on a mission to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more. Our culture is centered on embracing a growth mindset, a theme of inspiring excellence, and encouraging teams and leaders to bring their best each day. In doing so, we create life-changing innovations that impact billions of lives around the world. You can help us to achieve our mission.

Responsibilities

+ This role calls for thought leadership and a proficient programmatic mindset.

+ You’ll evolve partner-led customer adoption into a scalable, repeatable framework with measurable outcomes.

+ As a member of the Leadership Team, you’ll foster an AI-driven, experimental culture, empowering your team and the broader organization to continuously innovate and thrive.

+ Embody our culture and values

Qualifications

Required Qualifications:

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

+ OR equivalent experience.

+ 4+ years people management experience.

+ 8+ years' experience in product management or related discipline with a track record managing complex / cross-group projects with many partners and stakeholders.

+ 4+ years of experience engaging with Microsoft partners and managing expectations in partner-facing roles.

+ 3+ years of experience with Microsoft’s broader security product suites including Entra and/or Intune.

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 10+ years of experience in product/service/project/program management or software development OR equivalent experience.

+ 6+ years people management experience.

+ Experience delivering concise and fact-based communications / presentations both verbal and written and adapting style and level of information based on audience.

+ Experience evaluating and translating customer/partner needs, requirements, and challenges, identifying solutions (positioning, technology, business value, prioritization), and communicating improvement opportunities to technical and non-technical stakeholders.

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

Microsoft will accept applications for the role until July 22, 2025.

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Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. Consistent with applicable law, 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 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) .