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Microsoft AI (MAI) team builds innovative and responsible AI-powered personalized web experiences across Microsoft Copilot, Edge & Bing, that inform, entertain, add value, save money, and breathe productivity into the life and work of millions of customers. The Search and AI Platform team in MAI delivers the cutting-edge infrastructure to run Bing, Edge, MSN Feeds and copilot scenarios.

The **Search and AI Platform** is looking for a **Principal Product Manager** to lead the future of the largest distributed **computing & AI platform** at Microsoft.

As a Principal Product Manager at MAI, you will be responsible for driving innovation and building the platform that delivers a high-quality search and grounding results to 100s of millions of daily active users around the world.

You should have a keen interest to bring in product innovation to solve real customer pain points as well as fix quality gaps on existing stack.

Starting January 26, 2026, Microsoft AI (MAI) employees who live within a 50-mile commute of a designated Microsoft office in the U.S. or 25-mile commute of a non-U.S., country-specific location are expected to work from the office at least four days per week. This expectation is subject to local law and may vary by jurisdiction.

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

+ Define product vision and strategy by leveraging a deep understanding of the customer experience and competitive market.

+ Identify short-and long-term investment opportunities, evaluates tradeoffs, and drives the product roadmap.

+ Drive innovation in search and grounding for Bing, Copilot and Office users by working closely with engineering, product and leadership.

+ Make personalized News, Web, image, and video recommendations to millions of users, globally.

+ Empower hundreds of scientists to quickly and safely experiment and continually improve the product.

+ Evolve multi-tenant platforms for infra for Storage & Inferencing such as ObjectStore, HDFS, Spark and Kafka for Big Data and NRT processing.

+ Do inventory and capacity management of the complex fleet of CPU and GPU running these large systems.

Qualifications

Required Qualifications:

+ Bachelor's Degree AND 8+ years experience in product/technical product management or software development OR equivalent experience.

+ 5+ years of experience in driving complex cross organization initiatives in deep technical area such as search.

+ 5+ years of experience successfully building and running large scale cloud/distributing compute, storage and inferencing systems and products.

+ 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).

Additional or preferred qualifications

+ 3+ years of experience with open-source technologies like HDFS, Spark & Kafka.

+ 5+ years of experience with inventory and capacity management understanding the demand, supply and engineering dependencies, compliance and security related activities.

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.

Product Management IC5 - 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 October 19, 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) .