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Principal Product Manager

2026-08-26

Canada, British Columbia, Vancouver

3 days / week in-office

Overview <div>Microsoft’s Azure Data engineering team is transforming analytics through products including Microsoft Fabric, Azure SQL Database, Azure Cosmos DB, Azure Database for PostgreSQL, Azure Data Factory, Azure Synapse Analytics, Azure Service Bus, Azure Event Grid, and Power BI. Our mission is to build the data platform for the age of AI, powering a new class of data-first applications and driving a data culture.Within Microsoft Fabric, the Real-Time Intelligence team enables organizations to act on data as it happens. By combining real-time ingestion, streaming, event processing, and observability signals, the team delivers capabilities that help customers detect patterns, respond to events, and drive immediate action. These experiences are tightly integrated into Fabric to support modern applications and operational decision-making in real time.The Eventstream team owns the connectivity and streaming foundation that brings real-time data into Microsoft Fabric. Eventstream helps customers ingest, transform, and route high-volume event data from Apache Kafka, event brokers, messaging systems, and other sources.We are hiring a Principal Product Manager to lead the Eventstream Kafka endpoint product area. This role will own the strategy, roadmap, delivery, competitive positioning, and customer engagement for the area. The role requires technical depth in messaging and streaming, along with product management expertise to improve platform reliability, increase adoption, and design experiences for customers building real-time and AI-powered applications.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.</div> Responsibilities <div><ul><li>Own the product vision, strategy, roadmap, and success measures for Eventstream's Kafka endpoint area, connecting short-term delivery plans with the long-term growth of Fabric Real-Time Intelligence.</li><li>Lead the area from customer discovery through general availability and growth, making investment and prioritization decisions across platform capabilities, user experience, reliability, scale, and interoperability.</li><li>Partner with Engineering, Design, Data Science, Security, and other teams to deliver a compelling Kafka-compatible solution.</li><li>Develop a competitive strategy using customer insights, product telemetry, and market analysis to guide product decisions.</li><li>Build relationships with customers and partners, translate streaming requirements into product direction, and use previews and design partnerships to validate solutions before broad release.</li><li>Drive adoption and business outcomes through product positioning, field readiness, technical storytelling, and go-to-market planning, while defining AI-assisted experiences that make real-time data easier to connect, manage, and use.</li><li>Embody our culture and values.</li></ul></div> Qualifications <div><h2>Required/Minimum Qualifications</h2><ul><li>Bachelor's Degree AND 8+ years experience in product/service/program management or software development OR equivalent experience.</li></ul><h3>Other Requirements</h3>Ability to meet Microsoft, customer, and/or government security screening requirements is required for this role. These requirements include, but are not limited to, the following specialized security screenings:Microsoft Cloud Background CheckThis position will be required to pass the Microsoft Cloud Background Check upon hire/transfer and every two years thereafter.<hr><h2>Preferred/Additional Qualifications</h2><ul><li>8+ years of experience taking a product, service, or experience from strategy through launch and growth.</li><li>Demonstrated experience owning a broad product area, including strategy, roadmap, delivery, competitive positioning, customer engagement, and business outcomes.</li><li>Knowledge of Apache Kafka, Kafka-compatible protocols, Azure Event Hubs, messaging systems, or similar event-streaming technologies.</li><li>Demonstrated technical depth in distributed systems, messaging, real-time ingestion, or stream processing, including the ability to navigate reliability, scale, latency, and interoperability tradeoffs with engineering teams.</li><li>Experience using product telemetry, customer research, and market analysis to improve adoption, engagement, retention, or other product outcomes.</li><li>Experience defining user experiences for technical products, including AI-assisted or low-code experiences.</li><li>Communication and technical storytelling skills, with experience influencing senior stakeholders and aligning teams across organizational boundaries.</li></ul></div> Product Management IC5 - The typical base pay range for this role across Canada is CAD $142,400 - CAD $257,500 per year. Find additional pay information here: <a href="https://careers.microsoft.com/v2/global/en/canada-pay-information.html">https://careers.microsoft.com/v2/global/en/canada-pay-information.html</a> Product Management IC5 - L'échelle salariale de base typique pour ce rôle dans l'ensemble du Canada est de 142,400 $ CAD à 257,500 $ CAD par année. Pour plus d'information au sujet de la rémunération, veuillez cliquer ici: <a href="https://careers.microsoft.com/v2/global/en/canada-pay-information.html">https://careers.microsoft.com/v2/global/en/canada-pay-information.html</a> Ce poste sera ouvert pendant au moins cinq jours et les candidatures seront acceptées de façon continue jusqu’à ce que le poste soit pourvu. This position will be open for a minimum of 5 days, with applications accepted on an ongoing basis until the position is filled. <hr> Microsoft est un employeur offrant l’égalité d’accès à l’emploi. Tous les candidats qualifiés seront pris en considération pour l’emploi, sans égard à l’âge, à l’ascendance, à la citoyenneté, à la couleur, aux congés médicaux ou familiaux, à l’identité ou à l’expression de genre, aux renseignements génétiques, à l’état d’immigration, à l’état matrimonial, à l’état de santé, à l’origine nationale, à un éventuel handicap physique ou mental, à l’affiliation politique, au statut de vétéran protégé ou au statut militaire, à la race, à l’ethnie, à la religion, au sexe (y compris la grossesse), à l’orientation sexuelle ou à toute autre caractéristique protégée par les lois, ordonnances et règlements locaux applicables. Si vous avez besoin d’aide avec des accommodements religieux et/ou d’un accommodement raisonnable en raison d’un handicap pendant le processus de candidature, apprenez-en plus sur la <a href="https://careers.microsoft.com/v2/ca/fr/accessibility.html">demande d’accommodement.</a> 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 <a href="https://careers.microsoft.com/v2/global/en/accessibility.html">requesting accommodations.</a>

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Solution Engineer - Cloud & AI Applications

2026-08-21

Canada, Alberta, Calgary +2 more

2 days / week in-office

Overview Are you insatiably curious, deeply passionate about the realm of AI & its applications, and ready to tackle complex challenges in a dynamic environment? If so, we invite you to join our team as a Cloud & AI Solution Engineer in AI Applications for Enterprise customers at Microsoft Canada. Here, you'll be at the forefront of innovation, working on cutting-edge projects that leverage the latest technologies to drive meaningful impact. Join us and be part of a team that thrives on collaboration, creativity, and continuous learning.Microsoft is at the forefront of the AI era, reshaping how organizations build, innovate, and deliver value. We’re leading the charge with breakthrough AI platforms and tools that not only elevate the developer experience but also empower businesses to solve complex challenges and unlock new opportunities. From accelerating development to transforming operations, Microsoft is helping customers turn AI into a strategic advantage—driving impact at scale.As a Solution Engineer – Cloud & AI Applications, you’ll play a pivotal role in helping customers unlock the full potential of AI. You’ll guide them in understanding the art of the possible, helping them architect scalable AI solutions, and adopting cutting-edge tools to build the next generation of intelligent applications. By combining technical expertise with a passion for innovation and solving complex business challenges, you’ll empower organizations to boost productivity, drive transformation, and become truly AI-native.This opportunity will allow you to accelerate your career growth, develop deep business acumen, hone your technical skills, and become adept at solution design and deployment. You’ll guide customers through secure, scalable solution design, influence technical decisions, and accelerate AI applications development into their deployment workflows. In summary, you’ll help customers modernize their applications and realize the full value of Microsoft’s AI platform, all while enjoying flexible work opportunities.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 <ul><li>Drive technical sales with decision makers using demos and PoCs to influence solution design and enable production deployments.</li><li>Lead hands-on engagements—hackathons and architecture workshops—to accelerate adoption of Microsoft’s cloud platforms.</li><li>Build trusted relationships with platform leads, co-designing secure, scalable architectures and solutions</li><li>Resolve technical blockers and objections, collaborating with engineering to share insights and improve products.</li><li>Maintain deep expertise in our Intelligent AI Application portfolio: AI Foundry, GitHub, Microsoft Agent Framework, Microsoft IQs, Azure Kubernetes Service, App Service Environment, Azure Container Apps, API Management, Azure Managed Redis. </li><li>Maintain and grow expertise in Azure database platforms: Cosmos DB, PostgreSQL and SQL DB.</li><li>Represent Microsoft through thought leadership in Application Development communities and customer forums</li></ul> Qualifications Required Qualifications<ul><li>Master's Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field AND 3+ years technical pre-sales or technical consulting experience OR Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field AND 4+ years technical pre-sales or technical consulting experience OR 5+ years technical pre-sales or technical consulting experience OR equivalent experience.</li><li>Experience with software development architecture and development techniques for cloud native environments.</li><li>Ability to communicate technical concepts to business and technical audiences.</li><li>Proven ability to lead technical engagements (e.g., hackathons, PoCs, MVPs) that drive production-scale outcomes.</li></ul>Preferred Qualifications <ul><li>6+ years technical pre-sales, technical consulting, or technology delivery, or related experience<ul><li>OR equivalent experience</li></ul></li><li>Experience modernizing legacy applications to cloud native architectures.</li><li>Experience developing generative AI or Agentic AI solutions (LangChain, AutoGen, Semantic Kernel).</li></ul> Solution Engineering IC4 - The typical base pay range for this role across Canada is CAD $96,000 - CAD $177,600 per year. Find additional pay information here: <a href="https://careers.microsoft.com/v2/global/en/canada-pay-information.html">https://careers.microsoft.com/v2/global/en/canada-pay-information.html</a> Solution Engineering IC4 - L'échelle salariale de base typique pour ce rôle dans l'ensemble du Canada est de 96,000 $ CAD à 177,600 $ CAD par année. Pour plus d'information au sujet de la rémunération, veuillez cliquer ici: <a href="https://careers.microsoft.com/v2/global/en/canada-pay-information.html">https://careers.microsoft.com/v2/global/en/canada-pay-information.html</a> Ce poste sera ouvert pendant au moins cinq jours et les candidatures seront acceptées de façon continue jusqu’à ce que le poste soit pourvu. This position will be open for a minimum of 5 days, with applications accepted on an ongoing basis until the position is filled. <hr> Microsoft est un employeur offrant l’égalité d’accès à l’emploi. Tous les candidats qualifiés seront pris en considération pour l’emploi, sans égard à l’âge, à l’ascendance, à la citoyenneté, à la couleur, aux congés médicaux ou familiaux, à l’identité ou à l’expression de genre, aux renseignements génétiques, à l’état d’immigration, à l’état matrimonial, à l’état de santé, à l’origine nationale, à un éventuel handicap physique ou mental, à l’affiliation politique, au statut de vétéran protégé ou au statut militaire, à la race, à l’ethnie, à la religion, au sexe (y compris la grossesse), à l’orientation sexuelle ou à toute autre caractéristique protégée par les lois, ordonnances et règlements locaux applicables. Si vous avez besoin d’aide avec des accommodements religieux et/ou d’un accommodement raisonnable en raison d’un handicap pendant le processus de candidature, apprenez-en plus sur la <a href="https://careers.microsoft.com/v2/ca/fr/accessibility.html">demande d’accommodement.</a> 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 <a href="https://careers.microsoft.com/v2/global/en/accessibility.html">requesting accommodations.</a>

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Story Producer - Gears of War - The Coalition (12-Month Fixed Term Contract)

2026-08-21

Canada, British Columbia, Vancouver

3 days / week in-office

Overview The Coalition is a flagship first-party studio within XBOX Game Studios and the home to one of gaming’s most critically and commercially acclaimed series, Gears of War. We are a group of diverse and talented individuals working for a common purpose to push the limits of XBOX's entertainment platform and devices. As a studio, we lead from our values and work together to promote respect and inclusion, a growth mindset and grit, all while putting our team first. If you have the fire to work with our driven team, then come work with us.The developers of Gears of War are looking for a dynamic and organized Story Producer for a 12-month fixed term contract. The Story Producer is responsible for coordinating one or more multidisciplinary teams composed of artists, designers, and technical artists and working directly with their Senior Producer to drive features to completion. In this role you will coordinate the critical dependencies between the groups and solve issues. As part of the Production team, you will be expected to help create and foster a collaborative, healthy, and high performing work environment. You will assist in the creation of production roadmaps based on backlogs and partner with product owners to establish sprint and milestone goals. They will execute against this plan by coordinating with their respective teams, communicating status, blockers and risks, following up on deliverables and ensuring the team has everything they need to succeed. Responsibilities <ul><li>Organize and track cinematic content, partnering with Narrative, Cinematics, Audio, Design, Engineering. </li><li>Track and manage milestones, dependencies, risks, and deliverables for cinematics, voice-over, and story content, and escalating issues as needed. </li><li>Organize and track work across multiple disciplines and collaborators.</li><li>Facilitate communication between stakeholders and development teams, ensuring alignment on priorities & schedules.</li><li>Run production meetings, capture action items, and drive follow-through on outstanding work and blockers. </li><li>Contribute regular status updates, prepare reports on progress, risks, and upcoming deliverables.</li><li>Administer project related processes internal and external to the team, such as running scrums / sprints, ensuring tickets are updated, and following up on blockers.</li><li>Handle formal and informal organizational communication with stakeholders.</li><li>Assist the Senior Producer in milestone planning, execution, and evaluation.</li><li>Coordinate internal and outsourced development efforts supporting cinematic production, voice-over recording, performance capture, and narrative implementation. </li><li>Identify opportunities to improve production workflows, team communication, and development processes. </li><li>Help ensure story content, cinematics, and voice-over assets are delivered according to project priorities, quality expectations, and milestone commitments.</li><li>Communicate goals to the team and motivate them to execute on time and at a high-quality level.</li></ul> Qualifications Required Qualifications:<ul><li>Bachelor's Degree AND 1+ year(s) experience in production roles in gaming or entertainment industry, or other multi-disciplinary leadership<ul><li>OR equivalent experience.</li></ul></li></ul>Preferred Qualifications:<ul><li>2+ years experience in story production for games. </li><li>1+ year(s) experience managing relationships with stakeholders.</li><li>Production experience with a variety of project management methodologies (Agile, Scrum, Waterfall etc.)</li><li>A good understanding of the game development cycle with an understanding of the creative process and its impact on business needs.</li><li>Dependable organization, communication, and presentation skills.</li><li>Experience with JIRA, Hansoft or other project management software is a plus.</li></ul> The typical base pay range for this role across Canada is $87,600 CAD - $131,400 CAD Ce poste sera ouvert pendant au moins cinq jours et les candidatures seront acceptées de façon continue jusqu’à ce que le poste soit pourvu. This position will be open for a minimum of 5 days, with applications accepted on an ongoing basis until the position is filled. <hr> Microsoft est un employeur offrant l’égalité d’accès à l’emploi. Tous les candidats qualifiés seront pris en considération pour l’emploi, sans égard à l’âge, à l’ascendance, à la citoyenneté, à la couleur, aux congés médicaux ou familiaux, à l’identité ou à l’expression de genre, aux renseignements génétiques, à l’état d’immigration, à l’état matrimonial, à l’état de santé, à l’origine nationale, à un éventuel handicap physique ou mental, à l’affiliation politique, au statut de vétéran protégé ou au statut militaire, à la race, à l’ethnie, à la religion, au sexe (y compris la grossesse), à l’orientation sexuelle ou à toute autre caractéristique protégée par les lois, ordonnances et règlements locaux applicables. Si vous avez besoin d’aide avec des accommodements religieux et/ou d’un accommodement raisonnable en raison d’un handicap pendant le processus de candidature, apprenez-en plus sur la <a href="https://careers.microsoft.com/v2/ca/fr/accessibility.html">demande d’accommodement.</a> 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 <a href="https://careers.microsoft.com/v2/global/en/accessibility.html">requesting accommodations.</a>

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