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Product Management IC6

2026-04-17

United States, Washington, Redmond +1 more

4 days / week in-office

Overview We are hiring a Principal Product Manager to lead predictive planning and recommendation experiences that help advertisers make smarter budget, bidding, and growth decisions through scalable ML‑driven forecasting. This role owns end‑to‑end product strategy across data, models, and UX, with opportunities to evolve the experience into agentic, LLM‑powered workflows that proactively guide advertisers from insight to action. You will operate at product and platform scale, translating complex signals and uncertainty into clear recommendations that drive measurable advertiser outcomes. 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. 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. Responsibilities <ul style="list-style-type: disc;"><li>Product Leadership: Develop and communicate the strategy and roadmap for planning & recommendation products across Microsoft’s ad ecosystem. </li><li>Customer Advocacy: Represent the product to customers, deeply understand their needs, and champion those needs internally. </li><li>Execution & Decision-Making: Navigate ambiguity, make tough prioritization decisions, and drive alignment across engineering, design, and business stakeholders. </li><li>Communication & Collaboration: Partner effectively with Sales, Marketing, Business Development, Legal, and other cross-functional teams to deliver cohesive product outcomes. </li><li>Data & AI Innovation: Collaborate with Data Science and ML teams to leverage insights and models that power forecasting, scenario planning, and actionable recommendations for advertisers, while upholding responsible use of data and brand trust at scale. </li><li>Go-to-Market Leadership: Lead go-to-market efforts with marketing and sales, ensuring product launches drive adoption, transparency, and measurable advertiser impact. </li><li>Industry Leadership: Establish Microsoft as a leader in responsible advertising by shaping internal practices and influencing industry standards.</li></ul> Qualifications Required Qualifications:<ul style="list-style-type: disc;"><li style="margin: 0in 0in 0in 0px; line-height: normal; font-size: 11pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; text-indent: 24px;">Bachelor's Degree AND 10+ years experience in product/service/project/program management or software development<ul style="list-style-type: circle; margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in;"><li style="margin: 0in 0in 0in 0px; line-height: normal; font-size: 11pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">OR equivalent experience.</li></ul></li></ul> Preferred Qualifications:<ul style="list-style-type: disc;"><li>Bachelor's Degree AND 12+ years experience in product/service/program management or software development<ul style="list-style-type: disc;"><li>OR equivalent experience.</li></ul></li><li>6+ years experience taking a product, feature, or experience to market (e.g., design, addressing product market fit, and launch, internal tool/framework). </li><li>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). </li><li>8+ years experience disrupting a market for a product, feature, or experience (e.g., competitive disruption, taking the place of an established competing product). </li><li>5+ years experience developing digital advertising products, especially on the demand/buying side platform. </li></ul> #MicrosoftAI Product Management IC6 - 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: <a href='https://careers.microsoft.com/us/en/us-corporate-pay'>https://careers.microsoft.com/us/en/us-corporate-pay</a> 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 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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Principal Software Engineer

2026-04-16

United States, Washington, Redmond +1 more

4 days / week in-office

Overview Join Microsoft AI’s Copilot Discover Engineering Team as a Principal Software Engineer, serving as a senior technical architect to play a central role in the technical direction and long‑range architecture of Copilot Discover. This is a role emphasizing true end‑to‑end responsibility: setting the architectural vision, shaping the platform for AI‑forward discovery experiences, and steering the evolution of product experiences that sit at the heart of how users engage with the intersection of knowledge, content, and personalization on surfaces on which Copilot shows up.You will design and drive the systems that power the Copilot Discover feed at scale. You’ll work on foundational platforms that ingest, enrich, rank, personalize, and serve content across web, mobile, and partner surfaces and lead architectural strategy for how we unify signals, models, and data into coherent, trustworthy experiences; modernize our ranking and personalization stack; and build the AI-forward infrastructure that makes Copilot Discover feel intelligent, anticipatory, and personalized for every user. The key is an end-to-end focus on outcomes, across a broad technical space.You’ll be expected to influence platform direction across multiple teams and adjacent organizations. You will ensure that the MSN and Copilot Discover systems are robust, scalable, privacy‑respecting, and engineered for long-term adaptation. High product sense is a success factor – how you drive product and architectural convergence across today’s fragmented surfaces, reduce complexity, and shape a consistent platform model is key to the success of the product and this role.Copilot Discover sits at the intersection of content, signals, and user intent. Our ambition is to make it a durable, strategic layer that powers intelligent, personalized, and trusted discovery experiences across a broad array of surfaces where Microsoft engages consumers in their journeys. If you are passionate about building high-scale, AI-driven systems that combine solid architectural rigor with meaningful user value, this is the role for you.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.  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. Responsibilities <ul><li>Own the technical direction for Copilot Discover platforms, setting end-to-end architectural strategy.</li><li>Partner with product, design, data science, and engineering leaders to translate business and user needs into executable architectural plans, well-documented designs, and multi-year roadmaps</li><li>Set and govern architectural decisions across multiple services and teams, ensuring systems are scalable, secure, reliable, cost-efficient, and grounded in data, telemetry and operational excellence.</li><li>Raise the technical bar across the organization by establishing flasifible principles, reviewing critical designs, and helping to develop technical leaders within the team.</li><li>Establish and evolve quality and reliability standards, including test strategies, CI/CD practices, monitoring, alerting, and live-site health.</li><li>Shape the adoption of AI/ML techniques for content understanding, personalization, summarization, and safety, in close collaboration with MAI and partner teams.</li><li>Serve as a cross-org technical leader, aligning MSN architecture with Bing, Copilot, Ads, Privacy, Trust, and other Microsoft platforms.</li></ul> Qualifications Required Qualifications:<ul><li>Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND 8+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python OR equivalent experience.</li></ul> Preferred Qualifications:<ul><li>Master's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND 12+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python<ul><li>OR Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND 15+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python</li><li>OR equivalent experience.</li></ul></li><li>Experience in ML/AI systems, especially in content understanding, ranking, or personalization.</li><li>Proven experience designing and operating large-scale distributed systems, including data pipelines, microservices, APIs, and storage systems.</li><li>Experience with content platforms, personalization systems, or consumer-facing services at scale.</li><li>Experience with technologies such as Apache Spark, Kafka, columnar storage, data modeling, and schema evolution.</li><li>Demonstrated success as a technical lead or architect, influencing across teams without direct authority.</li><li>Solid understanding of system architecture, performance tuning, telemetry design, and operational excellence.</li><li>Experience in ML/AI systems, especially in content understanding, ranking, or personalization.</li><li>Excellent analytical and communication skills, with the ability to clearly articulate complex technical concepts.</li><li>Solid cross-organizational collaboration skills and the ability to influence senior stakeholders.</li></ul> #MicrosoftAI Software Engineering IC6 - 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: <a href='https://careers.microsoft.com/us/en/us-corporate-pay'>https://careers.microsoft.com/us/en/us-corporate-pay</a> 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 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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Chief of Staff - Responsible AI (CoreAI)

2026-04-16

United States, Washington, Redmond +4 more

3 days / week in-office

Overview <div>The CoreAI organization at Microsoft builds the end-to-end AI stack and is core to Azure AI innovation and differentiation, as well as all of Microsoft’s flagship products, from GitHub, to Office, Teams, and Xbox. We are the team building Responsible AI, Azure OpenAI, Model as a Service, Azure ML, Cognitive Services, and the global Azure AI infrastructure for running the largest AI workloads on the planet. Within CoreAI, the Responsible AI organization plays a critical role in shaping how Microsoft builds, governs, and scales AI systems with trust, accountability, and transparency at the center. </div><div>We are seeking a highly experienced senior operations leader who will design and run the business operating system for the Responsible AI program. This is a senior individual contributor role focused on how Responsible AI operates—setting the cadence, frameworks, and execution infrastructure that keep priorities aligned, decisions well‑formed, and execution predictable in a fast‑moving, highly visible environment. This role is ideal for someone who thrives in building durable execution infrastructure across the org and energized by enabling leaders and teams to operate at scale. </div><div>Microsoft’s mission is to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more. 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. </div> Responsibilities <div><div>Organizational & Team Support </div><div><ul style="list-style-type: disc;" role="list"><li role="listitem" data-aria-level="1" data-aria-posinset="1" data-list-defn-props="{"335552541":1,"335559685":720,"335559991":360,"469769226":"Symbol","469769242":[8226],"469777803":"left","469777804":"","469777815":"hybridMultilevel"}" data-listid="1" data-font="Symbol" data-leveltext="" aria-setsize="-1">Operating cadence ownership: Architect and run RAI’s operating cadence, including leadership team rhythms, planning cycles, business reviews, and offsites. </li></ul></div><div><ul style="list-style-type: disc;" role="list"><li role="listitem" data-aria-level="1" data-aria-posinset="2" data-list-defn-props="{"335552541":1,"335559685":720,"335559991":360,"469769226":"Symbol","469769242":[8226],"469777803":"left","469777804":"","469777815":"hybridMultilevel"}" data-listid="1" data-font="Symbol" data-leveltext="" aria-setsize="-1">Decision and follow‑through management: Partner with senior leaders to structure agendas, capture decisions, document trade‑offs, and ensure consistent follow‑through on commitments. </li></ul></div><div><ul style="list-style-type: disc;" role="list"><li role="listitem" data-aria-level="1" data-aria-posinset="3" data-list-defn-props="{"335552541":1,"335559685":720,"335559991":360,"469769226":"Symbol","469769242":[8226],"469777803":"left","469777804":"","469777815":"hybridMultilevel"}" data-listid="1" data-font="Symbol" data-leveltext="" aria-setsize="-1">Performance management rhythms: Design and run annual and quarterly business rhythms (goal setting, progress reviews, calibration, talent discussions), ensuring leaders have clear data and narratives to support timely decision‑making. </li></ul></div><div>Business Processes </div><div><ul style="list-style-type: disc;" role="list"><li role="listitem" data-aria-level="1" data-aria-posinset="1" data-list-defn-props="{"335552541":1,"335559685":720,"335559991":360,"469769226":"Symbol","469769242":[8226],"469777803":"left","469777804":"","469777815":"hybridMultilevel"}" data-listid="2" data-font="Symbol" data-leveltext="" aria-setsize="-1">Hiring process optimization: Improve end‑to‑end hiring workflows (intake, prioritization, readiness, coordination) in partnership with recruiting and business managers, without owning headcount tracking. </li></ul></div><div><ul style="list-style-type: disc;" role="list"><li role="listitem" data-aria-level="1" data-aria-posinset="2" data-list-defn-props="{"335552541":1,"335559685":720,"335559991":360,"469769226":"Symbol","469769242":[8226],"469777803":"left","469777804":"","469777815":"hybridMultilevel"}" data-listid="2" data-font="Symbol" data-leveltext="" aria-setsize="-1">Execution mechanisms: Build and maintain lightweight processes, tools, and templates that connect strategy to delivery while minimizing operational overhead. </li></ul></div><div> Operational Excellence </div></div><div><div><ul style="list-style-type: disc;" role="list"><li role="listitem" data-aria-level="1" data-aria-posinset="1" data-list-defn-props="{"335552541":1,"335559685":720,"335559991":360,"469769226":"Symbol","469769242":[8226],"469777803":"left","469777804":"","469777815":"hybridMultilevel"}" data-listid="3" data-font="Symbol" data-leveltext="" aria-setsize="-1">Friction identification and resolution: Identify friction points in how work flows across teams and proactively design scalable solutions. </li></ul></div><div><ul style="list-style-type: disc;" role="list"><li role="listitem" data-aria-level="1" data-aria-posinset="2" data-list-defn-props="{"335552541":1,"335559685":720,"335559991":360,"469769226":"Symbol","469769242":[8226],"469777803":"left","469777804":"","469777815":"hybridMultilevel"}" data-listid="3" data-font="Symbol" data-leveltext="" aria-setsize="-1">Scalable operating mechanisms: Create repeatable mechanisms that support program growth, change, and increasing complexity. </li></ul></div></div> Qualifications <div>Required Qualifications </div><div><ul style="list-style-type: disc;"><li>Bachelor's Degree in relevant field (e.g., Liberal Arts, Business Administration, Management, Computer Science) AND 8+ years experience in financial management, business planning, operations management, project management, or business-related roles </li></ul></div><div><div>Other Requirements</div><div>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:</div><div><ul><li>Microsoft Cloud Background Check: This position will be required to pass the Microsoft Cloud background check upon hire/transfer and every two years thereafter.</li></ul></div>Preferred Qualifications </div><div><ul style="list-style-type: disc;"><li>Demonstrated ability to build operating models, cadences, and processes that scale. </li></ul></div><div><ul style="list-style-type: disc;"><li>Exceptional written and verbal communication skills </li></ul></div><div><ul style="list-style-type: disc;"><li>Strong analytical and problem‑solving skills, with the ability to translate ambiguity into clear structure and action. </li></ul></div><div><ul style="list-style-type: disc;"><li>Proven experience operating with senior leadership teams and influencing decision‑making without direct authority. </li></ul></div><div><ul style="list-style-type: disc;"><li>5+years of product operations experience that includes product development lifecycle experience </li></ul></div><div><ul style="list-style-type: disc;"><li>Familiarity with budget planning, vendor management, or financial governance in large, complex organizations. </li></ul></div> Business Management IC6 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $130,900 - $277,200 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 $165,600 - $303,600 per year. Certain roles may be eligible for benefits and other compensation. Find additional benefits and pay information here: <a href='https://careers.microsoft.com/us/en/us-corporate-pay'>https://careers.microsoft.com/us/en/us-corporate-pay</a> 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 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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