Principal Product Manager - Microsoft Foundry (CoreAI)

We are building the industry's leading AI-first application stack with enhanced reliability, performance and scale. Microsoft Foundry is redefining model-forward development with new UI/UX patterns, runtimes to build agents, orchestrating across multiple agents, and a reimagined management and observability layer.

We are a small, friendly, fast-moving team, we support each other to do the best work of our lives, always looking to break new ground, fast. We are proud of what we build, how we build it and that our products will define the AI agent era. We run lean, obsess about customers, and always make our decisions based on the evidence. We ship regularly, so your work will have real and immediate impact. It's a time of huge change in the AI landscape, and this role will put you right in the heart of it

Join the Microsoft Foundry team as we redefine model-forward development and unlock the next wave of innovation in generative AI. We are building the industry's leading model serving platform, empowering customer applications and agents with unmatched reliability, performance, and flexibility.

We are looking to hire a Principal Product Manager to joinour group andhelp us lead the next generation of Azure Direct models offerings. As a Principal Product Manager, you will lead the integration and onboarding of OpenAI Models to Foundry Models, ensuring customers can access the latest OpenAI IP from day 0.

In this role, you will:

• Lead the model launch program for OpenAI models, ensuring technical excellence at unmatched scale and velocity.
• Drive the model release backlog and roadmap, prioritizing across the needs of our customers and partners for Foundry Direct on Azure Models to drive the highest customer impact.
• Ensure Microsoft Engineering teams can release with the newest models on the same day, with clear executive alignment and communications.
• OpenAI Knowledge Transfer program owner: As point of contact for model releases with OpenAI, you will work across all our internal partners to ensure we have a smooth knowledge transfer program.
• Improve the launch program investing in clear metrics, automation, and operating models.
• Collaborate with engineering, marketing, sales, and support to delivery successful launches.
• Provide clarity in ambiguous environments, influence stakeholders, and foster a culture of innovation and accountability.

Required Qualifications

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

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

• 10+years of experience inproduct development. Including deliveringone or moreAI,cloud services,enterprise grade solutions, and mobileapps
• Proven success in launching and scaling multi-million dollar revenue products, ideally in AI, ML, or platform domains.
• Technical fluency in model performance evaluation, usability, and integration strategies.
• Release management proficiency across multiple back end & front end engineering teams.
• Identifying and automating opportunities in processes to enable team to scale faster.
• Stakeholder management capabilities, you'll be working across a spectrum of teams in hyperscaling platform through to marketing and comms.
• Experience leading cross-functional teams and managing complex dependencies.
• Ability to thrive in fast-paced dynamic environments with a bias for action.
• Agility as circumstances change rapidly.
• Growing and investing in team culture and developing TPM skills in others.

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

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.