Principal PM Manager – M365 Copilot Platform

Join the team powering Microsoft’s AI future. The Copilot Platform team builds the fast, secure, high‑quality, and scalable foundation behind M365 Copilot and the agents that light up intelligent work across Microsoft 365. If you’re excited by big, bold challenges, high‑impact product leadership, and fast‑paced execution at the epicenter of Microsoft’s AI transformation, this is your team.

This is a rare opportunity to shape the future of work and computing itself. The M365 Copilot Platform is the canvas for our most strategic AI‑first experiences, including M365 Copilot, Researcher, and Analyst. As a Principal Product Managment Lead, you’ll set the strategy for 1P innovation and 3P extensibility, partner across engineering, applied science, design, and product teams, and deliver cutting‑edge capabilities such as multi‑turn agent orchestration, grounding, memory, and agent‑to‑agent collaboration. This role will allow you to amplify your leadership impact, shape platform strategy across Microsoft and its ecosystem, and operate at AI scale as we responsibly bring next‑generation experiences to hundreds of millions of users.

As a Principal PM Manager – M365 Copilot Platform leader in the Copilot Platform, you’ll be responsible for growing and mentoring a high‑performing PM team, fostering a culture of experimentation, inclusion, and excellence. You’ll set the tone for what great AI‑forward product leadership looks like—balancing strategic vision with hands‑on execution, and long‑term thinking with rapid iteration.

The future is waiting to be built. Join us!

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

• Lead, mentor, and grow a high‑performing PM team, fostering a culture of clarity, creativity, inclusion, and accountability; set the bar for AI‑forward product leadership that balances long‑term vision with rapid iteration.
• Own platform strategy and roadmap for Microsoft’s most visible AI experiences—defining capabilities that unlock both 1P innovation and 3P extensibility for thousands of developers and hundreds of product teams.
• Deliver core AI platform capabilities (e.g., multi‑turn orchestration, grounding, memory, agent‑to‑agent collaboration), define how we evaluate quality and trust, and scale responsibly across massive audiences.
• Provide strategic direction across divisions: define business impact, success criteria, and long‑term investment opportunities; ensure teams engage the right partners and track measurable outcomes.
• Guide customer‑centered product development: lead discussions with customers, drive scenario & product clarity, and oversee alignment of capabilities across divisions.
• Drive go‑to‑market readiness: shape roll‑out plans, ensure robust customer & developer support, and anticipate future platform needs from ongoing feedback & usage.
• Orchestrate cross‑org execution with engineering, applied science, design, and partner product teams to land complex, high impact experiences on time with clear milestones and crisp communication.

Qualifications

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree AND 8+ years experience in product/service/program management or software development
• 1+ year(s) people management experience.
• Experience leading product teams building software or service products.
• 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:

• Bachelor’s Degree AND 12+ years of experience in product/service/project/program management or software development
• 3+ years people management experience.
• Experience & familiarity with AI/ML systems, including orchestration, grounding, evaluation, and responsible AI practices.
• Experience building/designing AI applications stacks and agents, including use of conversational UX, agent frameworks, and platforms like GPT and Copilot.
• OR equivalent experience.

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 September 29, 2025.

Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran status, race, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable laws, regulations and ordinances.  We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. If you need assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application or the recruiting process, please send a request via the Accommodation request form.

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