Principal Product Manager

We are hiring a Principal Product Manager with a proven track record of building AI-driven, scalable advertising products that deliver measurable ROI for advertisers while ensuring robust brand safety and suitability.

In this role, you will own the vision, strategy, and roadmap for Microsoft Advertising’s Targeting and Brand Safety/Suitability products. You will partner closely with Data Science, Engineering, UX, Product Marketing, Legal, and Finance to design solutions that enable advertisers to reach the right audiences while protecting their brand and ensuring compliance with publisher and platform standards.

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. 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.

Responsibilities

• Product Leadership: Develop and communicate the strategy and roadmap for audience targeting, contextual relevance, and suitability controls across Microsoft’s ad ecosystem.
• Customer Advocacy: Represent the product to customers, deeply understand their needs, and champion those needs internally.
• Execution & Decision-Making: Navigate ambiguity, make tough prioritization decisions, and drive alignment across engineering, design, and business stakeholders.
• Communication & Collaboration: Partner effectively with Sales, Marketing, Business Development, Legal, and other cross-functional teams to deliver cohesive product outcomes.
• Data & AI Innovation: Collaborate with Data Science and ML teams to leverage insights and models that power precision targeting and safeguard brand trust at scale.
• Go-to-Market Leadership: Lead go-to-market efforts with marketing and sales, ensuring product launches drive adoption, transparency, and measurable advertiser impact.
• Industry Leadership: Establish Microsoft as a leader in responsible advertising by shaping internal practices and influencing industry standards.

Qualifications

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree AND 10+ years experience in product/service/program management or software development
• OR equivalent experience.
• 2+ years' experience developing digital advertising products
• OR equivalent experience.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree AND 10+ years of experience in product management
• OR equivalent experience.
• Experience in building large scale solutions.
• Experience with A/B testing.
• Experience with digital advertising, targeting, brand safety/suitability
• OR equivalent experience.

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: https://careers.microsoft.com/us/en/us-corporate-pay

Microsoft will accept applications for the role until October 13, 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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