Principal Product Manager

Microsoft is a company where passionate innovators come to collaborate, envision what can be and take their careers further. This is a world of more possibilities, more innovation, more openness, and the ‘sky is the limit’ thinking in a cloud-enabled world.

Within Azure Data, the Cosmos team builds and operates one of the largest big data analytics systems on the planet, serving the data platform requirements of Microsoft teams including Office, Bing, Windows, X-box, and Commerce. We build highly reliable, secure, and scalable distributed software that handles several exabytes of data. We are a mission critical platform that enables Microsoft teams to transform any data at any scale into business assets easily at low cost.

To help us with our evolution, we are looking for a Principal Product Manager to join the Cosmos team. You will be responsible for building and delivering critical platform capabilities. You will work closely with customers and cross-functional teams to define product requirements, develop product roadmaps, and drive product development from ideation to launch.

In our team, you will experience:

- A collaborative, mutually supportive and customer-focused team and work environment.
- Opportunities to drive innovation and make business impact widely across Microsoft.
- Support for learning, growth mindset, and curiosity.
- Delivering customer value in a fast paced, iterative manner.
- Ample opportunities for career growth, impactful contributions, cross-org collaborations.

We do not just value differences or different perspectives. We seek them out and invite them in so we can tap into the collective power of everyone in the company. As a result, our customers are better served.

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**:

- Conduct customer research to identify customer needs, pain points, and opportunities for innovation and differentiation.
- Write compelling product and technical specifications that outline customer needs and product requirements.
- Collaborate with engineering, design, and other teams to ensure successful product development.
- Measure and evaluate product performance and customer feedback using effective telemetry and analytics tools and iterate on product features based on data and insights.
- Deliver business results by aligning multiple stakeholders across Microsoft and leading the team through empowerment and accountability.
- Define and drive business and product Key Performance Indicator's (KPIs) and Net Promoter Score (NPS).

**Qualifications**:
**Required/Minimum Qualifications**
- Bachelor’s Degree AND 8 years’ experience in product/service/project/program management OR equivalent experience.
- 5+ years of experience in product management for the underlying platform of a commercial technology product.
- 5+ years of Project Management skills with experience managing large-scale, complex projects with cross-functional teams.

**Preferred/Additional Qualifications**
- Bachelor’s Degree AND 10 years’ experience in product/service/project/program management OR equivalent experience.
- Familiarity with Scale-out systems for operational or analytical data processing.
- Familiarity with Azure, AWS and GCP public clouds.
- Experience working in large scale and complex deployments.
- Analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to make sound decisions in a fast-paced environment.
- Communication and interpersonal skills with the ability to influence and collaborate with stakeholders at all levels. Executive presence, leadership, communication skills in influencing customers and senior executives.

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