MDC Principal Product Manager

MDC Principal Product Manager at Microsoft

Overview

If you're out to disrupt Cloud Security, come join us working for the largest security company in the world, on the leading planet-scale products! 🚀

At the Microsoft Cloud Security team, we take immense pride in developing a diverse set of security products and services that are leaders in their respective market segments. Our innovative solutions have set new industry standards, earning global recognition safeguarding critical infrastructure at the highest scale. 

Microsoft Defender for Cloud is a cloud-native application protection platform (CNAPP) designed to protect cloud-based applications running in all major cloud providers, including cloud security posture management (CSPM) that finds weak spots across cloud configuration, helps strengthen the overall security posture and identify risk, and cloud workload protection (CWP) which identifies real-time attacks and helps the SOC respond and mitigate.

We’re a diverse group of talented professionals consisting of software engineers, security researchers, product managers, data scientists and UX designers, collaborating to develop products that secure our customers, including the biggest companies in the world.

You will work in a supportive and inclusive environment where you will learn and work alongside the best and brightest minds in the industry, and can make a significant impact, grow your skills and advance your career.

Responsibilities

• Drive product areas end-to-end within Microsoft Defender for Cloud, including building vision and strategy, define roadmap, help define business model and marketing messages and drive execution for successful results.
• Define features and own their backlog, works with Software Engineering (SWE) and design teams to align on tradeoffs, and partners with Product Marketing on the disclosure of the roadmap and outbound communication.
• Analyze customer and market signals to identify customers’ unmet or unknown needs and market opportunities for enhancements or development of multiple feature areas.
• Collaborate with others to identify the potential customer segments and investment opportunities. Evaluate tradeoffs and prioritizes investments in consultation with cross-functional partner.
• Work closely and build trust with customers to help direct product roadmap and improve customer experience.
• Drive business impact across the organization and track success criteria and performance metrics. Be data driven with ongoing analysis of usage data.
• Communicate clearly about projects, risks, and accomplishments on behalf of the team.
• Guide and mentor other team members.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience as a Product Manager
• 6+ years of experience in the cybersecurity domain
• Strong background in cloud technologies

Other

• BA/BS degree in Computer Science or related technical equivalent, MBA - Advantage
• Team player, confident, independent, and enthusiastic!
• Great listener - deep customer empathy and ability to identify customer needs
• Excellent communication, writing, and presentation skills in English
• Deep knowledge in architecture and design of scalable and high-performance cloud services – Advantage

Key skills/competency

• Product Management
• Cloud Security
• Cybersecurity
• Vision & Strategy
• Roadmap Definition
• Customer Empathy
• Market Analysis
• Cross-functional Collaboration
• Data-driven Decision Making
• Leadership & Mentoring