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Senior Product Manager

Microsoft · United States

  • Hybrid
  • Full-time
  • $119,800 / year
  • United States
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Job highlights

  • Manage large-scale AI supercomputers for Azure HPC & AI.
  • Engage with customers to understand needs and issues.
  • Collaborate with SREs and developers for improvements.
  • Analyze telemetry to drive service quality and user experience.
  • Shape the future of AI infrastructure for ambitious workloads.

About the role

About the Role

The Azure High Performance Computing & Artificial Intelligence (HPC & AI) team is responsible for defining, building, and managing AI supercomputers at a massive scale, powering some of the premier models and workloads in the industry. Our mission goes beyond delivering supercomputers; we ensure customers have a world-class experience, empowering them to achieve their best work on infrastructure that “just works.”

We are seeking a Senior Product Manager to help deliver and manage some of the largest supercomputers in the industry. This role will partner closely with end customers to understand their needs and drive improvements, proactively identifying pain points, service-impacting issues, and feature gaps. The Senior Product Manager will collaborate with Site Reliability Engineers (SREs) and developers to resolve challenges and introduce new tooling and features, ensuring a continually improving experience for our customers. Guided by Microsoft’s values of respect, integrity, and accountability, you will foster an inclusive culture, inspire innovation, and champion excellence—ensuring Azure remains the platform of choice for the most ambitious AI workloads.

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

  • Engage directly with end customers to understand their needs, gather feedback, and proactively identify service-impacting issues and feature gaps.
  • Partners with Site Reliability Engineers and developers to resolve support drivers, introduce new tooling and features, and ensure continuous improvement of the customer experience.
  • Collaborates with partner teams, systems integrators, and other vendors to build golden configurations and deployment strategies with minimal user impact.
  • Collects and reviews service telemetry to identify the most impactful issues affecting service health, uncovers opportunities to enhance the customer experience, and drives iterative improvements for ongoing service quality.
  • Leverages data and AI tools to analyze user behavior or feedback, working with data scientists or engineering to implement AI-driven improvements.
  • Incorporates security factors and implements security-by-default principles in features, services, and experiences.

Qualifications

Required Qualifications:
  • Bachelor's Degree AND 5+ 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 is 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 8+ years experience in product / service / program management or software development OR equivalent experience.
  • 2+ years experience taking a product, feature, or experience to market (e.g., design, addressing product market fit, and launch, internal tool/framework) and improving metrics for a product, feature, or experience.
  • 4+ years experience improving product metrics for a product, feature, or experience in a market (e.g., growing customer base, expanding customer usage, avoiding customer churn).
  • 4+ years experience disrupting a market for a product, feature, or experience (e.g., competitive disruption, taking the place of an established competing product).
  • 2+ years experience managing or leading cross-functional hardware programs involving coordination with multiple stakeholders, tracking KPIs, and enhancing the overall customer experience.
  • 3+ years experience partnering with SRE or infrastructure engineering teams to improve service health, including defining and tracking availability, reliability, or “nodes in service” metrics, and driving remediation plans for the top quantified issue drivers.
  • 3+ years experience owning and prioritizing a product backlog using operational and customer signals (e.g., incident data, telemetry, customer feedback), translating those inputs into prioritized features, bug fixes, and action plans delivered through regular release cycles.
  • 3+ years experience owning the end-to-end user experience for a shared or multi-tenant platform, including managing competing customer requirements, defining success metrics (e.g., CSAT, adoption, availability), and delivering measurable improvements to usability and service quality.

Compensation and Benefits

Product Management IC4 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $119,800 - $234,700 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 $158,400 - $258,000 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

Application Information

This position will be open for a minimum of 5 days, with applications accepted on an ongoing basis until the position is filled.

Equal Opportunity Employer Statement

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.

Key skills/competency

  • Product Management
  • HPC & AI
  • Azure
  • Customer Engagement
  • Site Reliability Engineering (SRE)
  • Infrastructure
  • Product Backlog
  • Service Health
  • Telemetry Analysis
  • User Experience

Skills & topics

  • Senior Product Manager
  • Product Management
  • AI
  • HPC
  • Azure
  • Supercomputers
  • Customer Engagement
  • SRE
  • Infrastructure
  • Software Development
  • Program Management
  • Microsoft

How to get hired

  • Tailor your resume: Highlight experience in product management, HPC/AI, and customer engagement relevant to Azure.
  • Showcase impact: Quantify achievements in improving product metrics, market disruption, and leading cross-functional programs.
  • Demonstrate technical acumen: Detail experience with SRE, infrastructure, and backlog prioritization for Azure roles.
  • Prepare for interviews: Be ready to discuss customer engagement strategies, problem-solving with engineering teams, and driving product improvements.
  • Understand Microsoft's values: Emphasize a growth mindset, collaboration, and accountability in your application and interviews.

Technical preparation

Study Azure HPC & AI services.,Review SRE and infrastructure best practices.,Practice analyzing telemetry and user feedback.,Prepare to discuss product backlog prioritization.

Behavioral questions

Describe a time you engaged with difficult customers.,How do you collaborate with engineering and SRE teams?,Share an example of improving a product's metrics.,How do you handle competing customer requirements?

Frequently asked questions

What is the base pay range for a Senior Product Manager at Microsoft in the US?
The typical base pay range for a Senior Product Manager (IC4) at Microsoft in the US is $119,800 - $234,700 annually. For specific locations like the San Francisco Bay Area and New York City metropolitan area, the range is $158,400 - $258,000 per year. Benefits and other compensation may also apply.
What are the key responsibilities for the Senior Product Manager role in Azure HPC & AI?
The Senior Product Manager will engage directly with customers to understand their needs, identify service-impacting issues, and collaborate with Site Reliability Engineers (SREs) and developers to drive improvements. This includes analyzing service telemetry, leveraging AI tools for insights, and ensuring a world-class customer experience on Azure's AI supercomputers.
What qualifications are required for this Senior Product Manager position at Microsoft?
A Bachelor's Degree and 5+ years of experience in product/service/program management or software development, or equivalent experience, are required. Additionally, candidates must meet Microsoft's security screening requirements, including the Microsoft Cloud Background Check.
What preferred qualifications would make a candidate stand out for the Senior Product Manager role?
Preferred qualifications include 8+ years of relevant experience, experience bringing products to market, improving product metrics, disrupting markets, managing cross-functional hardware programs, and significant experience partnering with SRE/infrastructure teams and owning product backlogs with customer signals.
How does Microsoft foster an inclusive culture for its employees?
Microsoft fosters an inclusive culture by upholding values of respect, integrity, and accountability. Employees are encouraged to come together with a growth mindset, innovate to empower others, and collaborate to achieve shared goals, creating an environment where everyone can thrive.
What is the application timeline for this Senior Product Manager role at Microsoft?
This position will be open for a minimum of 5 days, with applications accepted on an ongoing basis until the position is filled. It is advisable to apply as soon as possible.
Does Microsoft offer accommodations for candidates with disabilities during the application process?
Yes, Microsoft provides assistance for religious accommodations and/or reasonable accommodations due to a disability during the application process. Candidates can find more information on requesting accommodations on their careers site.