$163,000–$296,400 Per Year
Ad Serving, Advertising, Brokerage, Business Growth, Data Formats, Economics, Ecosystems, Finance, Forecasting, Integrated Circuits (ICs), Leadership, Legal, Microsoft Product Family, Microsoft Windows Operating System, Process Improvement, Product Design, Product Development, Product Management, Product Shipments, Project Management Software, Revenue Planning, Safety/Work Safety, Sales, Software Development, Team Player, User Interface/Experience (UI/UX), Video Games, Videojournalism
MSN is one of the largest content properties on the internet, reaching hundreds of millions of users across Windows, Edge, Copilot, and the open web. As we move towards an agentic future, we are rethinking our ad formats, diversifying our demand mix, building new sponsorship and branded content products, and strengthening the supply quality.
Were looking for a senior product leader to own this transformation end to end. You will be the single accountable person for MSN monetization strategy, product development, and revenue performance. Youll work across engineering, sales, leadership, and finance to ship products that grow the business while improving the user experience.
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.
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.
Responsibilities
- Define and execute the MSN monetization strategy across our suite of premium brand products, sponsorship, and new measurement capabilities.
- Partner with finance to build credible forecasts and track delivery against plan. e.g. Identify and close gaps before they become surprises, etc.
- Partner with MSN editorial leadership to align the commercial strategy with the editorial direction.
- Coordinate across engineering teams to sequence the technical investments (ad serving, data infrastructure, format development) against the commercial roadmap.
Qualifications
Required Qualifications:
- Bachelors Degree AND 10+ years experience in product/service/program management or software development
- OR equivalent experience.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Bachelors Degree AND 15+ years experience in product/service/program management or software development
- OR equivalent experience.
- 10+ years of experience in ad monetization, ad product management, or platform economics, with at least 5 years in a senior or leadership role.
- Deep understanding of the programmatic advertising ecosystem.
- Experience building and shipping premium ad products (sponsorships, branded content, high-impact placements) and working with sales teams to bring them to market.
- Demonstrated ability to own a revenue target and deliver against it. Youre comfortable presenting financial performance to senior leadership and making real-time tradeoffs between short-term yield and long-term positioning.
- Track record of operating independently across multiple teams (engineering, sales, editorial, finance) without needing someone else to broker alignment for you.
- Solid product sense for ad formats and user experience.
- Experience at a large-scale content or media platform (news, video, social, or aggregation) where youve dealt with the specific dynamics of editorial trust, ad quality perception, and brand safety.
- Familiarity with audience data infrastructure: identity resolution, match rates, first-party data activation, and privacy-compliant targeting at scale.
- Experience managing through a platform transition (e.g., migrating ad products across surface redesigns, consolidating demand across legacy and new experiences).
- Exposure to gaming monetization, video ad products, or cross-surface attribution.
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.
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