Principal Product Manager

**Overview** We are looking for a Principal Product Manager to broaden our efforts for Multimedia offerings in this fast changing search space. We are building highly scalable products to delight our users. In this role, you will use qualitative (customer feedbacks, user research, academic research) and quantitative data analysis to drive immediate and long-term improvements (data, relevance, UX, measurement) to both existing experience and identify opportunities for the future. You will closely work with designers, engineers, scientists, user research and broader cross-org teams across Windows, Edge and Microsoft to build a plan and roadmap to evolve the experience and support our partners. You will also rely on your experience in enhancing existing UX & platform solutions at scale to be adopted by multiple products and teams across Microsoft. The Search organization includes the product, engineering, and growth teams responsible for Microsoft Bing worldwide. Our mission is to delight users everywhere with the best search experience. We are focused on creating competitive and differentiated search quality experiences, which we do by applying highly advanced ML technologies such as large-scale deep learning models and by investing in more modern search experiences. 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** + Understand gaps and opportunities in Search Experiences by conducting qualitative and quantitative analysis + Keep pace with emerging standards in your feature area, and leverage learnings to improve our future product roadmap across desktop, mobile, and app categories + Proactively identify and manage scenario backlog, including ensuring partner dependencies are delivered in a timely fashion + Define and drive experimentation plans that ensure statistically meaningful conclusions are reached + Partner with key internal and external partners to develop joint product plans, gather feedback, manage dependencies, and ensure customer success + Actively drive and present product plans and reviews, demos, and competitive analyses with the team, partners, and executive leadership **Qualifications** **Required Qualifications:** + Bachelor's Degree AND 8+ years experience in product/service/program management or software development + OR equivalent experience. **Additional or Preferred Qualifications:** + Bachelor's Degree AND 12+ years experience in product/service/program management or software development + OR equivalent experience. + 4+ years experience taking a product, feature, or experience to market (e.g., design, addressing product market fit, and launch, internal tool/framework). + 6+ 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). + 6+ years experience disrupting a market for a product, feature, or experience (e.g., competitive disruption, taking the place of an established competing product). \#MicrosoftAI Product Management IC5 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $139,900 - $274,800 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 $188,000 - $304,200 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 This position will be open for a minimum of 5 days, with applications accepted on an ongoing basis until the position is filled. 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. (https://careers.microsoft.com/v2/global/en/accessibility.html)