The Principal Product Management Lead will manage a group of Product Managers. This person will be accountable to the design, implementation, schedule and delivery of the product team and related services. This will be executed in an efficient, sustainable way with emphasis on reliability and product performance as the top concern.
Responsibilities
The essential technical responsibilities of the Principal PM Lead involve going through some of the following product development lifecycle phases, including:
plan, design, build, release, measure and strategy:
1. Plan (Product Development - Product Roadmap)
Owns and drives the roadmap for the multiple feature areas (e.g., product, service) they own across divisional boundaries. Prioritizes the product backlog, works with Software Engineering Managers (EMs) and Group Engineering Manager (GEMs) to align on tradeoffs. Takes in new inputs and adapts as necessary. Influences and lands difficult tradeoffs with peers and manages the team through it. Drives the long-term direction between customer needs and what is developed on the roadmap so that a series of problems can be addressed over time.
2. Design (Product Development - Product Design)
2. Design (Product Development - Product Design)
Explores and advocates for ways that pre-existing and current designs within product areas can have a broader impact for multiple parties (e.g., Microsoft, external/internal customers). Anticipates, reviews, and helps resolve interoperability challenges between different components or layers in the stack (e.g., UX and API layer differences). Develops product strategy in the related areas.
3. Build (Product Development - Product Validation/Testing)
Collaborates with partner team to identify problems, system friction, and needed contingencies in advance of early customer adoption for multiple feature areas (e.g., product, service) across divisional boundaries.
4. Release (Product Development - Product Release and advocacy)
Drives long-term vision and strategy for taking the multiple feature areas (e.g., product, service) across divisional boundaries from private preview to public preview and then to general availability.
5. Measure Performance (Product Development - Product Monitoring and Evaluation)
Ensures and drives alignment between the customer, the market, internal stakeholders, senior leadership, and the goals and strategy of Microsoft. Validates the market size and opportunity to determine products or features of greatest value, and collaborates with other teams (e.g., workloads and Azure) to build the Long-Range Plan (LRP). Defines solution options across multiple feature areas across divisional boundaries (e.g., product, service). Resolves large or complex alignment issues, contributes to portfolio level solutions, and drives cross-functional clarity with senior leadership.
6. Product Vision and Strategy Development
Defines or influences the long-term vision and strategy for the feature areas based on a deep understanding of customer needs, market and user research, the competitive landscape, and Microsoft’s business goals and strategy. Writes the product framing memo or strategy documents and reviews with senior leaders. Distills the vision and strategy into a product roadmap.
Qualifications
Experience:
- Extensive Technical Engineering experience with track record of driving multiple products from inception to delivery.
- Significant hands-on experience in a technical leadership role; driving strategic projects and managing people in a product development environment.
- Proven people management experience.
- Ability to work in large teams and mentor new developers to the team.
- Strong knowledge of computer science and design patterns.
- Ability to appreciate complex problems with a thorough design and collaborate with multiple partners on common goals.
- Proven success with cross-discipline, cross-team, and cross-geo collaboration.
- Passionate about shipping secure, accessible, and world-ready applications that allow customers to be more inclusive and productive.
- Experience engaging with customers to determine requirements and iterate on existing features.
- A degree in Computer Science or related field, or equivalent industry experience.
Technical Skills:
- DevOps;
- Datacenter infrastructure management;
- Security & Compliance;
- Identity & Access Management;
- Machine Learning;
- AIOps.
Soft skills:
- Attitude and behaviour oriented to the customer's needs;
- Analytical troubleshooting skills;
- Passion for technology;
- Ability to juggle multiple priorities;
- Communication skills in an international environment;
- Solid understanding of English;
- Adaptability, Collaboration, Customer Orientation, Results Orientation, Impact and influence on decision-making.
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