Senior Product Manager - M365 Trusted Platform

Would you like to be part of a team that works together to solve complex problems, build great products, and enable our global customers to achieve more?  As the M365 Trusted Platform Senior Product Manager, you will work directly with internal teams and partners to build engineering platforms and services that enable compliance and privacy resiliency and engineering agility through automated identification, detection, protection, and remediation. Our organization focuses on building platforms and services that enable Microsoft’s Compliance and Customer Trust across all M365 products and cloud offerings. Our team delivers engineering investments for Compliance, Governance, Privacy and Regulatory standardization across M365 services for the M65 Trusted Platform Org. We are looking for passionate product managers, just like you!  

The M365 Trusted Platform Senior Product Manager will be responsible for designing, implementing, scheduling, and delivering the program and its related services. The ideal candidate should have experience in Compliance or Regulatory Programs/Products and possess the ability to solve complex problems in a dynamic environment. This role requires someone who can navigate and thrive in challenging situations while collaborating effectively with our business and team across Microsoft. If you are passionate about Microsoft’s Compliance and Regulatory posture and excel in complex problem-solving, we encourage you to apply today.

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. 

Required Qualficiations:

• Bachelor's Degree AND 5+ years experience in product/service/project/program management or software development
  • OR equivalent experience.
• Technical Engineering experience with track record of driving multiple products from inception to delivery.   
• Experience writing strategy documents.
• Experience incubating and fostering innovative ideas.
• Business level fluency to read, write and speak English.

Other Requirements:

Ability to meet Microsoft, customer and/or government security screening requirements are 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:

• Significant hands-on experience in a technical leadership role; driving strategic projects  
• Ability to solve 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.  

Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran status, race, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable laws, regulations and ordinances. If you need assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application or the recruiting process, please send a request via the Accommodation request form.

Benefits/perks listed below may vary depending on the nature of your employment with Microsoft and the country where you work.

The essential, technical responsibilities of the Senior PM 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) 

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.  

Embody our culture and values.