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Posted date: Jul 29, 2024
Category: Product Management
Location: Redmond, WA
Estimated salary: $215,800
Range: $137,600 - $294,000
Employment type: Full-Time
Travel amount: 25.0%
Work location type: Up to 50% work from home
Role: Individual Contributor
Description
Overview:Are you passionate about transforming the security landscape of open-source software across some of the world’s most dynamic platforms? Are you ready to develop innovative strategies to address vulnerabilities and set new benchmarks for secure OSS usage? Are you ready to lead the charge in revolutionizing OSS governance and compliance? If your answer to these questions is YES, then we have an exciting opportunity for you! We’re looking to hire a Principal Product Manager - Open Source Software to join our team.
Azure Edge+Platform [E+P] is responsible for Microsoft’s Operating Systems, IoT and Edge products, Engineering Systems, and Health Platforms that span cloud-to-edge and edge-to-cloud. E+P is the platform team for the company and the foundation upon which virtually every Microsoft product and service, like Azure, Xbox, HoloLens, Visual Studio, Microsoft 365, and Microsoft Teams, is built. E+P products and services enable engineers to build out, deploy, manage, monitor, and secure Azure, Windows, and the rest of Microsoft. Additionally, E+P is responsible for several multibillion-dollar businesses of its own including Windows and Azure Monitor. E+P’s mission is to empower every person and organization on the planet to achieve more, meeting them where they live, work, and make decisions-at the edge.
Engineering Systems [ES] is a team in Azure Edge+Platform that builds and operates the Engineering System for two of the largest businesses at Microsoft: Azure and Windows. We provide our engineers, who work on code ranging from Azure Services to Windows and Linux based products, with tools and services to empower them to deliver world-class quality and secure products, with efficiency and high developer productivity, in a fiscally responsible way. This in turn helps enable Microsoft to deliver more functionality, of higher quality, with better security, and do it faster and more economically.
Today, engineers in Azure, Windows, and Linux use open-source software for its cost-effectiveness, flexibility, and community support, which accelerates development and innovation. However, using OSS presents challenges. A 2023 Synopsys report found that 84% of codebases contain vulnerabilities, averaging 158 per codebase. These vulnerabilities can be exploited, and malicious OSS packages are on the rise. By addressing critical vulnerabilities and ensuring secure OSS usage, we can reduce the risk of data breaches and enhance Microsoft's overall security posture.
Our mission is to enable secure and responsible use of both first-party and third-party software packages across Microsoft platforms. We are seeking a Principal Product Manager - Open Source Software with a proficient technical background in managing large open-source software (OSS) projects to address the secure consumption of OSS across Windows, Azure, Linux, and the rest of Microsoft. The best candidate will have experience in OSS compliance, security vulnerability management, and securing the software supply chain with a proven ability to navigate and resolve challenges in these areas. This role involves navigating organizational hierarchies to assess OSS solutions, creating RACI metrics (Responsible, Accountable, Consulted, Informed), and defining a common strategy and execution plan to address OSS challenges. This role will also drive improvements in OSS policies and governance, identify gaps, and secure leadership sign-off for plans over the next 12-18 months.
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:
Anticipate customers' multiple needs and opportunities for multiple feature areas including secure OSS Build experiences across multiple feature areas and divisional boundaries. Lead process of defining problems and incubating solutions for a team or organization. Influence the long-term vision and strategy for the feature areas based on a deep understanding of customer needs, business goals, and strategy. Serve as a subject matter expert in identifying data-informed, long-term, solution-level investment opportunities, and drive the roadmap for the multiple feature areas across divisional boundaries. Provide demonstrations to leadership team around product/service areas. Drives the roadmap for the multiple feature areas they own across divisional boundaries.Collect performance metrics, derive deep insights, and drive productive courses of action across teams and the business. Drive next steps for customer transition, identifies gaps, and ensures the vision aligns with customer goals. Embody our Culture and Values
Qualifications
Required Qualifications:Bachelor’s Degree AND 8+ years experience in product/service/project/program management or software development
OR equivalent experience
2+ years’ experience in a product/service/project/program management role in the Security space alongside security engineers, or equivalent experience 6+ years’ experience working on a technically complex problem space requiring cross group or partner collaboration.Other Requirements:
Background Check: 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:
Experience using Open-Source Software (OSS) or securing the software supply chain to detect and consume OSS securely. Advanced knowledge of engineering systems including building, validating, and deploying software for Windows and online services in Cloud environment. Proven record of success with cross-team collaboration, working closely to find common goals, simplify the complex, and find novel solutions to tough problems.Demonstrated analytical, critical thinking, and leadership skills.Experience creating functional specs that synthesize customer scenarios into clear concise requirements and defining success metrics. Self-driven and passionate developer advocate with effective communication skills and customer-oriented problem-solving abilities. Detailed understanding of software supply chain concerns around , Compliance, and Quality. Product Management IC5 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $137,600 - $267,000 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 $180,400 - $294,000 per year.
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Microsoft will accept applications for the role until August 12, 2024.
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