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Posted date: Oct 20, 2026
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Category: Product Management
Location: Multiple Locations, Multiple Locations
Estimated salary: $223,500
Range: $142,800 - $304,200
Employment type: Full-Time
Work location type: 0 days / week in-office – remote
Role: Individual Contributor
Description
OverviewThe Azure Supercomputing and AI Infrastructure Products (ASAP) organization is responsible for delivering the infrastructure foundation powering the next generation of AI. We are looking for a Principal Product Manager to drive end-to-end capacity delivery across Microsoft's rapidly growing AI infrastructure portfolio, including strategic NeoCloud partnerships and large-scale GPU deployments.
This role sits at the intersection of cloud infrastructure, engineering execution, product strategy, and operational excellence. You will own complex infrastructure programs from planning and contract commitments through customer-ready capacity delivery, collaborating across engineering, supply chain, datacenter operations, networking, finance, and strategic partners.
The Principal Product Manager combines deep technical curiosity with rigor. They thrive in ambiguity, challenge conventional thinking, identify opportunities for transformation, and drive measurable business impact through both operational excellence and product innovation. In addition to delivering infrastructure at scale, this role will help shape the next generation of intelligent buildout systems by applying automation, AI, and agentic workflows to improve predictability, optimize human effort, and accelerate Dock-to-Live execution.
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
Own, Define, and drive the end-to-end strategy and execution for large-scale GPU and AI cluster buildouts, from capacity planning and infrastructure readiness through deployment, validation, and production handoff. Communicate program strategy, roadmap, progress, risk, tradeoffs, and recovery plans to senior Microsoft leaders and customer stakeholders through concise, data-driven narratives.Lead delivery of supercomputer-class infrastructure for strategic customers, translating business and customer requirements into infrastructure plans, milestones, dependencies, acceptance criteria, and measurable outcomes.Partner with hardware and software engineering, capacity planning, supply chain, data center infrastructure, networking, operations, finance, and customer-facing teams to predictably deliver strategic capacity commitments.Develop scalable processes, automation, telemetry, and deployment mechanisms that improve delivery predictability, deployment quality, and time to production.Partner with senior leaders to frame complex technical and business tradeoffs, establish clear decision points, and drive timely resolution of critical issues.Establish and maintain integrated execution plans, risk management mechanisms, milestone tracking, and operational review cadences.Identify delivery bottlenecks, drive issue resolution, and accelerate execution across organizational boundaries.Identify opportunities to apply AI, automation, and agentic workflows to infrastructure delivery processes.Challenge existing assumptions and workflows, using data and customer outcomes to redefine how work gets done.Navigate ambiguity and competing priorities to deliver outcomes that support Microsoft’s long-term AI infrastructure strategy. Communicate complex technical and business issues clearly to executive audiences.
• Act as a force multiplier for the organization by identifying opportunities others miss and driving durable solutions.
Qualifications
Required Qualifications:
Bachelor's Degree AND 8+ years experience in product/service/program management or software developmentOR equivalent experience.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:
Bachelor's Degree AND 12+ years experience in product/service/program management or software developmentOR 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).6+ years experience disrupting a market for a product, feature, or experience.10+ years of experience in product management, technical program management, infrastructure engineering, or related technical leadership roles, including leading large-scale cloud, AI/GPU, HPC, datacenter, networking, or distributed-systems initiatives.5+ years of proven experience leading complex, cross-functional technical programs from strategy and requirements through deployment and production readiness, driving roadmaps, critical dependencies, risk management, execution predictability, and measurable business outcomes across multiple organizations.Demonstrated ability to influence senior and executive stakeholders, navigate complex technical and business tradeoffs, and drive innovation through automation, AI-powered systems, operational intelligence, or other solutions that improve scale, cycle time, efficiency, and operational rigor.#azurecorejobs
Product Management IC5 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $142,800 - $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.
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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.