Come build community, explore your passions, and do your best work at Microsoft. This opportunity will allow you to bring your aspirations, talent, potential - and excitement for the journey ahead.
Microsoft is dedicated to transforming Azure into a global AI supercomputer, enabling the responsible development of cutting-edge foundational AI. This includes large language models (LLMs) designed to empower people to harness the world’s knowledge, revolutionize interactions with technology, and enhance user experiences.
To solidify our leadership in AI, Microsoft has launched a groundbreaking program to develop the next generation of leaders in this field. Over the course of two years, participants will work in interdisciplinary project teams to provide AI as a service to engineering teams across Microsoft and solve some of our most exciting and challenging problems. In addition, you will have mentors, exposure to leaders, and access to numerous AI applied scientists, researchers, and engineers across the company. After completing the program, participants have the opportunity to join one of the sponsoring product teams and further accelerate their careers at Microsoft.
MAIDAP Product Managers have the opportunity to leverage and implement cutting-edge AI technology to meet product needs, advancing the state-of-the-art both internally and externally. They act as the bridge between research and development (R&D), blending techniques from both domains to drive data-driven, research-based innovation from theory into practice. This role involves close collaboration with software engineers and applied scientists in MAIDAP, and partnering product and technology teams across Microsoft. An MBA is preferred for this role and is seen as especially valuable for navigating complex product decisions and aligning cross-functional teams with market-driven goals.
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 QUALIFICATIONS:

• Bachelor’s Degree AND 2+ years experience in product/service/project/program management or software development
• OR equivalent experience.
• 1+ year(s) experience managing cross-functional and/or cross-team projects.
• Candidates must be available to start full-time in July 2026.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• Bachelor’s Degree AND 5+ years of experience in product/service/project/program management or software development
• OR Master of Business Administration (MBA) degree (or currently pursuing a degree) AND 4+ years experience in engineering, product/technical program management, data analysis, or product development
• OR equivalent experience.
• 2+ 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).
• 2+ years experience disrupting a market for a product, feature, or experience (e.g., competitive disruption, taking the place of an established competing product).
• Energized by creating AI solutions that can positively impact the work and lives of millions of people, and by the prospect of working on a wide variety of datasets and AI applications, across many products and engineering teams.
• Familiarity with Python/R/Java or similar, and experience in data analysis, data visualization, machine learning/data mining/AI a plus.
• Proven experience in project/product/program management or customer design.
• Proficient written and oral communication skills that allow for effective data storytelling and teamwork.
  Product Management IC3 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $100,600 - $199,000 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 $131,400 - $215,400 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
  Microsoft will accept applications and processes offers for these roles on an ongoing basis.
  Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. Consistent with applicable law, 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 and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application process, read more about requesting accommodations

• Identify unmet customer needs and market opportunities across groups of features for feature development through quantitative and qualitative analyses. Identify dependencies of other feature areas.
• Collaborate with product teams across Microsoft to translate business needs into AI solutions by scoping the impact and prioritization of problems with minimal guidance. Develop problem statements and form hypotheses to address customer needs. Perform experiments to test hypotheses and drive decisions on new features. Validate market size and opportunity to determine the most valuable features and then define final solution options for a group of features.
• Drive clarity of root problems and engage in customer interactions to gather feedback.
• Knowledgeable in market/user research, competitive analyses, and understanding industry trends and regulations. Work with minimal guidance to align customer, market, and feature goals with Microsoft’s strategy.
• Create and manage end-to-end project plans for technical solutions. Provide hands-on product management during analysis, design, development, testing, and implementation to meet customer requirements. Provide day-to-day coordination in our Scrum teams. Ensure timely and high-quality delivery of projects by performing risk planning and management.
• Evangelize group work with stakeholders and share knowledge by clearly articulating results and ideas to customers, managers, and key decision makers.
• Partner with software engineers, applied scientists, and colleagues to refine solutions tied to OKRs and KPIs.
• Stay current with the latest machine learning research and technology and communicate your knowledge throughout the organization.