Product Manager II

At Microsoft, we are building trusted, developer-centric AI platforms that enable organizations to build, deploy, and operate AI systems at global scale. Microsoft Foundry provides a unified platform for experimentation, training, deployment, monitoring, and governance of AI workloads. 

As a Product Manager II, you will own and deliver specific features or components within Azure AI Foundry and Azure Machine Learning. You will work closely with engineers and partner PMs to build platform capabilities that improve developer productivity and enable AI/ML workloads at scale.

This role is focused on independently delivering well-defined platform features, translating customer needs into clear requirements, and executing high-quality features end-to-end within a scoped area. This role offers the opportunity to help define durable platform abstractions that unlock innovation for developers, data scientists, and ML engineers, while contributing to Microsoft’s long‑term AI platform direction.

Responsibilities:

• Own clearly scoped features or components within Azure AI Foundry / Azure ML and drive delivery from concept to release. 

  
  

• Translate customer scenarios and feedback into detailed product requirements, user stories, and acceptance criteria. 

  
  

• Work directly with engineering to ensure features are delivered on time, meet quality expectations, and align with defined requirements. 

  
  

• Support feature prioritization and backlog management within your area, balancing customer needs, engineering constraints, and timelines. 

  
  

• Collect and analyze customer feedback, telemetry, and usage signals to improve feature quality and usability. 

  
  

• Collaborate with partner PMs and teams to ensure alignment on shared components and dependencies. 

  
  

• Participate in customer discussions, internal reviews, and sprint rituals to build domain understanding and product intuition. 

  
  

•  Improve developer experience through incremental enhancements to APIs, SDKs, or workflows in your owned area.

  
  

Must-have

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, computer science, or a related technical field. 

  
  

• Experience (typically 2–5 years) in product management, software engineering, or related roles.

  
  

• Demonstrated ability to deliver features or components end-to-end in a product or service environment.

  
  

• Basic understanding of cloud services, distributed systems, or developer platforms.

  
  

• Strong written and verbal communication skills with the ability to clearly define requirements.

  
  

• Problem-solving mindset with ability to work in structured, guidance-driven environments.

  
  

Preferred

• Exposure to cloud platforms (Azure/AWS/GCP) or developer-facing products.

  
  

• Familiarity with APIs, SDKs, or service-based architectures.

  
  

• Exposure to AI/ML or data-related workloads.

  
  

• Experience using data or telemetry to evaluate feature usage and quality.

  
  

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.  We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. 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. 

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.  

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.