OverviewMicrosoft is a company where passionate innovators come together to collaborate, envision what is possible, and take their careers further. This is a world of more possibilities, more innovation, more openness, and sky’s-the-limit thinking in a cloud-enabled world. Microsoft’s Azure Data engineering team is leading the transformation of analytics in the world of data with products including databases, data integration, big data analytics, messaging and real-time analytics, and business intelligence. Our product portfolio includes Microsoft Fabric, Azure SQL Database, Azure Cosmos DB, Azure Database for PostgreSQL, Azure Data Factory, Azure Synapse Analytics, Azure Service Bus, Azure Event Grid, and Power BI. Our mission is to build the data platform for the age of AI, powering a new class of data-first applications and driving a data culture. The Databases organization delivers trusted, scalable, operational, AI-ready databases that power application development across cloud, hybrid, and on-premises environments. Our portfolio includes SQL, Azure Cosmos DB, DocumentDB, PostgreSQL, and MySQL, supporting developers as they build AI-native applications and run critical workloads at global scale. The Microsoft SQL Product Management team is responsible for helping shape the future of Microsoft’s cloud database platform while driving operational excellence across one of Azure’s largest and most strategic businesses. We are hiring a Principal Product Manager to lead initiatives focused on product management excellence, organizational execution, and AI-powered ways of working across the product management organization. This role is uniquely positioned to influence how product managers operate at scale by improving planning, prioritization, decision-making, and execution rhythms while accelerating the adoption of AI tools and practices that enhance productivity and business impact. Success in this role requires cross-organizational influence, operational rigor, and a passion for building repeatable mechanisms that help teams deliver better outcomes for customers and the business. 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.ResponsibilitiesDrive product management excellence across Microsoft SQL by improving planning, prioritization, execution rhythms, and accountability mechanisms that help teams deliver customer and business outcomes.Accelerate adoption of AI-powered tools and practices across the product management organization, identifying opportunities to improve productivity, decision making, and execution quality.Partner across Product Management, Engineering, Design, and Customer Success teams to establish scalable operating models, share best practices, and improve organizational effectiveness.Leverage customer insights, telemetry, and business metrics to identify opportunities for continuous improvement and inform organizational priorities.Develop and maintain frameworks, success measures, and review mechanisms that increase visibility, alignment, and execution consistency across teams.Foster a culture of learning, experimentation, and continuous improvement by coaching peers, promoting effective product management practices, and sharing successful patterns across the organization.Embody our culture and values.QualificationsRequired/Minimum Qualifications:Bachelor's Degree AND 10+ years experience in product/service/program management or software development OR 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:6+ years experience taking a product, feature, or experience to market (e.g., design, addressing product market fit, and launch, internal tool/framework).8+ 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).8+ years experience disrupting a market for a product, feature, or experience (e.g., competitive disruption, taking the place of an established competing product).Experience driving organizational effectiveness, operating mechanisms, or execution excellence initiatives across multiple teams.Experience identifying and scaling AI-powered workflows, tools, or best practices that improve productivity, decision quality, or execution outcomes.Experience using telemetry, customer insights, and business metrics to inform prioritization and continuous improvement efforts.Familiarity with cloud platforms, enterprise software, data platforms, or AI-enabled product experiences.Demonstrated ability to influence stakeholders across Product Management, Engineering, Design, Customer Success, and business teams without direct authority.Experience coaching peers, sharing best practices, and helping organizations adopt consistent product management disciplines.#azdat #azuredata #MicrosoftSQL #AzureSQL #Databases Product Management IC6 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $165,600 - $296,400 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 $220,800 - $331,200 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-payThis 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.