Principal Product Manager, Search Ads- Retail Lead at Microsoft | AdTechTalent
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Principal Product Manager, Search Ads- Retail Lead
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Salary
Not specified
Employment type
Full-time
Seniority
Senior
Years experience
10+
Location
Mountain View, United States; Redmond, United States
Full job description
Microsoft's AI Monetization Product Team is hiring Principal Product Managers to lead advertising and monetization product strategies. Candidates will focus on either Advertising Platform & Systems or Consumer Advertising Experiences. Responsibilities include defining product vision, partnering with cross-functional teams, using data-driven decision-making, and evaluating digital advertising trends. Required qualifications include a Bachelor's degree and 8+ years of product management experience, with preferred experience including 12+ years in product or program management, expertise in advertising or consumer products, and technical skills such as SQL, Python, and JavaScript. Salary ranges vary by level and location, with detailed pay information available online. The role requires on-site work at Microsoft hubs with a hybrid expectation.
What you'll do
Define and drive product strategy, vision, and roadmap for key advertising and monetization investments
Partner with Engineering, Design, Data Science, Research, and Product Marketing to deliver customer-focused solutions
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Mountain View, United States; Redmond, United States
Full-time
Use customer insights, experimentation, and data-driven decision-making to prioritize investments and measure success
Navigate ambiguity, influence across organizational boundaries, and build alignment among stakeholders
Evaluate emerging trends in digital advertising, retail media, commerce, AI, and machine learning to identify new growth opportunities
Communicate product vision, strategy, and results to senior leaders and cross-functional partners
Platform & Systems: Define requirements for advertising infrastructure, services, APIs, ranking systems, measurement capabilities, experimentation platforms, and monetization systems
Platform & Systems: Drive investments that improve scalability, reliability, performance, and operational efficiency across the advertising ecosystem
Platform & Systems: Partner closely with engineering teams on architecture, platform strategy, and long-term technical roadmaps
Consumer Experiences: Lead initiatives that improve search, discovery, shopping, and purchase-related user journeys through innovative advertising experiences
Consumer Experiences: Partner with design and research teams to deliver intuitive, relevant, and engaging consumer experiences
Consumer Experiences: Drive improvements in user engagement, advertiser performance, and customer satisfaction through AI-powered recommendations and personalization
Requirements
Bachelor's Degree AND 8+ years experience in product management including experience advertising in retail or consumer products OR equivalent experience
Experience owning product strategy, roadmap development, and execution for complex products or platforms
Experience using data, experimentation, and customer insights to drive decision-making
Experience building and scaling advertising, commerce, search, marketplace, recommendation, or consumer products
Experience leading products from concept through launch and long-term growth
Experience improving product, customer, or business metrics through experimentation and optimization
Experience building products leveraging machine learning, recommendation systems, ranking technologies, generative AI, or large language models
For Platform & Systems candidates: Experience building large-scale services, platforms, APIs, data systems, infrastructure, experimentation frameworks, or monetization technologies
Technical depth and ability to partner effectively with engineering teams on architecture and platform investments
Working knowledge of SQL and programming languages such as Python or JavaScript
For Consumer Experience candidates: Experience building consumer-facing experiences in search, discovery, shopping, advertising, or e-commerce
Strong customer obsession and expertise in UX, customer journeys, personalization, and engagement strategies
Experience partnering closely with design, user research, and customer insight teams
Tech stack
SQLPythonJavaScriptmachine learningrecommendation systemsranking technologiesgenerative AIlarge language models
Benefits
Certain roles may be eligible for benefits and other compensationAdditional benefits and pay information available at https://careers.microsoft.com/us/en/us-corporate-pay
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