Mountain View, United States; Redmond, United States
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Microsoft is seeking a Principal Product Manager to lead monetization demand strategy for gaming across XBOX and Activision Blizzard King titles. The role involves defining product strategy, identifying monetization opportunities, developing product requirements and roadmaps, partnering with engineering, data science, and design to deliver scalable monetization products, and using data and feedback to evaluate and improve product performance. Candidates must have a Bachelor's degree and 8+ years in product or program management or software development, with strong experience in product strategy, data-driven decision making, cross-functional collaboration, and a passion for gaming and digital advertising monetization. The role requires technical fluency with platform architecture, APIs, data pipelines, experimentation systems, privacy/security, and machine learning. Salary ranges from $142,800 to $274,800 annually, with higher ranges for San Francisco Bay area and New York City.
What you'll do
Define and drive the product strategy for gaming monetization across XBOX and Activision Blizzard King
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Mountain View, United States; Redmond, United States
Full-time
Translate business opportunities into clear player and advertiser problems, product bets, success metrics, and execution plans
Lead product discovery across players, advertisers, studios, sales teams, and engineering partners to identify high-value monetization opportunities
Develop product requirements, roadmap priorities, launch plans, and tradeoff recommendations balancing advertiser demand, player experience, marketplace economics, privacy, policy, and technical feasibility
Partner with engineering, data science, and design to ship scalable monetization products and measurement capabilities
Use data, experimentation, player and customer feedback, and marketplace signals to evaluate product performance and make prioritization decisions
Help evolve gaming monetization into a unified, premium, measurable, and durable product portfolio that scales across titles and platforms
Model Microsoft culture by bringing curiosity, player and customer obsession, growth mindset, inclusive collaboration, and high accountability
Requirements
Bachelor's Degree AND 8+ years experience in product/service/program management or software development OR equivalent experience
3+ years experience driving product strategy, roadmap definition, requirements, and execution for complex software, advertising, marketplace, commerce, media, or platform products
Experience using data, experimentation, customer research, or business analysis to identify opportunities, make product tradeoffs, and measure outcomes
Experience partnering with engineering and cross-functional stakeholders to deliver products or features from concept through launch and iteration
Experience communicating with stakeholders at all levels while simplifying ambiguous problems and influencing without direct authority
Passion for gaming, with hands-on experience building games or gaming products, or a genuine interest in games, gaming platforms, and interactive entertainment
Experience with mobile monetization, including in-app advertising, in-game commerce, or free-to-play monetization models
7+ years experience in product management, program management, strategy, business planning, advertising technology, marketplace products, or related roles
Experience in digital advertising, monetization, inventory quality, campaign management, yield optimization, brand safety, measurement, or media marketplaces
Demonstrated ability to operate in ambiguous, multi-stakeholder environments and convert early signals into structured product plans and measurable outcomes
Technical fluency with platform architecture, APIs, data pipelines, experimentation systems, privacy/security considerations, or machine learning-driven product experiences
Ability to reason across user experience, advertiser value, marketplace economics, partner incentives, and long-term platform strategy
A growth mindset, high judgment, and passion for building products that create customer value while earning user and partner trust
Certain roles may be eligible for benefits and other compensationMicrosoft values inclusion and equal opportunitySupport for religious accommodations and disability accommodations during application process
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