Product Manager II, Microsoft Path

Microsoft’s Path team is looking for a Product Manager that will help customers along their journey from the initial idea to the final realization of their goals. We are responsible for collaborative work management products including Microsoft Project, Planner, To Do, Whiteboard, and Visio. We are actively working to envision and create “The Future of Work”, leveraging large language models (LLMs) and Agentic artificial intelligence (AI) to delight and generate value to our customers.

In this role, you’ll own key capabilities that make the our work management offerings smarter, more useful, and more intuitive to our users. You’ll work closely with cross-functional teams to design, build, and ship AI-first features that delight users and deliver real value. We are part of a fast-paced, innovative environment with leaders who are both strategic and passionate about delivering results through operational quality. We believe that we succeed when our customers and partners succeed. We are focused on applying deep customer empathy and data insights to drive innovative solutions and business models that solve the industry’s most critical problems. We have a culture of agility, openness, and accountability which breeds inclusion, trust, respect, and collaboration.

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.

• Drive feature development by defining and delivering AI-powered capabilities that enhance collaboration and productivity within Planner.
• Translate user needs into AI-first feature requirements, working closely with design, engineering, and research to build intuitive, context-aware product experiences.
• Design and iterate on prompts, grounding strategies, and agent behaviors to ensure responses are accurate, relevant, and aligned with user intent.
• Lead evaluations of agent performance using both qualitative and quantitative methods including human-in-the-loop testing, prompt evaluation, grounding validation, and telemetry analysis.
• Collaborate with Applied Science to align on model capabilities, data needs, and evaluation frameworks, ensuring features are technically feasible and scalable.
• Partner with PMs across other product groups within M365 to ensure feature alignment and integration within the broader ecosystem.
• Define success metrics for agent features and drive continuous improvement through experimentation, A/B testing, and user feedback.
• Champion responsible AI practices, ensuring features are inclusive, secure, and aligned with Microsoft’s ethical AI principles.
• \Embody the Microsoft culture and values .

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree AND 2+ years experience in product/service/program management or software development OR equivalent experience.
• Experience taking a user-facing product, feature, or experience to market (e.g., design, addressing product market fit, and launch, internal tool/framework).

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:

• Experience navigating ambiguity across teams and balancing competing priorities, and problem-solving to consistently deliver defined outcomes.

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

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.