Principal Group Product Manager

Overview Microsoft’s Cloud business is expanding, and the Cloud Supply Chain (CSCP) organization is responsible for enabling the hardware infrastructure underlying this growth including AI! CSCP’s vision is to empower customers to achieve more by delivering Cloud and AI capabilities at scale. Our mission is to deliver the world's computer with an industry-leading supply chain. The CSCP organization is responsible for traditional supply chain functions such as plan, source, make, deliver, but also manages supportability (spares), sustainability, and decommissioning of datacenter assets worldwide. We deliver the core infrastructure and foundational technologies for Microsoft's over 200 online businesses including Bing, MSN, Office 365, Xbox Live, OneDrive and the Microsoft Azure platform for external customers. Our infrastructure is supported by more than 300 datacenters around the world that enable services for more than 1 billion customers in over 90 countries. The Supply Chain Product Management (SCPM) organization within CSCP lies at the heart of the effort to build the next generation Cloud. We’re an innovative and collaborative team of product and program managers transforming Microsoft’s Cloud and Devices Supply Chains. We design and build industry-leading systems, tools, and processes, embedding AI end to end for cutting-edge supply chain solutions. 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. #CSCP #CSCPJobs #CSCPHiringNow

Responsibilities

• Lead a portfolio of hardware planning product capabilities across S&OP and supportability for Cloud server and network assets.
• Hire, manage, and develop a team of exceptional product managers up to principal level.
• Define product strategy, roadmap, release sequencing, success metrics, and operating models for complex planning transformation programs.
• Drive integration across planning, Shiproom, build planning, master data, engineering, Finance, and execution teams to ensure solutions operate as a coherent planning system.
• Translate ambiguous business problems into clear product requirements, future-state process designs, phased capabilities, and measurable outcomes.
• Own executive-ready narratives, decision forums, and review materials for clear communication of problem statements, risks, dependencies, tradeoffs, metrics, and asks.
• Establish product accountability and decision rights across ambiguous boundaries among business process owners, product teams, engineering teams, and execution teams.
• Resolve cross-program dependencies before they become blockers for launch, adoption, or supportability.
• Partner with engineering teams to move programs from concept and PRD through design, implementation, validation, launch, and hypercare.
• Drive adoption of standardized planning processes, exception workflows, data quality controls, and governance mechanisms across planner communities.

Qualifications Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree AND 10+ years experience in product/service/program management or software development OR equivalent experience.

• 3+ years people management 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

• Bachelor's Degree AND 15+ years experience in product/service/program management or software development OR equivalent experience.

• Extensive product management leadership experience in supply chain, cloud infrastructure, capacity planning, enterprise planning, or large-scale operations (> 7 years).

• Proven ability to lead complex, cross-functional transformation programs across business, product, engineering, finance, and operations stakeholders.

• Strong understanding of integrated planning concepts including S&OP, S&OE, demand/supply reconciliation, supportability, capacity planning, scenario planning, and execution handoffs.

• Demonstrated ability to operate at executive altitude: simplifying complex topics into clear strategy, decisions, tradeoffs, and business outcomes.

• Experience leading through ambiguity where ownership, process boundaries, systems, and decision rights are undefined.

• Strong systems thinking: understanding how changes in one planning process, data source, or workflow affect downstream commitments and execution.

• Proven track record in building product roadmaps connecting long-term vision to practical release plans, adoption milestones, and measurable business impact.

• Influence without direct authority across senior stakeholders, peer teams, engineering organizations, and operational leaders.

• Strong analytical and data-driven decision-making skills, with comfort using metrics to diagnose process health, prioritize investments, and measure transformation outcomes.

• Managing PMs, with the ability to scale product discipline across a portfolio rather than only own individual features (> 7 years).

• Excellent communication skills including executive storytelling, decision framing, and articulation of risks and dependencies.

• Operational clarity, accountability, and durable process design instead of mere production/shipping of features.

• Experience using and implementing SAP IBP

Product Management M6 - 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-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.