Microsoft Looking For Principal Product Manager – Microsoft Teams for Consumers at Bellevue, WA Full Time

Do you want to work on a consumer product that is used on more than millions of Windows PCs? Do you want to work on a product that is ground-breaking and helps empower billions of users to connect with friends and families? Do you want to work with a fun, growth-mindset, fail fast learn faster, Product Management team? A product which is recognized as the fastest growing app in the history of Microsoft.

We’re working on Microsoft Teams for Consumers – a productivity app that connects with anyone in your close ties and groups. (https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/features#chat). Microsoft Teams brings together real time audio/video calling and chat for friends and family.

We are looking for a talented Product Manager that will define the best-in-class experience for Teams on Windows 11 PCs, Macs, and web browsers. This individual will have a strong UX-based experience and acumen to work with partners in various organizations. You will be responsible for defining strategy, roadmaps and the best user experience. This role requires a mix of product thinking, strategic thinking, user-centric design, cross-team collaboration, and external customer engagement.

What’s it like to work on Microsoft Teams? We thrive in a fast-moving environment that lets us quickly explore, iterate, and deliver value to our customers. Our colleagues are among the best in the industry and share a passion for delivering an amazing product. We’re also a team that values diversity of opinions, likes to have fun and continually learn, and we build that attitude into how we work together and what we create.

Responsibilities

Understand business goals and user needs, data insights, and synthesize product plans to deliver maximum impact

Define and drive execution for end-to-end product, including competitive research, requirements definition, user experience, and delivery

Validate and improve product over time through measurement and experimentation

Engage with customers and internal preview users, and triage, prioritize, and address customer feedback for your area

Regularly present new product plans, strategy, demos, competitive reviews, and more to the senior leadership team

Manage dependencies across teams to ensure features solve customer needs cohesively

You will be responsible for defining strategy, roadmaps and the best user experience

Qualifications

5+ years of product management experience defining end-user facing UX products

Ability to wear many hats and learn quickly, and collaborative leadership skills to lead a change in direction when needed.

Experience in building Consumer-focused app preferred

Experience in creating UX for Desktop Apps required

Innate curiosity and ability to thrive in ambiguous and rapidly changing startup environment. Self-starters and innovators with a positive, collaborative can-do attitude and bias for action are required.

Strong ability to influence others and experience with leading cross team product designs without direct authority.

Experience across the entire product lifecycle – from product inception to ship and the know-how required to lead your crew to realize your vision.

Strong affinity and experience in user-centered design, UX design and innovating on behalf of the customer is required.

Excellent written and verbal communication/presentation skills through all levels of the organization, technical and non-technical

Understanding of web and mobile technologies

Great problem-solving skills and ability to think strategically and analytically to define and track success metrics for your areas

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