Principal PM Manager - Azure DevOps Platform

Overview

The Azure DevOps product organization is committed to delivering on our North Star strategy, positioning GitHub as the strategic hub for modern developer productivity, complemented by Azure DevOps through a "better together" hybrid approach tailored for enterprise needs. GitHub, with its repositories, Actions for CI/CD, and Copilot/agentic experiences, represents the long-term destination, while Azure DevOps continues to deliver enterprise-grade Boards, Pipelines, Test Plans, and Artifacts for organizations that demand security, scale, governance, and traceability.

We are seeking an energetic, results-driven Principal PM Manager to define product vision and lead initiatives that ensure Azure DevOps meets the security, scalability, and resiliency requirements of Microsoft and enterprise customers-while enabling continuous growth. This role blends strategic thinking, technical depth, and leadership to shape the future of enterprise DevOps.

In this role, you will lead a team of product managers, providing active coaching and mentorship to drive growth, excellence, and impact. You will cultivate a culture where every individual feels empowered to contribute their best ideas and tackle complex challenges shaped by the unique scale and security needs of Microsoft and our enterprise customers. Together with your team, you will explore innovative ways to leverage AI to amplify both product and organizational impact. As a leader, you will model integrity, collaboration, psychological safety, and a deep commitment to continuous learning and improvement.

Microsoft's mission is to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more and CoreAI's mission is to empower every developer to shape the future with AI. 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.

Responsibilities

• Define and execute the vision and strategy to ensure the Azure DevOps platform-including identity and access management, commerce, engineering systems, observability, and core infrastructure-remains secure against evolving threats and scales to meet the growing demands of Microsoft and enterprise customers.

• Drive the modernization of the identity and access management platforms, engineering systems, abuse prevention, and deployment infrastructure with security at its core.

• Drive alignment of Azure DevOps business models with GitHub to reduce friction and deliver a seamless "better together" experience for customers.

• Mentor, and guide a diverse team of product managers, fostering a culture of curiosity, inclusion, and customer obsession.

• Collaborate with stakeholders across engineering, product management, support and cultivate relationships with partners across Microsoft/1ES/GitHub and executive leadership to drive alignment and deliver strategic outcomes.

• Establish and track key performance indicators to measure platform impact and deliver actionable insights for business stakeholders.

Qualifications

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree AND 8+ years experience in product management OR equivalent experience.
• 1+ year(s) 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:

• 15+ years of experience in product management or engineering roles with a proven track record leading complex, large-scale initiatives.
• Hands-on engineering experience, including modern software development workflows, DevOps methodologies, identity and access management technologies, AI, and an understanding of the challenges developers and platforms face.
• Proven leadership ability to build, coach, and inspire geographically distributed teams in both engineering and security domains.
• Exceptional strategic thinking, analytical, and problem-solving skills with a focus on security and modernization.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management abilities at all organizational levels.
• 5+ years of experience as a people manager.
• 10+ years of experience with cloud or equivalent enterprise scale platforms.
• 5+ years of experience in identity and access management technologies.

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Product Management M5 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $139,900 - $274,800 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 $188,000 - $304,200 per year.

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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.