Principal Product Manager
Confirmed on the employer's own hiring board on Nov 10, 2026. First seen by Alion on Oct 23, 2026. Microsoft scores B on the Alion truth index.
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Within Microsoft Security, the Microsoft Privacy team builds and operates the platforms that help Microsoft understand, govern, and act on data across its products and services. Our work brings together data discovery, classification, inventory, and privacy workflows so teams can manage data responsibly and meet evolving compliance needs. As a Principal Product Manager, you will shape the strategy for our data discovery and governance capabilities, working with engineering and partner teams to improve coverage, data quality, and the experience of bringing new data into the privacy platform. You will have the opportunity to solve complex, cross-company problems and turn privacy requirements into practical product experiences.
Responsibilities
- Define the product strategy and roadmap for data discovery, inventory, classification, and governance within the Microsoft Privacy platform.
- Learn from internal partner teams and translate their privacy and data-management needs into clear product requirements and priorities.
- Drive improvements in onboarding and discovery so teams can identify and govern data with less manual effort.
- Partner with engineering and architecture to deliver timely, reliable data and classification signals across Microsoft’s changing data estate.
- Work across privacy, security, compliance, and product teams to align platform capabilities with real-world workflows.
- Define measures of product success, including adoption, coverage, data quality, and partner experience, and use them to guide decisions.
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s Degree AND 8+ years’ experience in product/service/project/program management or software development, or equivalent experience.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Experience building products for cloud platforms, data infrastructure, or enterprise-scale services.
- Familiarity with privacy, data governance, metadata, classification, or compliance workflows.
- Experience influencing cross-functional teams and making product tradeoffs amid technical and organizational ambiguity.
- Problem-solving skills with technical proficiency and strategic thinking.
- Ability to innovate at a platform level and drive integrated, end-to-end solutions.
- IAPP Certified Information Privacy Manager (CIPM) certification.
Product Management IC5 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $142,800 - $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.
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.