Product Manager II Azure Core Storage

Job description

Azure Storage is at the heart of Microsoft’s cloud platform, powering mission-critical and Artificial Intelligence (AI) workloads for millions of customers worldwide.

As organizations increasingly demand scalable, cost-efficient, and high-performance storage solutions, our team plays a pivotal role in delivering innovations that meet these needs.

As a Product Manager II – Azure Core Storage, you will join the Azure Block Storage team, which is responsible for delivering block storage solutions for Virtual Machines (VMs), containers, and a variety of customer workloads.

You can be part of a strategic team with Microsoft-wide and industry-wide impact.

In this position, you will collaborate closely with engineering, finance, and business stakeholders to shape product roadmaps, determine investment priorities, and ensure our solutions make a measurable impact for both our customers and Microsoft.

This role offers the opportunity to influence the direction of cloud storage by effectively balancing technical innovation with desired business outcomes.

If you are passionate about developing products that deliver customer value, exceptional performance, and operational efficiency at a global scale, we encourage you to apply and join our mission.

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.

**Responsibilities**

+ Research customer and partner scenarios, gather insights into industry trends, listen and understand customer requirements, and translate them into viable product roadmaps, strategies, and motions.
+ Drive end to end product development including new ideas, user experience, go to market plan, and growth initiatives.
+ Collaborate with cross-functional teams – including engineering, operations, business, marketing, and support – to deliver high-impact features on time and within budget.
+ Partner with stakeholders to define, collect, analyze, and interpret metrics to validate product hypotheses, measure success, and iterate quickly.
+ Ensure all solutions meet Microsoft’s security, privacy, and accessibility standards.

**Qualifications**

**Required Qualifications:**

+ Bachelor's Degree AND 2+ years experience in product/service/project/program management or software development
+ OR equivalent experience.
+ +1 year of experience in data-driven decision-making.
+ +1 year of experience with communication and collaboration skills.

**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 5+ years experience in product/service/program management or software development .
+ OR equivalent experience.
+ 2+ years experience improving product metrics for a product, feature, or experience in a market (e.g., growing customer base, expanding customer usage, avoiding customer churn).
+ 2+ years experience disrupting a market for a product, feature, or experience (e.g., competitive disruption, taking the place of an established competing product).
+ 3+ years in technical product management, technical program management, or related technical roles.
+ 2+ year experience with hyperscale cloud storage technologies, distributed systems, or enterprise customer needs

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

Microsoft will accept applications for the role until October 27, 2025.

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Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer.

Consistent with applicable law, 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.

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