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 for Windows 11 â€“ a fun app that connects with anyone right from the taskbar (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. This individual will have a strong UX-based experience and acumen to work with partners in various organizations.  You will be responsible for defining feature roadmaps, design the best user experience, measuring success, and using data insights to inform future plans. 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 

Qualifications

• 8+ 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 

Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran status, race, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable laws, regulations and ordinances. If you need assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application or the recruiting process, please send a request via the Accommodation request form.

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