Director of Product Management -AI Skilling

Microsoft is a technology company focused on empowering people and organizations through innovation and cloud-enabled solutions. The Director of Product Management, AI Skilling will lead the strategy, roadmap, and execution of AI-powered learning and workforce skilling products, while managing product teams and partnering with engineering, design, research, business, and customer teams to deliver solutions at global scale.

Responsibilities:

• Product Vision and Strategy: Drive the end to end product vision, strategy and roadmap for new products and experiences
• Lead the end-to-end product lifecycle from customer insight and concept development through design, engineering, launch, and global scale, ensuring rapid execution and measurable business impact
• Establish product practices that balance speed, quality, and scalability, enabling teams to ship quickly and continuously improve customer outcomes
• Build and scale AI-native products and platforms by translating customer needs into clear product requirements, prioritizing investments, and driving cross-functional alignment to deliver impactful solutions at global scale
• Leadership and Management: Lead and mentor a team of product managers and leads, providing guidance, support, and career development opportunities. Foster a collaborative and inclusive team culture that encourages creativity and innovation
• Collaboration: Work closely with product managers, engineers, designers, researchers, and other non-technical stakeholders to define and prioritize product requirements
• Innovation: Stay up-to-date with industry trends and best practices in product design and research. Identify opportunities for innovation and continuous improvement in our product building, design processes and methodologies
• Project Management: Manage multiple projects simultaneously, ensuring that product and design deliverables are completed on time and meet quality standards. Effectively communicate project status and progress to stakeholders
• Model: Champion our culture by living our values, demonstrating inclusive behaviors, and applying leadership principles in everyday actions
• Coach: Set clear, meaningful goals and outcomes; support collaboration across teams and boundaries; and foster continuous learning, adaptability, and growth
• Care: Build and sustain diverse, effective teams by recognizing individual capabilities, understanding aspirations, and investing in each person’s development and well-being
• Embody our culture and values

Requirements:

• • Bachelor's Degree AND 10+ years experience in product/service/program management or software development

• OR equivalent experience

• • 3+ years people management experience
• • Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Business, Human-Computer Interaction, Learning Sciences, or a related field AND 15+ years of experience in product management
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• OR equivalent experience

• • 8+ years people management and mentoring product or design teams experience
• • 6+ years experience taking a product, feature, or experience to market (e.g., design, addressing product market fit, and launch, internal tool/framework)
• • 10+ 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)
• • 10+ years of experience improving the market position of a product, feature, or experience, such as expanding adoption or providing a differentiated alternative to an established product
• • 10+ years of experience defining, building, shipping, and scaling digital products from concept to production
• • Demonstrated experience leveraging Artificial Intelligence, Generative AI, Large Language Models (LLMs), copilots, agents, or machine learning technologies to solve customer problems
• • Experience partnering closely with UX Design, User Research, and Engineering teams to define product requirements and deliver customer-centric experiences
• • Experience building and operating products at scale serving large customer populations (consumer, enterprise, or marketplace products)
• • Experience navigating ambiguous environments, coordinating across multiple stakeholders, and delivering measurable outcomes
• • Experience using qualitative and quantitative customer insights to inform product strategy and prioritization
• • Proficient written and verbal communication skills with the ability to influence across executive and cross-functional stakeholders
• • Experience managing and mentoring product and design teams that build consumer-facing products
• • Experience in AI-powered learning, skilling, workforce transformation, education technology (EdTech), learning platforms, or creator learning ecosystems is preferred
• • Experience taking products from concept through launch and scaling them to serve millions of active users
• • Experience partnering with and leading alongside Design organizations to create intuitive, engaging, and differentiated customer experiences