Principal Product Manager

AI agents are rapidly becoming a core part of how work gets done in the enterprise. As organizations deploy thousands of agents across copilots, workflows, and autonomous systems,security, governance, and trust become the critical enablers of safe adoption-not constraints on innovation.

Agent 365 is Microsoft's control plane for agents, bringing together identity, access, governance, risk, and security signals across Entra, Purview, Defender, and the Microsoft Admin Center. We help enterprises adopt agents with confidence by ensuring visibility,leastprivilegeaccess, lifecycle governance, and protection against emergingAIspecificthreats.

We are looking for a Principal Product Manager to lead the strategy and execution of core governance and security capabilities for Agent 365. This role sits at the intersection of AI platforms, identity, security, and enterprise administration-and will shape how the world's largest organizations safely scale AI agents.

This is a high impact, high visibility role that requires strong product judgment, deep cross team leadership, and the ability to turn complex security and governance problems into clear, usable enterprise experiences.

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.

• Own themultiyear product vision and roadmapfor governance and security of AI agents in the enterprise.
• Define how enterprisesdiscover, govern, secure, and manage agent fleetsacross their full lifecycle.
• Frame ambiguous,fastevolvingAI risks intoclear product bets, success metrics, and investment priorities.

Lead complex, cross Microsoft execution

• Drive alignment acrossEntra, Purview, Defender, Microsoft Admin Center, Copilot Studio, Foundry, andthirdpartyagent ecosystems.
• Influence architecture and platform decisions without direct authority,operatingin a true"One Microsoft"model.
• Partner deeply with engineering, design, research, security experts, and field teams to deliver durable, scalable solutions.

Build enterprise grade governance & security capabilities

• Lead capabilities such as:
• Agent identity, access control, and lifecycle governance
• Policy templates and enforcement (e.g., conditional access, access packages, least privilege)
• Risk visibility, auditing, and compliance for agent actions
• Security posture and runtime protection for agent driven workflows
• Ensure solutions balancesecurity rigor with admin usability, avoiding fragmented or overly complex experiences.

Represent customer and CISO perspectives

• Engage directly with CISOs, IAM leaders, IT admins, and regulated customers to understand real world constraints.
• Translatecustomer pain points into actionable product decisions and tradeoffs.
• Act as a trusted voice onenterprise AI risk, governance, andadoptionreadiness.

Raise the bar for Principal level leadership

• Deliver thecore framing for new opportunities, not just execution of existing plans.
• Change momentum: improve clarity, alignment, and quality across teams and workstreams.
• Mentor other PMs and model strong product thinking, written communication, and decision making.

Why This Role Matters

• AI agents introducenew security and governance challengesthat do not exist in traditional software.
• Enterprises are demandingvisibility, control, and accountabilitybeforescaling AI adoption.
• This role directly shapes Microsoft's ability to be thetrusted platform for enterprise AI.

The work youleadhere will influence:

• How safely AI agentsoperateacross millions of users
• How regulators, CISOs, and customers evaluate Microsoft's AI platforms
• How quickly enterprises can adopt agentic AI without increasing risk

• Bachelor's Degree AND 8+ years experience in product/service/program management or software development
  • OR equivalent 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:

• 8+ years of experiencein product management, program management, or equivalent roles building enterprise or platform products.
• Proventrack recordofowning large, ambiguous problem spacesand delivering productsendtoend(vision roadmap execution impact).
• Demonstrated ability to lead cross team initiatives that span multiple organizations or platforms.
• Solid written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to influence senior leaders with clear narratives and databacked recommendations.
• Experience building or operating products in enterprise, platform, security, identity, or governance domains.
• Experience with security, identity, governance, or compliance systems (e.g., IAM, RBAC, audit, policy enforcement).
• Familiarity with AI platforms, agentic systems, or nondeterministic software behaviors.
• Experience working with regulated or highly security sensitive customers.
• Ability to reason about risk, trust, and usability tradeoffs in complex systems.
• Experience influencing architecture and platform direction at scale.