
At the heart of our mission is a commitment to empower developers to build a better world through the transformative capabilities of AI Speech Services. As a part of CoreAI at Microsoft, we are the Cognitive Services Speech team—dedicated to seamlessly integrating Speech AI into everyday experiences and we are hiring for a Principal Product Manager - Azure Speech (CoreAI) to join our cutting-edge charter. We operate with a sense of responsibility and ethics, a customer-first mindset, and a drive to advance Microsoft’s AI platform and business.
Our work spans a diverse set of cutting-edge technologies, including speech recognition, speech and video translation, text-to-speech (TTS), TTS avatars, and the Voice Live API for building voice agents. These capabilities power a broad portfolio of first- and third-party products—from agentic applications and web services to SaaS solutions like Office, Teams, and Dynamics, as well as mobile and PC software, Azure-connected devices, IoT, and ambient computing.
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Responsibilities
We’re looking for a Principal Product Manager - Azure Speech (CoreAI) to join our Cognitive Services Speech team. In this role, you will:
Qualifications
Required/Minimum Qualifications:
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.

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