Job Description

Join the team building the engineering backbone behind Microsoft’s AI-first transformation! Come be at the center of Microsoft 365 and help shape the future of Engineering Systems at Microsoft!

The Engineering Systems 365 (ES365) Test Automation team owns the tools powering the end-to-end code validation systems for all Office and Substrate developers. Our systems are key to ensuring that code changes move quickly and efficiently from inception to release with provable high quality, at scale, across multiple endpoints, platforms, and device form factors – all while managing costs responsibly. It is our job to make development of the largest software projects on the planet as safe, straightforward and efficient as possible. We’re doing so by moving away from proprietary, internal-only tools and instead investing in One Microsoft solutions and embracing industry-leading tools and platforms. If you're excited by high-impact problems, deep technical systems, and the opportunity to influence how Microsoft builds and ships AI-enhanced products, this is the role for you!

In this role, you’ll be part of a cross-regional product management team, working closely with PM peers in Redmond and a local engineering team based in Dublin. We need a Senior Product Manager to help us shape the vision for M365 (Substrate) and Office Test Automation systems and then partner with our engineering team, our partners, and our customers to deliver that vision. Our customers want to lower the cost of understanding, improving and maintaining the test coverage in existing products, especially as AI-assisted development rapidly increases the rate of change in these codebases. At the same time, AI-centered products and features, representing the future of our businesses, require entirely new methods of product validation. Innovation is a requirement of success.

This is a high visibility role with focus on big transformations and large gains. Our work is a true force multiplier, where small efficiencies translate to months of developer time saved, and large efficiencies have transformational impact on Microsoft’s bottom line. You’ll have engineering leaders from across the company invested in your success. You’ll work together with the team and other thought leaders at the company to deliver tools, services, and experiences which will enable product teams to continuously deliver high-quality improvements and innovations to Microsoft’s immense customer base. Looking ahead, a major focus area will be applying AI to transform how engineers validate and debug their code. We’ll also enable our customers to create and ship AI-centered products which are performant, reliable, accessible, secure, and trustworthy. We have a massive opportunity to innovate – come and be a part of it!

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.

In alignment with our Microsoft values, we are committed to cultivating an inclusive work environment for all employees to positively impact our culture every day.

Responsibilities

• Continuously learns about technology trends both within and outside of Microsoft.
• Builds deep customer knowledge through qualitative and quantitative research.
• Identifies expressed and unexpressed customer needs and translates those needs into user requirements, designs, and specifications.
• Leverages technology and engineering partnerships to prototype and experiment.
• Works closely with engineering leaders to build and prioritize backlogs and ensure on-time, continuous delivery of high-quality features.
• Maintains constructive, positive technical collaborations with partners across the company.
• Leads by example and mentors across disciplines to ensure a great work environment.
• Define and execute product strategies for test automation in an AI-augmented development environment.
• Collaborate with EMs and PMs across Microsoft to align on shared engineering infrastructure and capabilities that support efficient, high-quality product development.

Qualifications

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree AND proven years of experience in product/service/project/program management or software development
  • OR equivalent experience.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience designing, developing, and shipping engineering systems, developer platforms, developer tools.
• Experience designing, developing, and shipping large, integrated software projects.
• Experience with automated software testing.
• Excellent cross-discipline leadership and collaboration skills.
• Ability to influence and drive change without authority.
• Proven technical skills and independence.
• Ability to use data to influence and drive decisions.
• Experience establishing high productivity collaboration across multiple partners in different time zones.
• Experience applying AI or Automation to improve engineering workflows or developer productivity.

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.