Job Description

Microsoft is a company where passionate innovators come to collaborate, envision what can be and take their careers further. This is a world of more possibilities, more innovation, more openness, and the sky is the limit thinking in a cloud-enabled world.

Microsoft’s Azure Data engineering team is leading the transformation of analytics in the world of data with products like databases, data integration, big data analytics, messaging & real-time analytics, and business intelligence. The products our portfolio include Microsoft Fabric, Azure SQL DB, Azure Cosmos DB, Azure PostgreSQL, Azure Data Factory, Azure Synapse Analytics, Azure Service Bus, Azure Event Grid, and Power BI. Our mission is to build the data platform for the age of AI, powering a new class of data-first applications and driving a data culture.

Within Azure Data, the databases team builds and maintains Microsoft's operational Database systems. We store and manage data in a structured way to enable multitude of applications across various industries. We are on a journey to enable developer friendly, mission-critical, AI enabled operational Databases across relational, non-relational and OSS offerings.

In this Product Manager role on the Azure Database for PostgreSQL team, you will operate as a forward deployed engineer, partnering directly with our largest Azure Database for PostgreSQL customers at the intersection of product strategy and customer impact. You will engage with technical and business stakeholders to unblock adoption challenges, and translate critical feedback into clear, prioritized requirements for our engineering team. This role requires a combination of deep database technical knowledge (preferably PostgreSQL), and a passion for customer success, with experience working directly with enterprise customers at technical and exec levels.

We do not just value differences or different perspectives. We seek them out and invite them in so we can tap into the collective power of everyone in the company. As a result, our customers are better served.

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.

Responsibilities

• Partner with customers to understand business goals, workloads, and adoption challenges, bringing insights back to inform product direction.
• Convert customer feedback, usage patterns, and operational needs into prioritized product requirements that align with the Azure Database for PostgreSQL roadmap and platform strategy.
• Act as a customer advocate during feature definition and delivery to ensure customer scenarios are well understood and outcomes meet customer needs.
• Partner with customer account teams to support key engagements, providing product and engineering context and technical guidance to help accelerate adoption and success.
• Identify patterns and opportunities across customer engagements to help drive durable product improvements rather than one‑off solutions.
• Embody our culture and values

Qualifications

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree AND 5+ 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/Additional Qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree AND 8+ years experience in product/service/program management or software development OR equivalent experience.
• Demonstrated experience working with customers building technical architecture and solutions. e.g., Cloud Solution Architect Role.
• In-depth knowledge of cloud database technology, preferably PostgreSQL.
• Experience coding, scripting and working with open-source technologies.

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Product Management IC4 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $119,800 - $234,700 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 $158,400 - $258,000 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.