Senior Product Manager - CTO Office

Recent progress in quantum computing development has increased concerns about the security of encryption protocols and data encrypted with existing algorithms. While the use of quantum computers to break cryptography is still in the future, the threat is realized today, and organizations should start and prepare themselves as soon as possible.

Microsoft is at the forefront of cybersecurity, helping enterprises protect their data and assets from sophisticated adversaries, including potential threats posed by quantum computers.

We are looking for an experienced product manager, with deep and practical security knowledge, to join Microsoft Security Office of the CTO. This team has the responsibility for ensuring Microsoft delivers the market-leading security technologies in all markets we choose to serve. This is a broad cross-team and cross-disciplined role, working on technologies and solutions with high visibility and high impact. This is your opportunity to be part of a fast-moving, startup-like team and to have a great time doing so.

Join us and shape the future of security!

Responsibilities

• Be a “founding Product Manager” in a disruptive security solution, in a product group starting from scratch!
• Drive product areas end-to-end including building vision and strategy, defining roadmap and drive execution for successful results.
• Analyze customer and market signals to identify customers’ unmet or unknown needs. Work closely and build trust with customers to help direct product roadmap and improve customer experience.
• Define features and own their backlog. Work closely with engineering to ensure a focused and effective execution of your backlog, align tradeoffs and ROI and identify quick-wins and agile responses to customer needs.
• Drive business impact across the organization, define and track success criteria and KPIs. Be data driven with ongoing analysis of usage data.
• Partner with Business and Product Marketing on the disclosure of the roadmap and outbound communication.
• Collaborate with other Microsoft product teams for cross-team integration on key scenarios by identifying potential value and lead the delivery of joint experiences.
  
  

Qualifications

• You have experience in leading large product initiatives and programs across multiple disciplines such as marketing, sales, customer success, engineering, research, design, etc.
• You have background in Security and Cloud. Familiarity with the Microsoft security stack is preferred.
• You have strong problem-solving skills and a hunger for impact.
• You have experience of a full product lifecycle, from ideation to execution.
• You are data driven and curious individual with a passion for ongoing learning, experimenting, and improving.
• You have great collaboration and communication skills and ability to engage customers, key org stakeholders and team members.
  
  

Preferred Qualifications

• You have a B.Sc. or M.Sc. in computer science, software engineering, or equivalent education.
• You have 5+ years of experience in product execution, from inception to production, and in cross-group, cross-functional product management roles.
• You are passionate customer advocate and experience engaging with customers.
• You have experience in the cybersecurity domain.
• You have experience working with Microsoft Azure.
• You are autonomous and capable of navigating in an ambiguous environment.
  
  

Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. Consistent with applicable law, 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 and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application process, read more about requesting accommodations.