Senior Product Manager - Defender XDR

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Overview

We’re a diverse group of talented professionals consisting of software engineers, product managers, security researchers and data scientists collaborating to develop products that secure and protect our customers from cyber attacks, including the biggest companies in the world.  You will work in a supportive and inclusive environment where you will learn and work alongside the best and brightest minds in the industry, and can make a significant impact, grow your skills and advance your career.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience as a Product Manager in the security domain.
• Team player, confident, independent, and enthusiastic!
• Great listener with deep customer empathy and ability to identify customer needs
• Excellent communication, writing, and presentation skills in English
• Proven track-record delivering software products/services to market.
• Exceptional analytical, problem-solving and decision-making skills  
• Advantage: Strong data and cyber security technical background
• Advantage: Knowledge in architecture and design of scalable services
• Advantage: BA/BS degree in Computer Science (or related technical equivalent) and MBA
  
  

Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran status, race, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable laws, regulations and ordinances. If you need assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application or the recruiting process, please send a request via the Accommodation request form.

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Responsibilities

• Analyze customer and market signals to identify customers’ unmet or unknown needs and market opportunities for enhancements or development of multiple feature areas. Evaluate tradeoffs and prioritize investments in consultation with cross-functional partners.
• Own end-to-end product area within the product, which includes defining features, building vision and strategy and owning product backlog. Work with software engineering and design teams to drive execution for successful results.
• Work closely with the marketing, business planning, and customer success teams to define the business model, disclose the product roadmap, and manage outbound communications
• Work closely and build trust with customers to help direct product roadmap and improve customer experience.
• Drive business impact across the organization and track success criteria and performance metrics. Be data driven with ongoing analysis of usage data to increase service adoption.
• Help build the team, guide, and mentor other team members.