Principal PDM Manager

Are you passionate about cloud computing, large scale distributed systems engineering problems and working on bleeding edge technology at massive scale? Are you passionate about building resilient, scalable, and customer-centric cloud storage solutions? Are you structured and data driven in solving problems and driving improvements? Join the Azure Storage team as a Principal PDM Manager to lead product strategy and execution across Microsoft’s foundational storage offerings. This role is ideal for a technical product leader who thrives in ambiguity, drives clarity across cross-functional teams, and inspires innovation at scale.

The Microsoft Azure Storage team is looking for a Principal PDM Manager to lead a team of Product Managers in a highly visible role with major scope. You will lead and coach the team, fostering a culture of inclusion, growth mindset, and customer obsession while driving execution excellence and enabling high performance through clear goals, feedback, and development support. As a Principal PDM Manager you will be responsible for understanding the needs and challenges of customers, driving the product vision and strategy, and collaborating with engineering teams to deliver innovative and impactful features and solutions.

Responsibilities

• Define and evolve the product vision for Azure Storage services aligned with business goals and customer needs.
• Engage with enterprise customers and partners to understand pain points and translate insights into actionable product plans.
• Drive strategic investments and lead execution of high-impact features.
• Collaborate with engineering to ensure architectural soundness and technical feasibility of roadmap items.
• Partner with engineering, design, marketing, and field teams to deliver cohesive solutions.
• Represent Azure Storage in internal and external technical forums and evangelize product capabilities and roadmap to stakeholders, customers, and partners.
• Manage a team of product managers, focusing on coaching, mentoring, and career development. Foster a culture of inclusion, growth mindset, and customer obsession.
  
  

Qualifications

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree AND 8+ years experience in product management or software development
• OR equivalent experience.
• Strong experience with Azure, AWS, or other cloud platforms.
• Track record of shipping enterprise-grade cloud services.
• 3+ years of people management experience, managing cross-functional and/or cross-team projects.
• Proficiency with cloud infrastructure, distributed systems, and storage technologies.
• Demonstrated strategic thinking and execution skills to balance short-term deliverables with long-term vision, while applying quantitative and analytical skills to make informed tradeoffs and solve complex, often ambiguous problems.
• Bring a learning mindset and bias for action, paired with excellent communication and collaboration skills that influence across organizational boundaries and generate energy across a diverse team.
  

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 Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree AND 10+ years of experience in engineering, product management or product development
• OR equivalent experience.
• 6+ years of people management experience.
• 8+ years of experience managing cross-functional and/or cross-team projects.
• 8+ years of proficiency in Cloud technologies and services delivered by hyperscale cloud providers (Azure, AWS, Google).
• 4+ years of Storage Technologies experience.
  

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