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We are looking to hire an experienced Senior Product Manager- Ecosystem to join our team and become a driving force behind the continued success of Microsoft Teams (the fastest-growing business application in Microsoft's history, with 320 million monthly active users) and help accelerate our growth of Microsoft Copilot through a vibrant and robust third-party ecosystem within Microsoft 365.

Microsoft Teams is the cornerstone of collaboration, uniting the power of Microsoft 365 to empower teams worldwide to achieve more. Teams is also now playing a key role in Microsoft’s Copilot strategy, delivering the power of AI with the collaborative scenarios that people use Teams for daily. As we continue to evolve and expand, we are on a mission to drive and support the development of third party (ISV) applications on the Teams and M365 Copilot platform, helping customers to achieve their fullest potential by leveraging the latest advancements in artificial intelligence, collaborative communications, and third-party data and services that they use every day. 

In this role, you will engage with our strategic partners (ISVs) at all points of the partnership and product lifecycle – from a) pitching to partners to have them build and integrate into the M365 platform, b) helping partners envision and design their AI and collaborative apps, c) assisting them with roadmap planning, development and execution, and d) helping launch apps into the Teams and Copilot marketplace and driving successful adoption and engagement of their apps with customers.

You will work directly with partners (in some cases, all the way up to their C-suite) advising them on the right approach to solve their problems, using a toolbox of platform capabilities across a suite of Microsoft technologies. As part of this work, you will capture partner and customer signals that are vital to improving our platforms, which you will relay and advocate for with our internal Teams and Copilot engineering feature teams.

As a Senior Product Manager- Ecosystem, you will engage with strategic partners to help them envision and build scenarios that unlock collaboration and productivity gains through the use of artificial intelligence, using the Teams platform. You will build solid relationships with cross-disciplinary teams from engineering, design, business development and marketing to ensure that solutions you help build, solve the problems of partners and customers and help with business transformation.

You will also be accountable for driving awareness and alignment with internal teams around the voice of partners and customers that emerge as part of your strategic partnerships, making sure key challenges and feature gaps are channeled back into our plan to improve our product.

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

• Collaborate closely with strategic partner product and engineering teams, and cross-functional internal Microsoft teams from engineering, design and our field organization, as you shape the planning, development, and deployment of cutting-edge cloud services and article intelligence, seamlessly integrated with Microsoft Teams.

• Envision and spec key user scenarios for how an app or service should work and interact with MS Teams and M365 Copilot.

• Be the voice of our partners and customers, guiding the roadmaps of dependent feature teams to ensure we stay ahead in the game, by influencing our platform and extensibility vision around how best to evolve our developer offering.

• Drive execution and demonstrate end-to-end ownership of complex, cross-group and cross-discipline projects to successful completion. 

• Develop collateral for Rhythm of Business activities, ensuring transparency and alignment across the organization.

• Monitor and analyze product metrics, user feedback, and market trends to inform our future direction.

• Other: Embody our Culture (https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/about/corporate-values) and Values (https://careers.microsoft.com/us/en/culture)

Qualifications

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree AND 5+ years experience in product/service/project/program management or software development

• OR equivalent experience.

• 5+ years experience working with strategic partners and / or customers to build and influence product strategy and roadmaps.

• 5+ years experience working with web and mobile technologies, service operations at scale, or other highly technical areas.

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:

• Solid proven ability to thrive in ambiguous, fast-changing environments – where others drown in chaos you see opportunity to thrive, try new things, fail quickly and never give up.

• Previous experience with proven success working on enterprise software development.

• Good problem-solving skills and ability to think strategically. 

• The ability to wear many hats, learn quickly and change direction when needed. 

• The ability to think creatively and critically about product features and user scenarios in the enterprise space. 

• Innate curiosity and ability to self-start in an ambiguous and rapidly changing startup environment. 

• Solid project management, leadership, and cross-group collaboration skills. 

• Effective written and verbal communication/presentation skills through all levels of the organization, technical and non-technical. 

Microsoft will accept applications for the role until June 11, 2024

Product Management IC4 - The typical base pay range for this role across Canada is CAD $108,100 - CAD $199,700 per year.

Find additional pay information here:

https://careers.microsoft.om/v2/global/en/canada-pay-information.html

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 (https://careers.microsoft.com/v2/global/en/accessibility.html) .