Product manager roles at Microsoft

Amazon / Product
Invictus7

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Amazon, Cisco, Samsung America
Invictus7
Oct 13, 2018 10 Comments

Looking to move to PM Role in Microsoft. As I understand a lot of teams don't have product managers but only program manager. What are some good teams for product managers at MS?

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  • Microsoft / Product
    TacoBoss

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    TacoBoss
    Varies a lot by team. Most roles are still program managers focused on execution but increasingly groups are emphasizing product strategy, vision etc. you need to speak to insiders in each group to understand the relative emphasis.
    Oct 13, 2018 0
  • Microsoft / Product
    Brazuka

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    Bain & Company
    Brazuka
    Product managers in Microsoft are called program managers. That being said, the role itself is very broad and varies a lot by team. Most are more tactical/execution inclined for a feature while some are entirely strategy and vision for developing new concepts. There are others also that are focused in coordination of a given topic across teams like "accessibility" or "privacy".
    Oct 13, 2018 3
    • Microsoft / Product
      Brazuka

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      Brazuka
      Hi there, the ones I know are not entire teams but rather some senior/principal PMs in the Office Growth team. Example, one of them drives LinkedIn integration strategies with Office, while another drives creating a new Freemium concept.
      Oct 14, 2018
    • Microsoft / Product
      Sanctiel

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      Sanctiel
      Cool, thanks! Most of them do project management, so asked :)
      Oct 14, 2018
  • Microsoft / Product
    TacoBoss

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    TacoBoss
    Bing is solid but pretty tops down in terms of strategy. Unless you're GPM (67) or above individual PMs have little autonomy
    Oct 13, 2018 1
  • Azure is moving to more product management. How many teams at Amazon have you tried PM? Why are you leaving? I’m thinking of going the other way.
    Oct 13, 2018 0
  • I’d check security, news, bing, Cortana as they’re the only ones right now w true product manager roles focused on strategy, roadmaps etc...
    Oct 13, 2018 0