Overview Surface works through a global ecosystem of distributors, resellers, and solution partners. This role as a Product Manager II helps that ecosystem succeed by building a scalable, partner-facing platform that improves how partners integrate**,stay informed, and** track readiness as new capabilities roll out. You’ll partner closely with engineering and business stakeholders to turn partner needs into a cohesive product experience—one that reduces friction, increases transparency, and improves time-to-adoption across the channel. 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- Own the product vision and roadmap for a partner-facing platform that supports integration, communication, and readiness at scale.
• Define partner journeys for scenarios like change announcements, feature rollouts, readiness validation, and self-service discovery (documentation, status visibility, guidance).
• Translate partner and internal stakeholder needs into requirements (user stories, success metrics, prioritization), and drive execution with engineering.
• Design feedback loops and instrumentation (telemetry, adoption signals, issue trends) to understand what’s working and where partners struggle.
• Lead rollout strategies (preview programs, staged deployments, change management) to improve quality and reduce disruption for external partners.
• Coordinate across functions (engineering, partner/business stakeholders, operations, support readiness, communications) to deliver consistent end-to-end experiences.
• Create clear external-facing guidance that accelerates partner adoption and reduces recurring questions through better product experiences and content.

Qualifications:

Required Qualitifications:

• Bachelor's Degree AND 2+ years experience in product/service/program management or software development OR equivalent experience.

Preferred Qualifications:

• 3+ years of experience in program management, product management, or software engineering on customer- or partner-facing products/services.
• Experience collaborating with engineering teams to ship software in iterative releases (requirements, backlog, milestones, launch/learn).
• Knowledge of hardware channel models (distributor/reseller ecosystems) and the operational realities of partner-led selling and enablement.

Product Management IC3 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $100,600 - $199,000 per year. There is a different range applicable to specific work locations, within the San Francisco Bay area and New York City metropolitan area, and the base pay range for this role in those locations is USD $131,400 - $215,400 per year.

Certain roles may be eligible for benefits and other compensation. Find additional benefits and pay information here:
https://careers.microsoft.com/us/en/us-corporate-pay

This position will be open for a minimum of 5 days, with applications accepted on an ongoing basis until the position is filled.

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