Principal Product Manager - PostgreSQL

Overview Microsoft is a company where passionate innovators come to collaborate, envision what can be and take their careers further. This is a world of more possibilities, greater innovation, and increased openness, where the sky is the limit  in a cloud-enabled world.   Microsoft’s Azure Data engineering team is leading the transformation of analytics in the world of data with products like databases, data integration, big data analytics, messaging & real-time analytics, and business intelligence. Our portfolio includes Fabric, Azure SQL DB, Azure Cosmos DB, Azure Database for PostgreSQL, Azure Data Factory, Azure Synapse Analytics, Azure Service Bus, Azure Event Grid, and Power BI. Our mission is to build the data platform for the age of AI, powering a new class of data-first applications and driving a data culture. 

Within Azure Data, the databases team builds and maintains Microsoft's operational Database systems. We store and manage data in a structured way to enable multitude of applications across various industries. We are on a journey to enable developer friendly, mission-critical, AI enabled operational databases across relational, non-relational and OSS offerings. 

The Azure Database for PostgreSQL team is hiring a Principal Product Manager to partner with engineering teams in Serbia and around the world to build innovative features and solutions for the Azure Database for PostgreSQL managed service. You will engage with customers to understand their business scenarios and convert them into compelling and competitive user experiences, leveraging telemetry and other signals to make data-driven decisions.    Great candidates for this role will have extensive technical experience in cloud database systems, enjoy working with and communicating about technology, delivering demos and presentations, and proficiency in data analysis and reporting.  

We do not just value differences or different perspectives. We seek them out and invite them in so we can tap into the collective power of everyone in the company. As a result, our customers are better served. 

Responsibilities

• Define and build innovative product features based on understanding customer needs, market and user research, competitive landscape, and Microsoft’s business goals and strategy.   

• Collaborate directly with engineering teams, partner organizations and other teams on complex projects and initiatives to deliver customer value. Ensure alignment between customers, internal stakeholders, and Microsoft goals and strategy.

• Develop technical outbound facing content such as blogs, videos, white papers, demo applications, and technical conference sessions.   

• Evangelize the capabilities of managed PostgreSQL services on Azure through internal and external channels to grow mindshare of the platform.   

• Capture customer, partner, and community feedback to influence Azure Database for PostgreSQL product development.

Embody our culture and values 

Qualifications Required/Minimum Qualifications

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

• Extensive experience in taking a product, feature, or experience to market (e.g., design, addressing product market fit, and launch, internal tool/framework). 

Job Requirements: Other & Additional  

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/Additional Qualifications 

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

• Extensive experience improving product metrics for a product, feature, or experience in a market (e.g., growing customer base, expanding customer usage, avoiding customer churn).

• Solid experience disrupting a market for a product, feature, or experience (e.g., competitive disruption, taking the place of an established competing product). 

• Hands-on technical experience in cloud database systems

• Experience working with customers at both technical and exec levels.   

• Experience communicating and evangelizing technical solutions

• Proficiency in data analysis and reporting.  

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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.

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