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Join Team Xbox as a Product Manager for Developer Platform and Tools

At Xbox, we’re on a mission to empower the world’s 3 billion gamers to play the games they want, with the people they want, anywhere they want. As the fastest-growing sector in media and entertainment, gaming offers a tremendous growth opportunity for Microsoft. We’re leading the charge in innovation, expanding Xbox to new devices through Cloud Gaming, launching Game Pass on PC, and exploring new possibilities with our acquisition of Activision Blizzard King. We’re looking for aProduct Manager for Xbox Developer Platform and Tools to join our vibrant team.

The Xbox Developer Platform and Tools team is at the center of our mission, crafting the tools and services that enable game developers to create extraordinary experiences. This includes the tools and APIs that developers use to build the platforms hosting these games, and the experiences that turn every screen into an Xbox. To bring this vision to life, we need a forward-thinking Product Manager to help drive our AI initiatives for developers. Your role will involve harnessing advanced AI technologies to enhance the tools and platforms game developers rely on, optimizing their workflows, and elevating their overall experience.

As a Product Manager, you’ll be at the forefront of AI innovation, gaining a deep understanding of developer needs and using data-driven insights to identify opportunities for system enhancements. You’ll collaborate with a diverse array of stakeholders, including engineers, designers, game developers, researchers, and account managers, to drive initiatives that meet our partners’ needs. Additionally, you’ll champion our AI tools both internally and externally, ensuring seamless collaboration among all parties involved.

Join us in shaping the future of AI-powered developer tools and fostering an inclusive culture where diverse perspectives drive our collective success. At Microsoft, our mission is to empower every person and organization on the planet to achieve more. We come together with a growth mindset, innovate to empower others, and collaborate to achieve our shared goals. Every day, we build on our values of respect, integrity, and accountability to create a culture of inclusion where everyone can thrive.

Even if you don’t meet all the qualifications listed, we encourage you to apply. Your unique perspective and potential contributions are highly valued here.

Responsibilities

Responsibilities

• Explore the customer problem space and key requirements, drive the potential of generative AI to transform game development processes

• Lead envisioning and technical design with developers to build, ship and adopt AI solutions into production

• Creating product/feature specifications with visual and written designs

• Measuring and reporting on the success of the problem space through relevant metrics and Key Performance Indicator (KPIs)

• Listening to internal/external partners to understand their scenarios and challenges

• Engaging with partner teams across Azure and Microsoft to drive alignment on dependencies

• Work directly with your feature teams to design and deliver innovative AI features, including technical envisioning for how Copilot will work and interact with other services and applications

• Work effectively across organizational, time zone, and geographic boundaries

• Research, contextualize, and evangelize broader solution and technology trends and opportunities to drive longer-term investments and product shifts

• Drive for quality in everything you do and continuously improve the systems on which you work

• Give and receive feedback in the spirit of continual growth and improvement

• Contribute to an inclusive, creative, high-performance team culture

Qualifications

Required Qualifications

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

1. OR equivalent experience

• Experience utilizing data to drive key business decisions

• Experience presenting and managing product status with senior leadership

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

• Strong project management, leadership, and cross-group collaboration skills

• Familiar with AI/ML concepts and technologies

• Demonstrated strengths in communication, problem-solving, design, and execution

• Experience in building new products or features from the ground up

• Ability to thrive in a dynamic, fast-paced work environment

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with the game development industry and game studio workflows

• Experience deploying, scaling, and managing containerized applications in Azure

• Proven ability to lead through ambiguity while partnering across organizations

• Demonstrated ability to come up-to-speed quickly on a new technical domain

• Experience with AI, LLMs, Sematic Kernel and related technologies

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