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# Principal Product Manager - Developer Tools & Engineering Systems

- **Company:** Microsoft
- **Location:** Redmond, WA, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Systems Engineering, Continuous Integration, Programming Tools, Microsoft Security Essentials, Systems Development Life Cycle, Software Engineering, Data Analytics
- **Published:** August 11, 2026
- **Apply:** https://us.experteer.com/career/view-jobs/principal-product-manager-developer-tools-and-engineering-systems-redmond-wa-usa-58916124

## About the Role

2026-09-11 decisions * Drive end-to-end execution from concept to launch readiness and remove blockers * Establish operating rhythm for cross-functional alignment and governance * Collaborate with engineering leaders on technical design for build/test/CI-CD/release/deployment systems * Champion safe deployment practices including progressive rollouts, quality gates, feature flighting, and telemetry * Define and track metrics for developer productivity, cycle time, build/test reliability, and deployment success * Provide technical product leadership, mentorship, and best-practices adoption across teams Tasks * Bachelor's Degree and 8+ years experience in product/service/program management or software development * Ability to meet Microsoft security screening requirements * Experience driving cross-organizational technical programs to measurable outcomes Key requirements *

## Description

Experteer Overview As Principal Product Manager for IC3's software engineering tools, you set the multi-year vision and drive execution for internal developer tools and engineering systems. You translate SDLC needs into a clear, prioritized roadmap that boosts developer productivity and enables safe, confident deployments at scale. You will partner with engineering leaders, platform teams, and engineers to deliver high-impact tooling across multi-team initiatives. This role blends strategic leadership with hands-on product delivery in a fast-evolving real-time communications platform. Compensation / Benefits * Define and evangelize a multi-year strategy for IC3's software engineering tools and systems * Identify high-impact investments to improve developer productivity and deployment safety with data-driven business cases * Own and maintain the product roadmap across multi-team, multi-quarter efforts * Balance near-term delivery with long-term platform health and make defensible prioritization decisions * Drive end-to-end execution from concept to launch readiness and remove blockers * Establish operating rhythm for cross-functional alignment and governance * Collaborate with engineering leaders on technical design for build/test/CI-CD/release/deployment systems * Champion safe deployment practices including progressive rollouts, quality gates, feature flighting, and telemetry * Define and track metrics for developer productivity, cycle time, build/test reliability, and deployment success * Provide technical product leadership, mentorship, and best-practices adoption across teams Tasks * Bachelor's Degree and 8+ years experience in product/service/program management or software development * Ability to meet Microsoft security screening requirements * Experience driving cross-organizational technical programs to measurable outcomes Key requirements *


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