Principal Product Manager

Overview 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. Help enterprise customers modernize identity while keeping their applications and operations secure and reliable. Our Growth and Experiences team turns customer needs into Microsoft Entra capabilities that simplify migration, strengthen identity resilience, and increase successful adoption. As a Principal Product Manager based in Prague, you will own a defined product area across hybrid and cloud identity. You will work directly with customers, engineering, design, and partner teams to identify migration barriers, set product direction, and deliver measurable improvements in customer security and operational efficiency. This role offers hands-on ownership from discovery and technical requirements through preview, launch, and sustained adoption. Responsibilities • Own the product strategy and prioritized roadmap for a defined hybrid identity modernization area, balancing customer value, security, engineering investment, and delivery risk. • Define migration and interoperability experiences that help customers move from legacy identity systems to Microsoft Entra while preserving application access and operational continuity. • Partner with engineering, design, and security teams to deliver reliable capabilities. Resolve cross-team dependencies and make clear decisions about scope, readiness, and tradeoffs. • Lead customer previews and adoption plans with account teams and partners. Validate readiness, resolve migration blockers, and turn customer feedback into product improvements. • Establish telemetry and outcome measures for migration progress, active adoption, resilience, and administrator effort. Use the results to evaluate investments and guide the roadmap. Qualifications • Bachelor's Degree AND experience in product/service/project/program management or software development OR equivalent experience. • Demonstrated experience owning a technical product or substantial feature area from customer discovery and prioritization through delivery and post-launch improvement. • Experience translating enterprise identity or security scenarios into product requirements and working with engineering teams on service APIs, authentication, authorization, or migration workflows. Preferred Requirements: • Experience with Microsoft Entra, Active Directory, hybrid identity, identity governance, or enterprise identity modernization. • Experience leading customer previews or migration programs for enterprise cloud services, including work in regulated or mission-critical environments. • Experience using telemetry, customer research, and experimentation to improve product adoption, reliability, or operational efficiency. • Experience using AI-assisted tools for product research, prototyping, requirements development, or analysis, with attention to security, privacy, and validation. Qualifications - Other Requirements: 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 background and Microsoft Cloud background check upon hire/transfer and every two years thereafter. Product Management IC5 - The typical base pay range for this role across Czechia is Kč 1,983,000.00 - Kč 3,553,000.00 per year. Certain roles may be eligible for benefits and other compensation. Find additional benefits and pay information here: https://careers.microsoft.com/v2/global/en/corporate-pay/czech-republic-corporate-pay.html 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.