Skills

Required

Bachelor's Degree AND 10+ years experience in product/service/program management or software development OR equivalent experience
3+ years people management experience

Nice to have

Bachelor's Degree AND 15+ years experience in product/service/program management or software development OR equivalent experience
5+ years people management experience
6+ years experience taking a product, feature, or experience to market (e.g., design, addressing product market fit, and launch, internal tool/framework)
8+ years experience improving product metrics for a product, feature, or experience in a market (e.g., growing customer base, expanding customer usage, avoiding customer churn)
8+ years experience disrupting a market for a product, feature, or experience (e.g.,. competitive disruption, taking the place of an established competing product)
Demonstrated product leadership in endpoint security, EDR/XDR, or threat protection (e.g., Microsoft Defender, CrowdStrike, SentinelOne, Palo Alto), with deep understanding of the modern threat landscape — ransomware, advanced persistent threats, and the adversary tactics enterprises defend against
Proven ability to engage credibly with CISOs, SOC/security-operations teams, threat researchers, and security engineers, translating real-world defender needs into product strategy and roadmap decisions
Sufficient technical fluency in endpoint architecture, detection-and-response, and security efficacy to "go deep" with engineering and threat-research teams on hard trade-offs — paired with the strategic instincts to run a multi-billion-dollar business

What the JD emphasized

MDE is the anchor of the Microsoft Defender business

product that organizations around the world trust to protect their most critical assets

This is not a supporting role. This is the role.

shape how enterprises defend themselves against threat actors, ransomware gangs, and the spectrum of modern adversaries

multi-billion dollar business

ensure Defender remains the best endpoint protection solution in the world

core development hubs in Redmond, Tel Aviv, and Hyderabad

partnering with M365, Windows, Azure, Microsoft AI, and our internal Digital and CISO organizations

ship high-quality capabilities on time and at global scale

strengthening MDE's market leadership

ensure MDE is a seamlessly integrated part of Microsoft's comprehensive security offering

Demonstrated product leadership in endpoint security, EDR/XDR, or threat protection

deep understanding of the modern threat landscape — ransomware, advanced persistent threats, and the adversary tactics enterprises defend against

Proven ability to engage credibly with CISOs, SOC/security-operations teams, threat researchers, and security engineers

translating real-world defender needs into product strategy and roadmap decisions

Sufficient technical fluency in endpoint architecture, detection-and-response, and security efficacy to "go deep" with engineering and threat-research teams on hard trade-offs

strategic instincts to run a multi-billion-dollar business

Overview

Would you like to spend your days protecting hundreds of millions of people from the most sophisticated cyber threats on the planet? Are you a product visionary with the technical depth to go deep with engineers and the strategic instincts to shape a multi-billion dollar business? Do you want to lead the product that sits at the absolute core of Microsoft's security portfolio?

MDE is the anchor of the Microsoft Defender business, and the product that organizations around the world trust to protect their most critical assets. This is not a supporting role. This is the role. The one where your decisions shape how enterprises defend themselves against threat actors, ransomware gangs, and the spectrum of modern adversaries.

We are looking for a Director of Product Management who will own everything: the strategy, the roadmap, the customer and analyst relationships, and the competitive narrative. You will set the direction for a product, and you will ensure Defender remains the best endpoint protection solution in the world.

This role is based in Redmond, leading a truly global organization with core development hubs in Redmond, Tel Aviv, and Hyderabad. You will work horizontally across Microsoft at the highest levels, partnering with M365, Windows, Azure, Microsoft AI, and our internal Digital and CISO organizations.

Responsibilities

Own product strategy & vision — Define and communicate a compelling long-term vision and multi-year strategy for Microsoft Defender for Endpoint, ensuring MDE remains the world's best endpoint protection solution and the anchor of the Microsoft Defender business.
Lead and grow a global PM organization — Manage, mentor, and develop a team of product managers across the Redmond, Tel Aviv, and Hyderabad hubs, fostering a high-performance, customer-obsessed culture.
Own the roadmap & drive execution — Set and deliver the MDE roadmap end-to-end, partnering closely with engineering, design, research, and threat-intelligence teams to ship high-quality capabilities on time and at global scale.
Lead customer & analyst relationships — Act as a senior product voice with enterprise customers, CISOs, and industry analysts (e.g., Gartner, Forrester), turning their needs and feedback into product direction and strengthening MDE's market leadership.
Own the competitive narrative — Define how MDE wins against the endpoint-security competitive set, shaping positioning, differentiation, and the go-to-market story in partnership with marketing.
Drive cross-Microsoft integration — Partner horizontally at the highest levels across M365, Windows, Azure, Microsoft AI, and the internal Digital and CISO organizations, and work shoulder-to-shoulder with Sentinel, Defender XDR, Entra, Purview, and Intune to ensure MDE is a seamlessly integrated part of Microsoft's comprehensive security offering.
Establish metrics & accountability — Set clear OKRs and success measures (growth, adoption, protection efficacy, customer satisfaction), and use data to prioritize investments and report progress to senior leadership.
Represent MDE externally — Serve as a credible spokesperson for Microsoft's endpoint-security approach in customer engagements, industry forums, and executive briefings.

Qualifications

Required/minimum qualifications

Bachelor's Degree AND 10+ years experience in product/service/program management or software development OR equivalent experience.
3+ years people management experience.

Additional or preferred qualifications

Bachelor's Degree AND 15+ years experience in product/service/program management or software development OR equivalent experience.
5+ years people management experience.
6+ years experience taking a product, feature, or experience to market (e.g., design, addressing product market fit, and launch, internal tool/framework).
8+ years experience improving product metrics for a product, feature, or experience in a market (e.g., growing customer base, expanding customer usage, avoiding customer churn).
8+ years experience disrupting a market for a product, feature, or experience (e.g.,. competitive disruption, taking the place of an established competing product).
Demonstrated product leadership in endpoint security, EDR/XDR, or threat protection (e.g., Microsoft Defender, CrowdStrike, SentinelOne, Palo Alto), with deep understanding of the modern threat landscape — ransomware, advanced persistent threats, and the adversary tactics enterprises defend against.
Proven ability to engage credibly with CISOs, SOC/security-operations teams, threat researchers, and security engineers, translating real-world defender needs into product strategy and roadmap decisions.
Sufficient technical fluency in endpoint architecture, detection-and-response, and security efficacy to "go deep" with engineering and threat-research teams on hard trade-offs — paired with the strategic instincts to run a multi-billion-dollar business.

Product Management M6 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $165,600 - $296,400 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 $220,800 - $331,200 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.

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