Overview
CoreAI is at the forefront of Microsoft’s mission to redefine how software is built and experienced. The One Engineering System (1ES) team enables the world’s best engineering teams with world-class tools and systems that help them ship products their customers love.
Microsoft is adopting GitHub as its primary engineering platform, bringing AI-powered development capabilities to every engineering team while maintaining enterprise security and compliance. The GitHub Inside Microsoft (GIM) team is leading this transformation, migrating tens of thousands of developers from Azure DevOps to GitHub Enterprise Cloud with data residency, hosted entirely within Azure infrastructure. The platform operates in a hybrid model: source code repositories and pull requests move to GitHub, while CI/CD pipelines (Azure Pipelines), Azure Artifacts, and Azure Boards remain in Azure DevOps.
We are looking for a Principal Product Manager - CoreAI to drive the product strategy, adoption, and operational excellence of GitHub as Microsoft’s engineering platform. You will own the end-to-end experience for engineering teams migrating from Azure DevOps to GitHub, from organization provisioning and repository governance to developer onboarding and collaboration. This is a deeply hands-on role: you must be comfortable configuring GitHub organizations, defining repository policies, and troubleshooting real migration issues alongside engineering.
This role follows Microsoft’s flexible work model, with an expectation of in-person collaboration at least three days per week to foster alignment, innovation, and team connection.
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. If you meet the qualifications and are excited about the mission, we encourage you to apply!
Responsibilities
Product Strategy and Roadmap:
- Define and drive the product vision, strategy, and roadmap for GitHub as Microsoft’s internal engineering platform, aligning with Core AI and 1ES leadership priorities.
- Identify short- and long-term investment opportunities across GitHub organization management, migration tooling, and developer experience.
- Synthesize customer feedback, telemetry, and market intelligence into prioritized investments with clear OKRs and KPIs.
- Evaluate and communicate tradeoffs across security, usability, and migration velocity to stakeholders and business teams.
GitHub Organization Management:
- Own the hands-on configuration and governance of GitHub Enterprise organizations, including org creation, team structures, repository policies, and branch protection rules.
- Partner with security and compliance teams to maintain SDL processes, audit logging, and data residency requirements within the GitHub Enterprise environment.
Migration from Azure DevOps to GitHub:
- Lead the migration experience for engineering teams moving from Azure DevOps to GitHub, including repository migration, Git history, pull request history, and pipeline rewiring.
- Develop and refine readiness assessments, decision trees, prerequisites checklists, and team onboarding playbooks.
- Engage directly with engineering teams across Microsoft to drive adoption, resolve blockers, and capture feedback for continuous improvement.
- Ensure Azure Pipelines integrate seamlessly with GitHub repositories, validating that existing YAML pipelines work without rewrites after migration.
- Define success criteria and track migration health metrics: migration velocity, time-to-onboard, developer satisfaction, and support ticket volume.
Cross-Organizational Alignment:
- Align partners across GitHub, Azure DevOps, 1ES, and Core AI to deliver integrated outcomes in the hybrid model.
- Represent the GitHub Inside Microsoft platform in executive reviews, engineering leadership forums, and internal customer engagements.
- Build relationships with GitHub product and engineering teams to ensure Microsoft’s needs shape the enterprise GitHub roadmap.
Qualifications
Required/Minimum Qualifications:
- Bachelor's Degree AND 8+ years experience in product/service/program management or software development OR equivalent experience.
**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 Cloud background check upon hire/transfer and every two years thereafter.
Preferred/Additional Qualifications:
- Bachelor's Degree AND 12+ years' experience in product/service/program management or software development or equivalent experience.
- Hands-on experience with GitHub Enterprise administration: organization setup and configuration, team management, repository policies, branch protection rules, and webhooks.
- Experience with Azure DevOps (Repos, Pipelines, Artifacts, Boards) and CI/CD workflows in enterprise environments.
- Demonstrated ability to drive complex cross-organizational initiatives involving multiple engineering teams and stakeholders.
- Proven track record of improving product adoption, migration success rates, and developer satisfaction metrics.
- Experience operating GitHub Enterprise Cloud or GitHub Enterprise Server at scale (10,000+ developers).
- Familiarity with GitHub APIs, GitHub Apps, GitHub Actions architecture, and the broader GitHub ecosystem.
- Experience with large-scale source code migration tooling and strategies (Git history migration, monorepo patterns, repository federation).
- Understanding GitHub Advanced Security features: secret scanning and SARIF workflows.
- Knowledge of a secure development lifecycle (SDL), threat modeling, and compliance requirements for internal engineering platforms.
- Excellent storytelling and executive communication skills; ability to negotiate priorities and build coalitions across organizational boundaries.
- Experience building internal developer platforms or driving large-scale internal tool adoption programs.
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Product Management IC5 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $139,900 - $274,800 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 $188,000 - $304,200 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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