Senior Product Manager, Agent Tools

Position: Senior Product Manager, Agent 365 Tools
** Overview*
* Microsoft's mission is to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more. As AI agents become part of how the world works, that empowerment increasingly depends on trust. These agents are only as efficient and reliable as the tools made available to them. As organizations connect agents to a fast-growing ecosystem of MCP (Model Context Protocol) servers, plugins, skills, connectors, and custom integrations, the ability to onboard, discover, and govern those tools becomes essential to enterprise trust.

Today this is a fragmented and fast-emerging space. We're looking for a leader who can bring coherence to this tool's governance story.

We are looking for a Senior Product Manager to own the tool governance experience in Agent 365, the product that lets customers inventory, register tools, discover unsanctioned ones, and apply consistent policy and controls across them. You will turn a  fast-emerging space into a coherent governance value and ship these capabilities that make agent tooling safe for regulated and sovereign customers.

This is a high-ownership, high-ambiguity role at the center of how enterprises adopt agents with confidence. You'll partner across engineering, design, security, and compliance to define the strategy, shape the roadmap, and deliver experiences that set the standard for trustworthy agent tooling.

Microsoft's culture is grounded in a growth mindset, and we bring our all each day to build on our values of respect, integrity, and accountability to create a culture of inclusion where everyone can thrive at work and beyond.

** Responsibilities*
* - Own the strategy and roadmap for tool onboarding and governance, including registry experience for plugins, skills, connectors, and customer-supplied tool packages.

- Engage with customers to understand governance and compliance requirements and translate them into clear, prioritized product investments.

- Define granular governance controls for agent tools

- Deliver discovery and observability for unsanctioned/Shadow AI tools, giving customers visibility into tools operating outside sanctioned channels, along with usage and activity insights.

- Build governance capabilities for regulated and sovereign environments, including support for government cloud and runtime audit evidence for legal, security, and compliance stakeholders.

- Partner closely with the different product teams within Microsoft to have coherent tool governance and security solutions with a seamless and engaging experience.

** Qualifications*
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* Required Qualifications:

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* + Bachelor's Degree AND 5+ 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:

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** Microsoft Cloud Background Check:
** This position will be required to pass the Microsoft Cloud background check upon hire/transfer and every two years thereafter.

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* Preferred Qualifications:

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* + Bachelor's Degree AND 8+ years experience in product/service/program management or software development OR equivalent experience.

+ Product management experience on developer platforms, extensibility ecosystems, governance experiences, or compliance capabilities.

+ Familiarity with the AI tooling ecosystem (agent extensibility, plugins, and connectors) or adjacent platform-governance domains.

+ Experience delivering discovery, observability, or policy-enforcement features for enterprise customers.

+ Familiarity with regulated and sovereign requirements such as government cloud, audit, and compliance evidence.

+ Collaboration skills and clear written and verbal communication

Product Management IC4 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $119,800 - $234,700 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 $160,200 - $261,000…