Microsoft Yammer is the industry-defining social network for the enterprise. Millions of employees, including 85% of Fortune 500 companies use Yammer every day, to build community and culture, share knowledge, and connect with their leaders and each other. 

Why Yammer?  

Yammer was one of the first startup unicorns this past decade and was acquired by Microsoft in 2012.  Today, this means we get the benefits of a startup - rapid innovation, cutting-edge technology, outsized individual impact - with the advantages of working for one of the most successful software companies in the world. We work together in small, cross-functional teams - engineers, product managers, designers, data scientists - to design, deliver and operate delightful end user experiences to our tens of millions of users spread across the world. 

We’ve always been mission-driven; In this post-Covid world, Yammer has become even more indispensable than ever as employees have a deep need for connection and a sense of belonging. We’ve been growing rapidly and need your help to take Yammer to the next level. 

You will have:  

Autonomy and freedom to innovate 

Choice of the best of open source and Microsoft-internal technology  

The ability to experiment, A/B test, and make data-driven decisions 

Tons of opportunity for outsized impact as part of a small but mighty team on a rapidly-growing product needed now more than ever 

At the same time, you also have the benefits of working at a top-tier tech company like Microsoft:  

Compensation, benefits, and perks 

Internal resources, technology, and opportunities for learning and growth   

Brand and networking  

Opportunity for massive scale as part of a suite with hundreds of millions of users 

About this job  

As organizations adapt to hybrid workplaces and drive a second wave of digital transformation, Yammer improves connectedness and fosters extended networks that transcend workgroups and organizational boundaries, and that are critical to workplace health and employee wellbeing.   

As a Product Manager, you will lead key scenarios connecting individuals across their organization and increasing employee connectedness and belonging to work. You will create and execute the product roadmap for your areas, partner with your PM, engineering, research & design peers to define and launch product improvements, and work alongside data scientists to identify and drive key measures of success.   

On the Yammer team we are customer obsessed, constantly listening to customer needs and weighing their feedback and challenges with our mid- and long-term strategy. And we’re highly collaborative – partnering across Product, Engineering, Design, and Research to distill these challenges into clear solutions. We’re looking for like-minded folks to join our team to help us achieve our critical mission of employee connectedness. 

Responsibilities

Work cross-functionally to guide products from conception to launch by translating business requirements into products and services. 

Craft a roadmap for your areas of ownership. Use data and necessary insights to rally the organization around that plan and define the strategy to deliver on the vision. 

Distill customer, market and business insights into end-to-end scenarios. 

Deliver results in an environment of ambiguity. 

Demonstrate attention to detail, collaborating with the engineering and design teams to make sure product requirements are translated flawlessly into great products. 

Own the product lifecycle for your areas: deliver features, learn from user adoption metrics and feedback, and effectively communicate broadly product strategy, tactics, and operations.   

Mentor junior members of the team and model Microsoft values and role best practices. 

  

Qualifications

7+ years’ experience in product management. 

Demonstrated focus on customer value and a deep commitment to creating products that deliver delightful user experiences.  

Proven experience shipping complex features in consumer or commercial products. 

Strong product sense and ability to validate hypothesis through data and experimentation. 

Creative and inventive problem solver – delivering innovation for both product experiences and team leadership.   

Outstanding collaboration and partnership skills, with proven ability to drive results across teams. 

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science/Engineering/Mathematics or equivalent experience. MBA preferred. 

Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran status, race, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable laws, regulations and ordinances.  We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. If you need assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application or the recruiting process, please send a request via the Accommodation request form.