Principal Product Manager (AI)

TL;DR

Principal Product Manager (AI): Advancing the next generation of LLM models by prioritizing new research, building evaluations and datasets, and working closely with AI researchers to execute project plans with an accent on pre-training and post-training data, evaluations, training infrastructure, API, and platform development. Focus on identifying and resolving language/coding/multimodal issues, creating novel data collection tasks, and prototyping new feature directions to empower developers and enterprise customers.

Location: New York, United States. Employees within 50 miles of a Microsoft office (U.S.) are expected to work from the office at least four days a week.

Salary: USD $220,800 – $331,200 per year (New York City metropolitan area for IC6).

Company

hirify.global is on a mission to train the world’s most capable AI frontier models, led by Mustafa Suleyman and responsible for influential LLM models like MAI-1.

What you will do

• Identify and prioritize language / coding / multimodal issues and work with researchers for resolution.
• Create novel data collection tasks for model evaluation and fine-tuning data.
• Develop model prototypes to validate new feature directions and scope projects.
• Collaborate with infrastructure, data engineering, pre-training, post-training, and product feedback teams.
• Foster a culture of collaboration, continuous improvement, and responsible AI advancement.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree AND 8+ years experience in product/service/program management or software development, OR equivalent experience.
• 2+ years direct, hands-on collaboration with model researchers and ML engineers in areas such as training runs, data evaluation, infrastructure, coding, or safety.
• Experience building and shipping data pipelines or evaluation systems personally.

Nice to have

• Technical postgraduate degree (PhD preferred).
• Demonstrated ability to bring enterprise or developer products to market by deeply engaging with end customers.

Culture & Benefits

• Growth mindset culture of respect, integrity, and accountability.
• Focus on empowering every person and organization.
• Additional benefits and pay information available on Microsoft Careers website.