Principal Product Manager, Advertising APIs & AI Agent Interfaces

Quick Facts

• Role: Principal Product Manager (Product Management IC5)
• Focus: Microsoft Ads API and Model Context Protocol (MCP) experiences for AI agents and developers

Description

Own the product strategy and roadmap for Microsoft Advertising’s MCP and API experiences, designing the interface between Microsoft Ads and the next generation of software. Lead execution of MCP to provide a reliable interface for AI agents to understand and manage advertising campaigns. Drive go-to-market efforts, define end-to-end success metrics, and help establish Microsoft Ads as a leader in developer and agentic tooling.

Responsibilities

• Develop and communicate strategy and roadmap for Microsoft Ads MCP and API
• Build MCP into a reliable interface for AI agents to understand and manage advertising campaigns
• Lead go-to-market efforts with marketing and sales to drive adoption and measurable advertiser impact
• Define and own end-to-end success measures for MCP and API
• Establish Microsoft Ads as a leader in developer and agentic tooling

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree AND 5+ years of product/service/program management experience (or equivalent)
• Working knowledge of the ads ecosystem, especially buy-side (APIs, campaign management, agentic capabilities)
• Experience with AI agents, large language models, MCP, or related developer technologies
• Understanding of API contracts, authentication, schemas, versioning, reliability, and developer workflows
• Demonstrated technical proficiency working directly with APIs
• Experience using written communication to engage stakeholders and customers
• Preferred: Bachelor’s degree AND 8+ years of product/service/program management experience (or equivalent)

Benefits

• Base pay range (U.S.): USD $142,800–$274,800 per year (location-specific ranges may apply)
• Eligibility for benefits and other compensation
• Expected to work from office at least four days per week for employees within a 50-mile commute of a designated Microsoft Hub in the U.S. (subject to local law)