Senior Product Manager
Microsoft· Product Management
Hyderabadfull-timePosted 1w ago
About the role
Microsoft Defender Experts (DEX) is Microsoft's premier Managed Detection & Response (MDR) service, providing 24/7 protection for customers. The role focuses on owning the end-to-end product strategy and roadmap for MDR capabilities, driving technical excellence, data-driven decision making, cross-team collaboration, operational excellence, and evangelization of the product.
Responsibilities
- Engage deeply with internal and external customers to understand security operations tools and processes, identify unmet needs, and drive innovative integrations that deliver measurable customer value.
- Own the end-to-end product strategy and roadmap for MDR capabilities; identify gaps and opportunities; define and prioritize requirements as clear customer scenarios, backlog items, and success metrics (OKRs).
- Ground solutions in strong technical and security fundamentals by partnering with engineering to drive automation and advanced AI. Apply deep SOC operations expertise and threat-landscape awareness to deliver effective detection, response, and resilience.
- Define, instrument, and track KPIs across the DEX service; leverage analytics and telemetry to generate insights, guide prioritization, and drive continuous improvements.
- Identify broad security challenges and lead cross-team solutions with partner teams across Microsoft Security; build inclusive, high-trust partnerships.
- Partner with engineering to establish disciplined execution rhythms, accurate planning, and scalable operational processes.
- Represent the product and service in executive reviews, customer briefings, and internal and external forums.
Qualifications
- Bachelor's Degree AND 8+ years experience in product/service/program management or software development OR equivalent experience.
- 4+ years experience improving product metrics for a product, feature, or experience in a market (e.g., growing customer base, expanding customer usage, avoiding customer churn).
- Hands-on experience in building security products and security domain knowledge; operating at scale in global, high-availability services; data analytics and metrics skills; strong leadership and communication in ambiguous situations.
- Ability to meet Microsoft, customer, and/or government security screening requirements, including a Microsoft Cloud Background Check upon hire/transfer and every two years thereafter.
Skills
Required:Product managementData-driven decision makingSecurity domain knowledge
Last updated Oct 16, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.
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