Principal Software Product Manager

Description

The company is hiring a senior Principal Software Product Manager to shape and lead the next generation of its consumer notebook software experiences.

You will set long-term product direction and also run complex, cross-organization initiatives from concept through launch. You will work with engineering, design, commercial, platform, and executive stakeholders to ship customer-facing software at global scale.

The role suits a product leader who is comfortable with ambiguity, understands both technology and business, and wants to shape how software, hardware, services, and operating system platforms fit together across the consumer portfolio. Experience with platform software stacks and the constraints of modern operating systems and ecosystem experiences is a strong fit.

Responsibilities

• Own major software initiatives end to end, from discovery and framing through delivery, launch, and iteration
• Set and promote a product vision that connects customer needs, platform strategy, and the company's long-term business goals
• Spot emerging technologies, platforms, and business models and turn them into scalable product opportunities
• Lead market, customer, and ecosystem research to guide product strategy and investment choices
• Work with engineering and architecture leaders on sound technical trade-offs between speed, quality, and long-term platform health
• Coordinate work across matrixed teams, including engineering, UX, commercial, marketing, partnerships, legal, and operations
• Act as a senior product voice in roadmap reviews, executive forums, and cross-division planning
• Use quantitative data and qualitative feedback to keep refining product direction and measure results
• Talk directly with customers, partners, and internal teams to gather insights, test strategy, and drive outcomes
• Mentor other product managers and help raise product standards across the organization
• Set product strategy for software that spans operating system, platform, and application layers, balancing customer needs with long-term platform change
• Work with platform, architecture, and engineering teams to assess operating system capabilities, ecosystem trends, and technology investments that could create differentiated experiences
• Define requirements and roadmaps covering cross-platform interoperability, device-to-device experiences, cloud services integration, and changing user workflows

Requirements

• Bachelor's or master's degree in computer science, software engineering, operating systems, or a closely related technical field
• 10+ years in software product management or closely related roles
• A record of delivering large-scale, customer-facing software products
• Experience in complex, global, cross-functional settings
• Experience with modern operating system platforms such as Windows, Linux, Android, or comparable software ecosystems
• Have led several 0-to-1 and 1-to-N initiatives with clear customer and business impact
• Have defined and run product strategy across platform-level or portfolio-level surfaces
• Have worked closely with engineering on architecture, systems design, and technical decisions
• Apply strong analytical thinking to product decisions, trade-offs, and prioritization
• Influence senior leaders through clear storytelling, data, and structured thinking
• Can move forward through ambiguity, competing priorities, and organizational complexity
• Have worked effectively in resource-constrained or fast-moving environments
• Have defined products or platform capabilities that depend heavily on operating system services, platform APIs, or device ecosystems
• Understand modern operating system architecture, platform services, application frameworks, security models, and software lifecycle concerns across Windows, Linux, Android, or similar environments
• Have worked with engineering teams building platform software, OS integrations, developer frameworks, device services, or ecosystem experiences
• Preferred: experience with mobile software ecosystems, smartphone platforms, or connected device experiences
• Preferred: familiarity with Windows, Linux, and Android platform roadmaps, developer ecosystems, and application models
• Preferred: experience launching software across multiple operating systems or device categories
• Preferred: understanding of platform architecture, middleware, system services, and device-level software integration
• Preferred: experience with AI-enabled, cloud-connected, or ecosystem-oriented product experiences
• Skills listed: Agile Methodology, Change Management, Continuous Improvement, JIRA, Kanban Principles, Lean Product Development, Milestone-based Planning, New Product Introduction, Product Strategy & Roadmapping, Scrum & Sprint Planning, Operating Systems & Platform Strategy, Windows Ecosystem Knowledge, Linux Platform Fundamentals, Android Platform Fundamentals, Systems Thinking & Platform Architecture, API & Platform Integration Strategy
• Scope: influences multiple functions and leads large, cross-division initiatives that shape the company's long-term consumer software strategy
• Complexity: works on problems where analyzing situations or data means weighing several factors in depth

Conditions

Full-time position in the Software job family

No shift premium applies (United States of America)

Relocation and travel details are not specified in the posting

Compensation and benefits information is accurate as of the posting date and may change at any time, with or without notice, subject to applicable law

Benefits

• Health insurance
• Dental insurance
• Vision insurance
• Long-term and short-term disability insurance
• Employee assistance program
• Flexible spending account
• Life insurance
• 4 to 12 weeks of fully paid parental leave, based on tenure
• 11 paid holidays
• Flexible paid vacation and sick leave (see the US benefits overview)