Senior Product Manager

Overview

At Mojang Studios, the creators of Minecraft, we are on a mission to build a better world through the power of play.

Why play? Well, play is at the heart of everything we do. It’s the blocky backbone of our games, the core of our development philosophy, and even the origin of our name. From the relentless experimentation of our endlessly inspiring community to the classrooms where Minecraft has become an essential teaching tool, play is the bedrock of our existence.

We enable millions to create and play together, connect people across the globe, and foster a community that is among the most active and passionate in the world. Our community is global and incredibly diverse. When we are developing anything within our franchise, we keep this in mind. We want everyone to not only feel included in Minecraft, but also to see themselves in what we make. Our goal is for the Mojang Studios team to be as diverse as our community.

Minecraft's Bedrock Platform team builds the engine, runtime, and foundational systems that power the game across 15+ platforms, spanning mobile, console, and PC. Our work covers graphics, networking, gameplay systems, scripting and SDK (software development kit) , User Interface (UI) frameworks, and engine foundations. This role focuses on graphics and rendering: the systems that determine how Minecraft looks, performs, and scales across every platform we support.

We're hiring a Senior Product Manager to lead planning and delivery for graphics and rendering systems. You'll work directly with C++ engineers, designers, and QA to scope and ship technical work. The portfolio spans player-facing graphics features and foundational rendering systems that other teams build on.

Success here requires technical depth, product instincts, and the ability to operate across organizations and time zones. You'll engage directly in architecture conversations with engine engineers and translate what players and creators experience into roadmap priorities. You'll present to leadership regularly and communicate complex technical programs to audiences with different levels of context. Sequencing judgment matters: knowing what to build now, what to defer, and how to keep multiple teams moving when their needs compete.

If you've done platform or infrastructure product management work before, you know what this role asks: staying close to the technology, aligning competing priorities across cultures and organizations, and building systems that expand what Minecraft can become. If you've also shipped player-facing features on top of complex technical foundations, you know the other half. This role is both.

Microsoft’s mission is to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more. As employees, we come together with a growth mindset, innovate to empower others and collaborate to realize our shared goals. Each day we build on our values of respect, integrity, and accountability to create a culture of inclusion where everyone can thrive at work and beyond.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate across teams -- to track technology initiatives, interpret requirements, and build well-scoped and incremental plans -- resolving issues regardless of team boundaries, to uncover and mitigate risks and deliver excellent experiences for Minecraft players.
• Define and prioritize program opportunities and present to studio stakeholders.
• Ensure that product roadmaps clarify all needed aspects of direction, discovery, and scoping, to support stakeholder buy in and successful partnership with Engineering to deliver through all phases of development including investigation, execution, quality assurance, and release.
• Define and own program/system reporting and maintain stakeholder confidence in deliverables.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree AND 5+ years experience in product/service/project/program management or software development
  • OR equivalent experience.

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree AND 7+ years of experience in product/service/project/program management or software development
  • OR equivalent experience.
• Experience running multiple or larger teams using both Office Suite as well as project management software (Jira, ADO, GitHub, Hansoft, Asana etc.).
• Well versed at creating clarity and scope expectations in complex, ambiguous environments.
• Experience working directly with engineering, design, and quality disciplines.

In the end, it’s the people of Mojang Studios that make this place truly special. When you join, you’ll find yourself in the company of incredibly bright, warm, and creative individuals – all united and working toward a single goal. Come help us reach it!

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Product Management IC4 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $119,800 - $234,700 per year. There is a different range applicable to specific work locations, within the San Francisco Bay area and New York City metropolitan area, and the base pay range for this role in those locations is USD $160,200 - $261,000 per year.

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This position will be open for a minimum of 5 days, with applications accepted on an ongoing basis until the position is filled.

Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, citizenship, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, immigration status, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran or military status, race, ethnicity, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable local laws, regulations and ordinances. If you need assistance with religious accommodations and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application process, read more about requesting accommodations.