Principal Group Engineering Manager

The Office Team powers the shared components and experiences across Word, Excel, and PowerPoint on various platforms. We focus on delivering best-in-class UX, enabling next-gen collaboration, and ensuring business-critical fundamentals - all while driving engagement for millions of users, and building New Office with Copilot and Agents as core engine for growth. We at OPG are looking for creative and driven software engineers with passion for Web, Mobile, and/or full stack development to achieve our vision of redefining the future of office app on various platforms with AI enablement as core priority. As the Group Engineer Manager , you will require cross-function integration knowledge, strategic thinking, and superior inter-personal and communication skills. The role is responsible for the overall design and architecture of apps and around the existing landscape, as well as envisaging and enabling future state infrastructures that will support modern, intelligent services and user experiences, through technological innovation and building partnerships across the company. As the Group Engineer Manager for OPG, you will be responsible for leading a team of ~50 talented, deeply experienced engineers in delivering shared functionalities across  platforms. You will collaborate closely with other OPG Group Engineering Managers to deliver ambitious, high-quality, and coherent experiences across the product constellation. You will sustain and support a long history of in-market versions and experiences and drive innovation in our internal and external systems to keep OPG thriving for many decades to come. If you’re interested in working in a startup-like environment with a unique opportunity to make an impact on core productivity apps like Word, Excel or PowerPoint, then we’d love to hear from you. In this position, you will lead a team that seeks challenges, loves learning, and values teamwork. You will collaborate with team members and partners to build resilient, scalable applications using the latest technologies in a dynamic and agile environment, and have opportunities for mentorship, career growth, and work on high-business impact areas.  If you're passionate about leading mobile innovation and making a real impact, let’s connect!  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.

The most qualified candidates will have demonstrated effectiveness in many of the following skills and ability to develop/grow in-role. Management excellence: You have a proven track record managing people, creating an environment for success, where people are Thriving; where everyone can be their authentic self and do their best work. You have a proven track record being effective at core manager priorities: generating energy, creating clarity, and delivering success. People first: You care deeply about your team members and their professional growth. You foster a culture of trust, respect, and feedback. You empower your team to make decisions and take ownership of their work. You model our core values, engineering and manager excellence. You are passionate about growing your team through mentorship, coaching, and a growth mindset. Create clarity: You are effective at tackling highly ambiguous situations, synthesizing the critical requirements and priorities, then working with your team to translate this into action. You can manage and cultivate multiple priorities/missions concurrently including when they may be in direct conflict with one another. You are effective at reading-in your peers and LT on necessary context, ensuring everyone always understands “why” and