About
Product, portfolio, and people leadership grounded in customer insight, rigorous execution, and technical judgment.
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Steven Wilssens
· Seattle, WashingtonPrincipal product leader for data and AI.
Most recently I led Windows & Devices Data product management at Microsoft: the data, experimentation and ML products behind decisions across a billion+ Windows devices. Now building in AI while choosing my next leadership role.
Open to: product leadership roles in data, experimentation and aiPrincipal · Group PM · led 10 to 20 product managersSeattle, Washington · US permanent resident (green card)
Experience
From Belgian software development to Windows data, spatial audio, Azure DevOps, and team leadership.
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Selected work from the data and AI years, recommendations, patents, press coverage, and projects from the work I have helped bring into the world.
Built in 16 days with Claude Code
Building wilssens.com
A family platform for email and websites, built the way I’d want a platform team to build it: rules enforced by the database, experiments shipped dark and measured, and AI restricted by architecture rather than by prompt.
“Steven is one of the people you want in the room when the answer isn’t obvious.”
Ryan ParsellPrincipal Software Engineering Manager“He leads by building rather than just delegating.”
Amit GupteSenior Technical Program Manager - Data & AI Platform at Microsoft“I’d work with him again anytime, anywhere, on anything.”
Tom MereckisData and AI LeaderWhat I do well
Leadership that turns ambiguity into momentum.
Data and experimentation products
Led the PM team behind the data, insights, experimentation and ML products that Windows engineers and PMs use to decide what ships, built on telemetry from more than a billion devices.
PM teams that grow
I led teams of 10 to 20 product managers as they grew and were reshaped. Several of the recommendations here come from people who reported to me for years, and they describe the opportunities, visibility and coaching that moved their careers forward.
Leading by building
When a retiring OKR tool left a gap, a member of my team and I stood up a replacement from scratch with AI tools. I built wilssens.com the same way, to stay sharp on what my teams ship, not to replace them.
250%+growth in monthly active spatial-audio devices
1B+Windows devices informing product decisions
15%increase in Windows adoption
30%reduction in customer issues
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Hiring a product leader for data, experimentation or AI?
Available now, based in Seattle, Washington, a US permanent resident. Email me, or start with the resume.