Azure is helping to change the world! It’s core to Microsoft’s mission and critical to our long-term success. There is no more exciting place to work and influence the future than in Azure Marketing!

We have an exciting opening for Senior Product Marketing Manager on the Azure GTM team leading our hero Services partner investments and incentives! This is a fast paced, exciting role where there is always a new challenge. It’s a highly visible role in a here-and-now hot space that will require working closely with key executives, internal stakeholders, content SMEs, integrated marketing, field, and partner liaisons. Be obsessed with outside-in view of customer and partner experience with both strategic and execution marketing chops.

We're looking for someone to play an instrumental role in shaping Azure's partner investment strategy that will create a connected and guided experience to enable our partners to be the most impactful with are mutual customers. This role is incredibly cross organizational working with stakeholders across Cloud Marketing, Engineering, Microsoft Customer and Partner Services, given the critical nature of our partners.

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

• Create thought leadership, while working with cross company stakeholders, to define Services Partner investment strategy to drive for Azure business outcomes, increase partner success and ultimately better serve our diverse customer needs.
• Refine complex information and data into compelling insights to advance Azure hero offerings Azure Migrate & Modernize & Azure Innovate.
• Work across product, field, and partner teams to identify and analyze evolving customer needs and market dynamics and how these insights need to translate into our partner investments.
• Develop a programmatic approach, both rationalizing existing investments and identifying gaps/creating new to empower our partner ecosystem.
• Develop a comprehensive go to market plan for the offerings() to build awareness and utilization by both partners and field that connects across our mainline Azure marketing assets, channels, communications, and campaigns.
• Work closely with internal stakeholders and partners to deeply understand their needs and business drivers around cloud, coupled with our business goals to influence the future course for our programmatic investments.
• Regularly communicate plans and results and set expectations with management, global field leads and other stakeholders with confidence and clarity.
• Set success criteria, measure impact, and evolve the strategy in order to stay competitive and differentiated.
• Possess customer-centric thinking, data fluency, and collaborative communication skills.
• Have a flexible can-do attitude, be comfortable with role ambiguity, and initiative to drive proactive outbound engagement.
• Embody our culture and values.
  
  

Qualifications

Required/Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Marketing, Computer Science, Business or related field AND 5+ years experience in business
• OR Master's Degree in in Marketing, Computer Science, Business or related field AND 3+ years experience in business
• OR equivalent experience.
  

Additional Or Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Marketing, Computer Science, Business or related field AND 8+ years experience in business
• OR Master's Degree in Marketing, Computer Science, Business or related field AND 6+ years experience in business
• OR equivalent experience.
• 7+ years of experience in product marketing roles, experience with complex global tech product management, engineering and/or marketing launches.
  

Product Marketing IC4 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $103,800 - $200,300 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 $133,700 - $219,200 per year. Certain roles may be eligible for benefits and other compensation.

Find additional benefits and pay information here: https://careers.microsoft.com/us/en/us-corporate-pay

Microsoft will accept applications for the role until August 15, 2024

Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. Consistent with applicable law, 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 and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application process, read more about requesting accommodations.