Director, Product Marketing

Responsibilities

• Develop and lead the vision for cross-organization initiatives, connecting the team and ensuring we are informed by market research, customer insights, and are developing comprehensive strategies across our Go-To-Market surfaces.
• Formulate business case proposals and whitepapers that build and frame strategy to align direction and accelerate from idea to market implementation.
• Run executive steering committees to manage the business with discipline, assess ideas, and ensure alignment across the company.
• Champion work from across the team, empowering and supporting ideas, recognizing the work of others and ensuring opportunities for team members to present and receive recognition for their work.
• Drive competitive research and gain understanding of where the market is moving related to developer and knowledge worker AI consumption that can be integrated into Go-To-Market strategies.
• Develop data-driven growth strategy and go-to-market engines spanning multiple products.
• Work with senior executives and their organizations to assess ideas, foster collaboration, and align direction.
• Lead with trust, inclusion, and valuing diverse perspectives and ideas.

Qualifications

• Master's Degree in Marketing, Computer Science, Business or related field AND 4+ years experience in business OR Bachelor's Degree in Marketing, Computer Science, Business or related field AND 6+ years experience in business OR equivalent experience.
• Additional or preferred qualifications include:
• Master's Degree in Marketing, Computer Science, Business or related field AND 8+ years marketing or sales experience OR Bachelor's Degree in Marketing, Computer Science, Business or related field AND 12+ years experience in business OR equivalent experience.
• Experience leading cross-functional, enterprise-wide initiatives.
• Understanding of go-to-market strategy, ideally in cloud, SaaS, or AI-driven businesses.
• Experience in conducting competitive and market research and turning that into business cases and proposals.
• Strong communication and storytelling skills, including creating executive-level narratives and presentations.
• Ability to structure ambiguous problems and drive them to clear outcomes.
• Strong analytical skills, with the ability to translate data and insights into actionable strategy.
• Experience operating in fast-paced, evolving environments with high levels of ambiguity.
• Collaborative mindset with the ability to partner across sales, marketing, partner, and product teams.

Pay

The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $130,900 - $251,900 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 $165,600 - $272,300 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.