Senior Product Marketing Manager

This is a rare and high-impact opportunity to join the Microsoft Azure Solutions Marketing team as a Senior Product Marketing Manager! You will drive to-partner and through-partner marketing work for the Migrate and Modernize Solution Play (SP), which is the biggest revenue driver for Azure. Partners are integral to driving growth in this highest revenue solution area in Azure. This role will contribute greatly to shaping partner strategy, crafting scale-partner messaging & Bill of Material (BOM), and co-designing large scale partner Go-to-Market motions & specializations. We need someone who can think critically to craft the right strategies to drive partner-led growth as well as someone with a deep appreciation for the craft of product/partner marketing to define compelling messages and scale them to/through our ecosystem.

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Unique Accountabilities:

• Create end to end to-partner integrated marketing plans, leveraging known 1st and 3rd party channels, while innovating to capture partner mindshare
• Develop and refine Solution play go-to-market strategies through Partners - incl Partner Led vs Field Led needs, market research, targeting, partner journey needs, investment mix/levers
• Lead Partner Solution Play enablement strategy, evidence and SP Core BOM landing and to-partner communication of key Solution Play (or hero product) moments
• Create to-partner value prop and integrate it throughout integrated marketing plan
• Support first party partner event experience - preday, content, pre/post marketing and demand gen planning (Build/Ignite/AI Tour)
• Ongoing market insights, trend identification, and competitive insights

Core deliverables:

• Create high quality partner value propositions -- compellingly outlining their opportunity and how to capture it
• Build To-Partner Bill of Materials with key assets for each solution play priority -- including core pitches, web experiences, and partner evidence
• Ensure high quality through Partner BOM (Campaign in a Box) creation and delivery at scale through partner facing engines (to reach their end customers)-- Define To-partner marketing plans for solution priorities
• Create and land to-partner communication for news, digital events, and announcements relevant to solution play priorities
• Lead partner pre-days and session track definitions, drive session track content at hero events (incl. Migrate and Modernize summit, Microsoft Ignite, AI Tour for Partners)
• Drive Solution Play Partner Advisory Council agenda and members - track definition and session content
• Shape partner skilling enablement strategy and content alignment to solution play priorities

Other

• Embody ourcultureandvalues.

Required/minimum qualifications

Product Marketing IC4 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $106,400 - $203,600 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 $137,600 - $222,600 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

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

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