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Senior Manager, Creative Agency Management Job at Microsoft in Redmond
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Senior Manager, Creative Agency Management Job at Microsoft in Redmond

Senior Manager, Creative Agency Management Job at Microsoft in Redmond

Mediabistro • Redmond, WA, United States
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Senior Manager, Creative Agency Management

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We are seeking a strategic, impact‑oriented Senior Manager, Creative Agency Management to join the Marketing Services team as part of the Global Marketing Engines & Experiences organization. In this role you will shape and advance Microsoft’s agency management practice, develop innovative creative agency models, and drive a Frontier Marketing mindset.

Key responsibilities include :

  • Build and maintain a high‑performing creative agency roster driven by stakeholder needs, fostering strong relationships with internal teams and external partners and adapting to market trends and emerging technologies.
  • Lead the definition of vision and strategy for agency change, communication and interaction across the organization, ensuring effective change‑management processes.
  • Provide insight and evaluate success criteria and performance metrics, using scorecards and dashboards to monitor creative agency health across the portfolio.
  • Evaluate and enhance agency operational touchpoints, integrating data‑driven insights into business scorecards and performance metrics to deliver measurable impact.
  • Share best practices across commercial stakeholder and agency portfolio to socialize policies, processes, and ways of working.
  • Develop and implement strategies to optimize advertising relationships across Microsoft, enhancing creative impact across all channels, especially social and digital platforms.
  • Stay informed on industry shifts and emerging technologies in the creative agency landscape to recommend forward‑thinking engagement and commercial models.
  • Oversee agency health assessments, collaborative check‑ins, and training programs to ensure compliance and foster growth, innovation, and productive relationships.
  • Embody and promote Microsoft’s culture and values.

Qualifications :

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Business, Operations, Finance, or related field and 6+ years experience in program management, process management, or process improvement (or equivalent experience).
  • 4+ years of experience managing multiple projects and priorities in a fast‑paced, dynamic environment.
  • Analytical and problem‑solving skills.
  • Demonstrated ability to analyze and negotiate agency contracts effectively.
  • Experience managing global relationships; client‑side experience in advertising management.
  • 8+ years experience in media, marketing, or advertising on the client or agency side (preferred).
  • 8+ years experience working across offline and digital media channels (preferred).
  • 8+ years experience managing projects, internal stakeholder management, and road‑mapping (preferred).
  • 8+ years experience paid social expertise on major platforms (preferred).
  • Microsoft will accept applications for the role until October 23, 2025.

    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.

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