Marketing Manager, Strategic Planning

Come join the commercial Cloud Marketing team at Microsoft as a Marketing Manager, Strategic Planning to lead our new strategic planning function across our all key businesses, including Azure, Microsoft 365 and Dynamics 365.

Interested in learning more about this job Scroll down and find out what skills, experience and educational qualifications are needed.

Part of the Global Demand Center, this role will be developing and facilitating our annual and quarterly planning rhythms to align across all of our marketing organizations including product marketing, GTM, and integrated marketing.

We are looking for someone who loves organizing and creating structure, who has a proven track record of developing processes, systems, and structures that allow others to be successful.

You will ideate and innovate to advance our planning process and how we represent business impact aligned to our planning priorities.

You will manage and maintain senior level executive relationships across marketing and sales roles to drive unity and alignment during the planning process.

About the Global Demand Center (GDC)

The GDC is a large-scale customer acquisition and global lifecycle engine. We strive for high business impact and continual process improvements and global impact through digital marketing, automation and AI.

Our mission aligns with Microsoft’s goal of empowering every person and organization to achieve more. Join us in creating a culture of inclusion, innovation, and collaboration where everyone can thrive!

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

Planning Framework Creation. You will help create the end-to-end planning process across a complex set of stakeholders to ensure quality, consistency, and clarity as our business leaders go into annual and quarterly planning process.

This will include creating planning frameworks, guiding principles, and ensuring alignment across all our business stakeholders.

• Annual and Quarterly Planning Leadership. You will guide our partners and stakeholders through the planning process, oversee Solution Play Governance, and drive innovation on how we run, professionalize, and streamline our planning process.
• Communications. Effective clear communications will ensure stakeholders are aligned on key deliverables and timelines to ensure timely Executive reviews and global program launches.
• Plan Measurement & Performance. You will also help how we report back out on our plan performance and business impact with quarterly executive reviews.
• Innovation. Help bring new tools, tech, and AI to the forefront of our planning process.

Other

Embody our culture and values.

Qualifications

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Business, Operations, Marketing or related field AND 4+ years experience in product management, strategy consulting, business / corporate development, technology-related marketing, program management, professional services, process management, or process improvement.
• 4+ years experience leading B2B Marketing, Go-to-Market (GTM) and / or Sales planning process.

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Business, Operations, Marketing or related field AND 6+ years experience in product management, strategy consulting, business / corporate development, technology-related marketing, program management, professional services, process management, or process improvement.
• 6+ years experience in strategic planning across sales and / or marketing with the ability to bring clarity to complex situations, with communications experience.
• A proven track record of working in large, complex matrixed organizations, coordinating across large numbers of stakeholders.
• Growth mindset to continually be learning and improving, along with a passion to help others be successful.

Business Program Management IC4 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $94,600 - $183,800 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 $122,000 - $200,500 per year.

Certain roles may be eligible for benefits and other compensation. Find additional benefits and pay information here.

Microsoft will accept applications for the role until July 11, 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.

J-18808-Ljbffr