Marketing Manager

Job Details

📌 Job Title: Marketing Manager

📍Location: Remote – Fully Remote

⏰ Employment Type: Contract (Till June 30, expected to be a full 18 month contract)

Typical Day in the Role

• The purpose of this the Security for AI Core Product Marketing Team manages messaging and positioning for security and AI products, influencing product strategy through various insights, and creating content for executive reviews and major marketing moments. They collaborate across different teams to navigate complex stakeholder relationships and drive strategic and marketing content projects.

• This role will contribute to supporting the team during a maternity leave period. The focus is on navigating the complexity of security and AI, working with various stakeholders, and driving strategy and marketing content projects

• The role will consist of the following,

50% Meetings: The individual will spend about half of their time in meetings, which are essential for driving the projects they are working on and collaborating with various stakeholders.

50% Focused Work: The remaining half of the day will be dedicated to focused work, including creating deliverables, preparing content for executive reviews, and supporting typical marketing activities such as creating content for sessions, blog posts, and demos.

Compelling Story & Candidate Value Proposition

• What makes this role interesting? - This role is strategically important for securing AI at Microsoft and offers a highly collaborative team culture with strong work-life balance and the role provides significant exposure to Microsoft, enhancing the candidate's resume and experience.

Candidate Requirements

• Years of Experience Required: 10+ overall years of experience in the field.

• Degrees or certifications required: No degree is required to be eligible for this role.

• Disqualifiers: Candidate resumes that are heavily focused on product management or channel marketing rather than core product marketing experience, and candidates with predominantly startup experience and short periods of employment will not be eligible for the role.

• Best vs. Average: The ideal resume would contain three years or more previous Microsoft experience, demonstrated experience leading product launches, indicating their ability to handle all aspects of product marketing, and solid experience in enterprise market environments, as opposed to predominantly startup experience.

• Performance Indicators: Performance will be assessed based on quality of work and stakeholder satisfaction.

Top 3 Hard Skills Required + Years of Experience

1. Minimum 10 years experience with Product Strategy: Experience in influencing product strategy and roadmap.

2. Minimum 10 years experience with GTM (Go-to-Market) Enablement: Experience working with GTM teams to support field enablement.

3. Minimum 10 years experience with Value Proposition Creation: Ability to create value propositions, which is essential for product launches

**Must also be familiar with the full Microsoft suite such as Copilot, Teams, Outlook, PowerPoint, Excel

Summary:

We are seeking a customer-focused experienced Director/Senior Product Marketing Manager to join our collaborative marketing team. Our team members are proficient, work well in a team environment, take ownership, and embrace a growth mindset. In this role, you will be responsible for marketing Microsoft Security solutions that help secure and govern AI. Your primary objectives will include creating marketing content, increasing awareness, influencing product and monetization strategy, and executing go-to-market plans.

This role requires proven storytelling expertise, strategic thinking, business acumen, and a passion for our customers.

To reach our goals in this market, you are focused on the customer and business outcomes and have experience in building partnerships with engineering teams to influence the product roadmap. You can look end-to-end across the business from marketing campaigns to readiness to product strategy to partner to field to competitor to help improve product, deliver offers, land scale through partners and field, and deliver digital marketing.

Responsibilities include:

• Influencing engineering on product roadmap to deliver innovation, ensure competitiveness in the market, and meet customer needs

• Collaborating with business planning on business model decisions and then bringing those to market

• Narrative integration into the broader Security campaign strategy

• Influencing field and partner marketing for enablement and readiness

• Owning and delivering the value proposition of the product in messaging and in content

• Working with customer journey team to amplify Security for AI products

• Deeply understanding competitors and building strategies to address them

• Listening to field input from sellers to influence your marketing motions

• Identifying opportunities to grow the overall Microsoft Security for AI business

Required/minimum qualifications

• 10+ years experience in product marketing

• 3+ years experience of product marketing / product management experience within the cybersecurity or AI space

So calling all top performers,

Exciting Opportunity: This role presents an exciting opportunity to contribute to impactful projects while honing your skills in program management within a dynamic corporate environment. Application Process: To apply for this role, please submit your application online or email your resume, highlighting your relevant experience and qualifications.

About This Posting: This job description is intended to indicate the general nature of work performed. Duties and responsibilities may vary based on specific project needs.

Final Call to Action:

"Don't miss out on this exciting opportunity to join our team and make a meaningful impact! Apply today! Please feel free to drop your resume at Nishant@ifgpr.com."