About this role

Overview We are looking for a Senior Product Marketing Manager to help shape the future of Microsoft Azure and drive the success of our cloud and AI businesses.Microsoft Azure powers innovation for organizations around the world, spanning cloud infrastructure, data and analytics, developer services, and AI platforms, including Microsoft Fabric and Microsoft Foundry. As part of the Azure marketing team, you will help shape how our products evolve, compete, and deliver customer value.In this role, you will lead product marketing for an assigned product, solution, or business area. You will combine technical experience, customer insights, competitive intelligence, and business analysis to influence product strategy, investment priorities, and growth.Working closely with engineering and program management teams, you will develop a deep understanding of product capabilities, technical architectures, deployment models, and customer implementation scenarios. You will translate complex technologies into differentiated positioning and compelling narratives, evaluate competitive solutions and emerging technology trends, and help shape product roadmaps and long-term strategy. You will engage with go-to-market teams providing strategic direction, including product positioning, launches, technical content, customer engagement, and sales and partner enablement. Beyond launch, you will assess product performance, adoption, competitive position, and commercial opportunities to drive the long-term health and growth of the business.This candidate will have technical depth, strategic business judgment, customer empathy, and the ability to execute. You will engage credibly with engineers, influence senior stakeholders, and communicate complex ideas clearly to technical and business audiences. This is an opportunity to shape Microsoft's cloud and AI portfolio, influence products used by organizations worldwide, and deliver lasting business impact.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.In alignment with our Microsoft values, we are committed to cultivating an inclusive work environment for all employees to positively impact our culture every day. Responsibilities <ul style="direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed; margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in;" type="disc"><li style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; vertical-align: middle; color: black;">Shape product strategy: Partner with product management and engineering to understand technical capabilities, architectures, deployment models, and customer scenarios. Apply market and customer insights to influence product roadmaps, priorities, and investment decisions.</li><li style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; vertical-align: middle; color: black;">Drive market and competitive intelligence: Analyze customer needs, competing technologies, emerging trends, and market dynamics to identify opportunities, anticipate industry shifts, and inform product differentiation and business strategy.</li><li style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; vertical-align: middle; color: black;">Develop differentiated positioning: Create compelling value propositions, messaging, and technical narratives that translate complex Azure technologies into clear customer benefits for technical and business audiences.</li><li style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; vertical-align: middle; color: black;">Lead go-to-market strategy and execution: Define audience and segment priorities, lead product launches, and develop integrated marketing strategies, content, and sales and partner enablement to drive awareness, adoption, and growth.</li><li style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; vertical-align: middle; color: black;">Drive long-term business health: Evaluate product performance, customer adoption, competitive position, and commercial opportunities. Use data, customer feedback, and experimentation to identify growth opportunities, address adoption barriers, and improve business outcomes.</li><li style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; vertical-align: middle; color: black;">Build market credibility: Develop customer evidence, engage industry analysts and influencers, and represent Microsoft at industry events to strengthen product awareness, differentiation, and market leadership.</li><li style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; vertical-align: middle; color: black;">Lead through influence: Work across engineering, sales, marketing, and partner teams to align priorities, drive execution, and communicate strategic recommendations, results, and business risks to senior stakeholders.</li><li style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; vertical-align: middle;">Embody our <a href="https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/about/corporate-values">Culture </a>and <a href="https://careers.microsoft.com/us/en/culture">Values</a></li></ul> Qualifications Required/minimum qualifications<ul style="direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed; margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in;" type="circle"><li style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; vertical-align: middle; color: #242424;">Master's Degree in in Marketing, Computer Science, Business or related field AND 3+ years experience in product marketing or other enterprise technology related roles</li><ul style="direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed; margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in;" type="disc"><li style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; vertical-align: middle; color: #242424;">OR Bachelor's Degree in Marketing, Computer Science, Business or related field AND 5+ years experience in product marketing or other enterprise technology related roles</li><li style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; vertical-align: middle; color: #242424;">OR equivalent experience.</li></ul></ul> Additional or preferred qualifications<ul style="direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed; margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in;" type="circle"><li style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; vertical-align: middle; color: #242424;">Master's Degree in Marketing, Computer Science, Business or related field AND 6+ years experience in product marketing or other enterprise technology related roles</li><ul style="direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed; margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in;" type="disc"><li style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; vertical-align: middle; color: #242424;">OR Bachelor's Degree in Marketing, Computer Science, Business or related field AND 8+ years experience in product marketing or other enterprise technology related roles</li><li style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; vertical-align: middle; color: #242424;">OR equivalent experience.</li></ul></ul><ul style="direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed; margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in;" type="circle"><li style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; vertical-align: middle; color: #1a1a1a;">Experience in marketing, positioning and messaging, customer and market insight, competitive differentiation, GTM planning, launches, enablement and measurement. </li><li style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; vertical-align: middle; color: #1a1a1a;">Experience partnering across product, engineering, sales, marketing, partner, customer success, or business teams to deliver shared outcomes.</li><li style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; vertical-align: middle; color: #1a1a1a;">Experience translating strategy into executable go-to-market plans, readiness, enablement, campaigns, field or partner motions, and measurable business outcomes.</li><li style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; vertical-align: middle; color: #1a1a1a;">Experience marketing cloud platforms, developer tools, data and AI services, infrastructure, security, business applications, or enterprise software.</li><li style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; vertical-align: middle; color: #1a1a1a;">Experience working with technical audiences and collaborating directly with product managers, engineers, architects, researchers, or developers.</li><li style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; vertical-align: middle; color: #1a1a1a;">Experience with the product lifecycle, pricing and packaging, monetization, customer adoption, or commercial models for technology products.</li><li style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; vertical-align: middle; color: #1a1a1a;">Experience with global, multi-audience, partner-led, or enterprise go-to-market programs</li></ul> 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: <a href="https://careers.microsoft.com/us/en/us-corporate-pay">https://careers.microsoft.com/us/en/us-corporate-pay</a> This position will be open for a minimum of 5 days, with applications accepted on an ongoing basis until the position is filled. <hr> Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. 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 with religious accommodations and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application process, read more about <a href="https://careers.microsoft.com/v2/global/en/accessibility.html">requesting accommodations.</a>