Field Integrated Marketing Manager at Microsoft

• The Sales Enablement & Operations (SE&O) team plays an essential role in translating Microsoft’s Commercial Strategy to a local execution plan and driving operational excellence to achieve the greatest results possible. Our team drives cross-Area and cross-Subsidiary insight and execution excellence, bringing strategy and priorities to life by accelerating the pace of transformation and enabling Microsoft to deliver business impact at scale.
• The Field Integrated Marketing Manager (IMM) leads integrated marketing strategies and plans leveraging and scaling global go-to-market approaches and augmenting with local activities to deliver delightful customer experiences that drive business outcomes (including customer acquisition, nurture and consumption). You will be known as the marketing expert on your Solution Area, using data and insights to ensure positioning and messaging is clear, distinctive and differentiated by audience and educates our customers on how they can achieve more with Microsoft products. You are an evangelist of marketing transformation, responsible for landing the cutting-edge marketing innovations being developed at Microsoft for your region. You will have the opportunity to develop your leadership skills advising Sales and Marketing leaders on marketing strategy. You will also work with Integrated Marketers globally, contributing to global learnings and optimizations by leveraging and sharing global best practices and providing feedback on learnings from your region to Corporate HQ.
• 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
Marketing Planning and Execution

• Drives plans and strategies for integrated marketing plans aligned to targeted business outcomes across business areas. Partners with local teams including Program Marketing Managers (PMMs), Sales, Communications, Finance, and Business Operations to establish the appropriate marketing plan. Ensures local marketing plan leverages Global Demand Center (GDC) strategy, execution frameworks and marketing technology (MarTech) capabilities to drive business priorities (e.g., customer adds, lead generation) via local marketing engines (e.g., digital, social, email, events). Aligns marketing tactics to marketing objectives (e.g., acquisition, nurture, re-engagement) and relevant metrics. Collaborates with GDC team and area stakeholders to align Marketing plans to GDC strategy, capabilities, and engines. Gathers and shares back internal and external feedback about the quality of the plan.
• Delivers and optimizes marketing plan based on insights and local market knowledge. Interprets and provides recommendations for reports and analyses of customer metrics for their impact on the local market. Leverages corporate customer targeting, segmentation tools and various metrics to provide recommendations to continually update and improve on customer experiences (e.g., optimize segments, spend, performance, improve digital channels). Aligns digital engine plan with critical company focuses such as privacy, accessibility, and compliance. Lands local events and campaigns that are aligned to the global-event framework, leveraging appropriate target lists and digital tools.

Measurement

• Analyzes marketing performance and marketing spend reports, to identify and share insights that may affect marketing and business-planning decision making through a regular rhythm of business (ROB) of reporting and business review meetings. Provides data-driven insights leveraging available Global Demand Center (GDC) tools and dashboards to optimize marketing strategy and delivery. Takes action based on insights from corporate data, with guidance as needed. Connects data insights with deep knowledge of local market trends. Promotes local adoption and usage of global available tools. Incorporates inclusive marketing and accessibility principles, best practices, and tools in the execution of marketing initiatives. Partners with the GDC team to create and improve tools if additional needs are uncovered.

Marketing Operations

• Drives the Rhythm of Connection (RoC) with local stakeholders to ensure alignment and adoption of Global Demand Center (GDC) strategies and messaging. Maintains and reviews marketing-related spending against planned estimates. Reviews any marketing budget or spend management governance. Ensures event or campaign delivery is consistent with marketing plan and is progressing appropriately. Reviews marketing activities and local website properties for any gaps with global guidance and compliance standards (e.g., accessibility, privacy, security, area company brand) as well as local compliance standards. Executes standardized, scalable, compliant, and efficient marketing execution by leveraging global capabilities, engines, and tools via MSC (Marketing Service Central) in partnership with Global Demand Center (GDC) stakeholders. Contributes to the development of strategic responses to specific market strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, threats, and/or trends.

Other

• Embody our culture and values

Qualifications
Required/Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Business, Marketing, Communications, Economics, Public Relations, or related field AND 5+ years integrated marketing (e.g., campaign planning and execution, digital marketing), event management, program management, marketing operations (including campaign reporting and analysis), or related work experience
• OR equivalent experience.

Additional Or Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Business, Marketing, Communications, Economics, Public Relations, or related field AND 7+ years integrated marketing (e.g., campaign planning and execution, digital marketing), event management, program management, marketing operations (including campaign reporting and analysis), or related work experience
• OR equivalent experience.