Director Product Marketing Manager

Microsoft•Redmond, WA

10d

About The Position

Microsoft’s Commercial Cloud & AI Technical Audience Marketing team connects audience insights with compelling content and experiences that help developers, architects, data professionals, IT professionals, and technical decision makers discover, learn, build, and succeed across Microsoft technologies. The team combines audience insights, technical depth, and storytelling to address practical needs and strengthen understanding, confidence, and adoption. The Director Product Marketing Manager leads content strategy for first-party events such as Microsoft Build, Microsoft Ignite, and AI Tour. The role translates technical audience needs and business priorities into compelling stories and content that support learning and customer engagement across Microsoft technologies. It owns content direction and priorities and partners cross-functionally to deliver relevant, high-quality experiences with measurable impact. The role is part of Microsoft’s mission to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more, and supports an inclusive work environment grounded in respect, integrity, accountability, growth mindset, innovation, and collaboration.

Requirements

Master’s degree in Marketing, Computer Science, Business, or a related field and 4+ years of experience in business; or bachelor’s degree in one of those fields and 6+ years of experience in business; or equivalent experience.
Ability to understand technical audience needs, address practical scenarios, and partner effectively with subject-matter experts.
Ability to build cross-functional partnerships, influence senior stakeholders, and manage competing priorities.
Ability to explain complex technical topics clearly and relevantly while preserving technical depth through storytelling and communication skills.
Ability to use audience insights and performance data to inform marketing decisions and evaluate results.

Nice To Haves

8+ years of experience in product marketing, content strategy, or technical audience marketing, with demonstrated ownership of strategy and priorities across stakeholder groups.
Experience creating content for technical audiences.
Experience leading content strategy for major technical events.
Experience engaging developers, architects, data professionals, IT professionals, or technical decision makers through content about Microsoft technologies.
Experience with customer storytelling, technical content quality, and content that supports learning, engagement, and adoption.

Responsibilities

Lead content strategy for flagship events across Microsoft technologies, aligning themes, messaging, and technical depth with audience needs and business priorities.
Influence content priorities and investment decisions across a broad set of products and solutions.
Evaluate audience research, customer feedback, and market insights to identify practical scenarios and learning needs; translate findings into content recommendations and differentiated audience experiences.
Develop compelling narratives, messaging, and customer stories that connect technical capabilities to real-world scenarios.
Align stakeholders on content priorities and develop integrated content, presentations, and demo plans.
Build partnerships and serve as a trusted advisor across Product Marketing, Skilling, Developer Relations, Engineering, Community, and Events.
Lead cross-team initiatives to deliver technically accurate, high-quality content and consistent audience experiences.
Define content strategy for the end-to-end customer journey before, during, and after flagship events.
Partner across teams to deliver storytelling and learning experiences that extend customer engagement, adoption, and advocacy beyond events.
Define success criteria and performance metrics for content quality, learning, engagement, and business impact.
Use performance data and audience feedback to share insights, address gaps, and improve future flagship-event content.