Partnership and Activation Manager

Microsoft•Redmond, WA

1d•$68,300 - $137,900

About The Position

We’re building a Frontier marketing organization that learns faster, activates smarter, and delivers measurable outcomes. Our team establishes diverse partnerships with authentic technology implementations and integrates those partnerships across scale marketing engines. We prioritize outcomes over activity, embrace rapid learning loops, and collaborate across organizations and disciplines to show the potential impact of Microsoft’s technology solutions to our partners. To support this transformation, we’re seeking a Partnership and Activation Manager to help bring to life Microsoft’s partnerships – focusing on best-in-class technology implementation and executing exciting and impactful storytelling that showcases innovation and achieves business impact among the partner’s fans. As part of this role, you will focus on coordinating day to day workflows across partners, agencies and internal stakeholders. You’ll help keep campaigns on track by managing timelines, follow ups, and approvals. If you have experience with partnership management, project management, campaigns, go-to-market, or some combination of the four, you would be a good fit for this role. 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.

Requirements

Bachelor's Degree in Business, Marketing, Communications, Economics, Public Relations, or related field OR equivalent experience.
Bachelor's Degree in Business, Marketing, Communications, Economics, Public Relations, or related field AND 1+ year(s) integrated marketing (e.g., digital, relationship, social media, campaign, etc.), event management, marketing strategy, business planning, marketing operations, or related work experience OR equivalent experience.
1+ year(s) sponsorship activation, integrated marketing (e.g., digital, relationship, social media, campaign), event management, marketing strategy, business planning, marketing operations, or related work experience
Partnership or Sponsorship management experience
Campaign development and execution experience with a focus on measurable impact analysis
Project management experience
Experience collaborating cross-functionally

Responsibilities

Support external relationships with sports organizations ensuring effective delivery of partnership objectives.
Collaborate with internal engineering teams or agencies to deliver transformational technology with the partner.
Develop activation plans to drive awareness of partnership and build product consideration/adoption through storytelling and tech engagement.
Execute against rights and assets within partnership agreements.
Support the development and execution of partnership campaigns and activations from briefing to partner engagement to delivery and reporting.
Develop briefs and establish and maintain work back schedules
Support creative reviews
Facilitate internal and partner approvals
Deliver assets to channels on time
Support reporting and insights delivery
Execute optimizations
Support reporting by collecting inputs, tracking key performance indicators (KPIs) performance, and documenting learnings for optimization and greater impact.
Drive visibility internally of partnerships and establish regular cadence of engagement to ensure companywide utilization.
Manage budget ensuring adherence to all targets compliance with procurement policies, and efficient use of resources.
Embody our Culture and Values