Senior Director of Product Marketing - Agent 365

Microsoft•Redmond, WA

6d•$155,800 - $303,600

About The Position

Microsoft is seeking a Senior Director of Product Marketing to lead the Agent 365 Core Product Marketing team. Agent 365 is a unified control plane that helps organizations manage, govern, secure, and optimize AI agents at scale. This leader will shape the portfolio strategy, value proposition, and product narrative across IT and security scenarios, agent management and observability, governance, developer and partner ecosystems, and cost and performance optimization. The role leads a team of product marketers and partners closely with product and engineering leaders across Microsoft. It translates customer, market, competitive, field, partner, and business insights into product direction, differentiated positioning, and compelling launches for technical, business, and partner audiences. The position calls for technical product marketing expertise, strategic judgment, and thorough people leadership, including the ability to navigate ambiguity, build trust, clarify complex technology, and foster an inclusive, high-performing culture. The primary location is Redmond, Washington, with three additional eligible locations. Candidates who do not reside in one of the four areas will be relocated to Redmond. The role is classified as Product Marketing M6. The typical U.S. base pay range is $155,800–$277,200 per year; the range for the San Francisco Bay Area and New York City metropolitan area is $202,400–$303,600 per year. The position will be open for at least five days, with applications accepted on an ongoing basis until filled.

Requirements

Master's degree in Marketing, Computer Science, Business, or a related field and at least 6 years of product marketing or product strategy experience for enterprise software, cloud platforms, security, management, developer, or AI products, including work from early product definition through launch and scaled adoption; or bachelor's degree in one of these fields and at least 8 years of such experience; or equivalent experience.
At least 6 years of people management experience.
Experience engaging with Product Management and Engineering and translating technology into clear customer scenarios, differentiated value propositions, and compelling narratives.
Experience creating an integrated portfolio or platform strategy across multiple products, teams, or technology domains, including resolving gaps and aligning stakeholders around shared priorities and outcomes.
Experience using customer research, market insight, competitive intelligence, field feedback, and data to influence product roadmaps and marketing strategy.
Experience developing positioning, messaging, product narratives, launch strategies, and technical or executive-facing content for enterprise technology.

Nice To Haves

Master's degree in Marketing, Computer Science, Business, or a related field and at least 12 years of product marketing or product strategy experience for enterprise software, cloud platforms, security, management, developer, or AI products, including work from early product definition through launch and scaled adoption; or bachelor's degree in one of these fields and at least 15 years of such experience; or equivalent experience.
At least 8 years of people management experience.
At least 10 years of product marketing, product management, or equivalent experience in cloud, SaaS, cybersecurity, identity, compliance, IT management, developer platforms, or enterprise AI.
Experience with AI agents, agentic architectures, AI governance, observability, identity and access, data security, threat protection, enterprise administration, or AI cost and performance management.
Experience leading a version 1 product or new product category from incubation or preview through general availability and early market development.
Experience shaping products and narratives spanning IT and Security buyers and practitioners, with an understanding of how their requirements intersect and differ.
Experience establishing customer advisory programs, technical previews, design partnerships, or other mechanisms that systematically connect customer insight to product decisions.
Experience representing a technical portfolio in executive customer meetings, analyst briefings, industry events, press engagements, or other high-visibility forums.
Experience within the Microsoft 365, Microsoft Security, Azure, or broader Microsoft AI ecosystem.

Responsibilities

Own the core product marketing strategy for Agent 365 and establish a cohesive portfolio point of view across product pillars, customer scenarios, audiences, and contributing engineering organizations.
Partner with Product Management, Engineering, Design, research, business planning, and product marketing leaders to influence product direction, priorities, packaging, and roadmap decisions using customer, market, competitive, field, and partner insight.
Define end-to-end customer scenarios and product truths connecting Agent 365 capabilities across observability, management, governance, security, FinOps, and related experiences.
Identify product and experience gaps, overlaps, dependencies, and inconsistencies, and mobilize leaders and teams to resolve them in service of a coherent customer experience.
Guide features and portfolio experiences from incubation and preview through launch, adoption, and ongoing evolution, with clear success measures and readiness criteria.
Establish a systematic voice-of-customer approach that incorporates the needs of IT administrators, security professionals, developers, business leaders, partners, and SMB customers into product planning and prioritization.
Create and steward Agent 365's differentiated value proposition, positioning, and narrative for IT and security leaders, developers, business leaders, partners, and SMB customers.
Ensure pillar-level product narratives reinforce the overall Agent 365 promise while retaining the depth and specificity needed by technical buyers and practitioners.
Lead market and competitive analysis for agent management, governance, security, observability, developer platforms, and AI operations, and translate insights into product choices and differentiated customer value.
Partner with messaging, growth, analyst relations, communications, events, field, and partner teams to ensure product truth is consistently represented in launches, demos, content, enablement, and customer engagements.
Represent Agent 365 with senior customers, partners, analysts, press, and internal leadership, and use those engagements to inform product and marketing strategy.
Define product evidence and proof points that strengthen customer confidence and establish Microsoft's leadership in enterprise agent control and governance.
Integrate across Microsoft 365, Copilot, Entra, Purview, Defender, Intune, Windows, Copilot Studio, Foundry, Azure, and other contributing teams, aligning leaders around shared priorities and customer outcomes.
Build trusted relationships with product, engineering, marketing, sales, finance, and business-planning leaders; surface trade-offs early and drive decisions across organizational boundaries.
Bring clarity and momentum to ambiguous, fast-moving work while balancing long-term platform strategy with near-term product and launch commitments.
Communicate complex product, market, and organizational issues to executive audiences with precision and sound judgment, including recommendations, risks, decisions, and next actions.
Connect teams around a common vision and outcomes while respecting contributing organizations' distinct expertise, responsibilities, and customer commitments.
Lead, coach, and develop a high-performing product marketing team covering Agent 365 product pillars and critical investment areas.
Establish clear team priorities, roles, decision rights, and standards of excellence while enabling individual ownership, experimentation, growth, and visible impact.
Build an inclusive, connected team culture grounded in trust, customer obsession, technical curiosity, candid feedback, collaboration, and accountability.
Develop the team's product marketing craft, technical depth, strategic thinking, executive communication, and ability to influence across complex organizations.
Attract, retain, and grow diverse talent; recognize individual strengths and aspirations, provide actionable coaching, and create development and succession opportunities.
Build shared context, collective accountability, and mechanisms for team members to contribute to the broader Agent 365 strategy.
Model leadership that combines high standards with empathy, removes barriers for the team, and creates conditions for people to do their best work.
Embody Microsoft's culture and values.