Senior Partner Community Manager
About The Position
Microsoft is seeking a Senior Partner Community Manager to lead security partner communities and programs. The role manages initiatives that help Microsoft’s top partners grow their businesses and work with Microsoft to protect customers from cybersecurity threats. It coordinates partner engagement, marketing, and events to support co-selling and co-marketing, and sets marketing strategy across sales and technical engagements. The position also drives go-to-market development for the partner ecosystem, promotes partner brands inside and outside Microsoft, supports partner badging and awards, and contributes to long-term go-to-market and incentive investments. This program-level leadership role works across events, partner tooling, and integrated marketing to improve partner experiences and execution. It articulates and drives the long-term vision for the security partner ecosystem, using industry knowledge and technical fluency to influence stakeholders and deliver high-quality experiences across multiple events and platforms.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Business, Marketing, Communications, Economics, Public Relations, or a related field and 3+ years of relevant experience in integrated marketing, event management, marketing strategy, business planning, marketing operations, or related work; or equivalent experience.
- Clear, informed point of view on effective community engagement and building a strong brand, partner satisfaction, and brand fan base.
- Demonstrated experience directing agency partners across web, mobile, and event management disciplines, including owning relationships, setting direction, maintaining quality standards, and guiding team cohesiveness.
- Experience working with engineering or product teams to scope co-management of partner requirements for obtaining co-marketing benefits from Microsoft.
- Ability to translate experience needs into technical requirements and roadmap inputs.
- Proven ability to lead through influence across senior stakeholders in complex, matrixed organizations.
- Background in event marketing or event technology platforms, including familiarity with mobile event applications.
- Experience contributing to or owning a product or platform roadmap.
- Competitive analysis experience with a track record of translating findings into strategic action.
- Familiarity with Microsoft brand standards or an equivalent enterprise design system.
Nice To Haves
- Master’s degree in Business, Marketing, Communications, Economics, Public Relations, or a related field and 2+ years of relevant experience; or a bachelor’s degree in one of these fields and 5+ years of relevant experience; or equivalent experience.
- Experience directing agencies across web, mobile, and event management disciplines.
- Experience working with engineering or product teams on partner requirements for co-marketing benefits.
- Experience with event technology platforms and mobile event applications.
- Experience contributing to or owning a product or platform roadmap.
- Competitive analysis experience.
- Familiarity with Microsoft brand standards or an equivalent enterprise design system.
Responsibilities
- Own partner community strategy for the Microsoft Intelligent Security Association and Partner Advisory Councils.
- Align with partner field marketing and engineering on designations, specializations, badges, community support programs, and public award strategies.
- Run managed community programs to drive co-marketing, co-selling, technical readiness, and brand evangelism.
- Generate active, positive partner engagement that jointly delivers Microsoft security product value propositions to customers.
- Embody Microsoft’s Culture & Values.
- Coordinate partner engagement, marketing, and events to help partners co-sell and co-market with Microsoft.
- Drive end-to-end go-to-market development to foster the partner ecosystem and raise partner brand awareness internally and externally.
- Support partner badging and awards programs and help develop long-term go-to-market and incentive investments.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
