Microsoft-posted 3 months ago
$155,800 - $277,200/Yr
Full-time • Senior
Atlanta, GA
5,001-10,000 employees
Publishing Industries

As businesses transform digitally, cyber security is increasingly important at all levels within our customer base. Helping security teams represents an opportunity to Microsoft to both protect customers and grow what is already a substantial business. Microsoft Defender is an industry leading extended detection and response (XDR) protection capability and Defender for Cloud is specifically focused on protection of multi-cloud assets. We are looking for a Sr Director Microsoft Defender for Cloud - Cloud Security. Our high performing, collaborative marketing team members love working with each other, we value a positive team dynamic and know that diverse perspectives will help all of us learn, grow, and deliver better business outcomes. We embrace trying new things and learn and celebrate any outcome. Our team takes pride in our togetherness, and you will add to that dynamic. In this role, you will manage the team responsible for leading the team of folks who cover cloud security and specifically Defender for Cloud. Your job is to inspire, motivate, and learn from your team of product marketers. Each team member works with engineering teams to influence product and to bring to market innovation, tells stories through rich content creation, and has an eye on strategy looking left to right across field, partner, sales, competition, and engineering for opportunities to optimize the funnel for growth. You bring the team together, optimize the synergies between the component technologies as the product to provide customers with an integrated and consistent experience across the funnel. Ability to influence engineering teams, persistence and good business smarts including knowledge of consumption business models and desire to simplify are essential. This space is undergoing transformation in multiple ways, and this is an opportunity to not only deliver value to customers but build your career as you set up Microsoft for future success. 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.

  • Manage the team responsible for leading cloud security and specifically Defender for Cloud.
  • Inspire, motivate, and learn from your team of product marketers.
  • Work with engineering teams to influence product and bring to market innovation.
  • Create rich content and tell compelling stories that articulate strategy, benefits, and differentiation.
  • Optimize synergies between component technologies to provide an integrated customer experience.
  • Drive participation in key analyst deliverables and engagements.
  • Support the field sales process in both Azure and Security.
  • Ensure Microsoft Defender for Cloud is represented at first party events.
  • Own competitive perspective and outcomes in partnership with the compete team.
  • Build a culture consistent with broader team culture focusing on diversity and collaboration.
  • Master's Degree in Marketing, Computer Science, Business or related field AND 6+ years experience marketing commercial software to business users and IT OR Bachelor's Degree in Marketing, Computer Science, Business or related field AND 8+ years experience marketing commercial software to business users and IT OR equivalent experience.
  • 6+ years people management experience.
  • Experience creating and delivering world class marketing content, including value proposition, evidence, blogs, whitepapers & presentations.
  • Experience translating solutions understanding into a compelling story for customers.
  • Experience in product marketing or product management with specific experience influencing product roadmap.
  • Master's Degree in Marketing, Computer Science, Business or related field AND 12+ years experience marketing commercial software to business users and IT OR Bachelor's Degree in Marketing, Computer Science, Business or related field AND 15+ years experience marketing commercial software to business users and IT OR equivalent experience.
  • 8+ years people management experience.
  • Experience with Microsoft applications.
  • Experience analyzing and diagnosing complex product and business challenges.
  • Build your team members careers and bring together the story beyond individual silos.
  • Inspire excellence from your team members.
  • Deliver product marketing content to Chief Information Security Officers (CISOs) and security practitioners.
  • Drive technical demos for Defender for Cloud.
  • Ensure Security Copilot is integrated for an AI first story.
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