Microsoft

Director, Digital Experience

Microsoft$130K — $251K *
Consumer Technology
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Master's or Bachelor's Degree in relevant fields with significant experience in retail, ecommerce, or related sectors.
  • 7+ years in go-to-market strategy or similar roles, showcasing expertise in digital marketing management.
  • 4+ years of project or vendor management experience to ensure timely execution of initiatives.
  • Strong grasp of information architecture and analytics to drive conversion and customer engagement.
  • Proven ability to lead cross-functional teams and collaborate with various stakeholders on complex projects.

Responsibilities

  • Set a holistic web strategy including measurable goals and initiatives for the Devices business across multiple locales.
  • Own and manage the end-to-end web launches, determining success metrics and aligning outcomes with business goals.
  • Deliver data-driven narratives to leadership, guiding investment choices through web insights and customer understanding.
  • Coordinate across various web verticals to develop a unified strategy focusing on search engine optimization and content delivery.
  • Design a seamless consumer journey that avoids confusion and enhances user experience across platforms.
  • Leverage AI tools to enhance website personalization and enhance operational efficiency.

Benefits

  • Comprehensive healthcare coverage for employees and dependents.
  • Generous paid time off and holiday leave.
  • 401(k) retirement plan with company matching contributions.
  • Employee discounts and perks across various products and services.
  • Opportunities for professional development and career advancement.
Full Job Description
Overview

We are seeking a strategic Director, Digital Experience to lead the Web UX Digital Strategy & Design with a growth mindset to own the end to end consumer web strategy for our Devices business. This leader defines the overall web experience, leveraging customer research, traffic data, and experimentation to deliver awareness, consideration, and retailer handoff for Microsoft's consumer brands. The ideal candidate combines product thinking, storytelling, and data fluency, and can orchestrate cross functional teams to deliver business objectives using web strategies.

Responsibilities

Web strategy authorship: Set the web strategy across consumer brands, including goals, narratives, and the path to measurable business impact across 20+ locales. Convert this to an annual initiative roadmap that sequences tools, experiments, and content to support business goals.

Lead web launches: Own the end-to-end web experience for product and feature releases, setting vision, success metrics, and the operating model with measurable business outcomes. Use web insights to shape product. Convert customer behavior data into upstream influence on product roadmaps, positioning, and naming.

Influence leaders and partners: Deliver executive-ready narratives that connect web insights to investment choices and inform quarterly and seasonal decisions. Champion the customer experience. Make principled decisions that protect clarity, accessibility, and trust even when doing so requires short-term tradeoffs.

Orchestrate web verticals: Act as the strategy hub across organic search and answer engine optimization, content strategy, design, development, delivery, and experimentation to land a single prioritized plan for Devices.

Design the consumer-commercial cross-journey: Define wayfinding, eligibility rules, and handoffs that route customers to the right path without confusion or duplication.

Apply AI to accelerate web results: Identify opportunities to use AI for personalization and workflow acceleration.

Qualifications

Required/minimum qualifications

  • Master's Degree in Business, Marketing, Economics, Social Science, Computer Science, Information Technology, Communications, Liberal Arts, or related field AND 5+ years experience in retail, customer service, ecommerce, data science, research, marketing or business-related roles OR Bachelor's Degree in Business, Marketing, Economics, Social Science, Computer Science, Information Technology, Communications, Liberal Arts, or related field AND 6+ years experience in retail, customer service, ecommerce, data science, research, marketing or business-related roles OR equivalent experience.


Additional or preferred qualifications

  • Master's Degree in Business, Marketing, Economics, Social Science, Computer Science, Information Technology, Communications, Liberal Arts, or related field AND 8+ years experience in retail, customer service, ecommerce, data science, research, marketing or business-related roles OR Bachelor's Degree in Business, Marketing, Economics, Social Science, Computer Science, Information Technology Communications, Liberal Arts, or related field AND 12+ years experience in retail, customer service, ecommerce, data science, research, marketing or business-related roles OR equivalent experience.
  • 7+ years experience in go to market (GTM), marketing strategy, business planning, or similar roles.
  • 7+ years experience in integrated, digital or product marketing management.
  • 4+ years project/vendor management experience.
  • Deep understanding of information architecture, page strategy, funnels, attribution, and Core Web Vitals. Ability to define success measures, conduct experiments, and use insights to inform roadmap decisions.
  • Demonstrated experience leading cross-functional collaboration across design, engineering, analytics, and retail stakeholders.
  • Experience applying AI to support content scaling, recommendations, or workflow optimization within established governance frameworks.
  • Ability to communicate complex concepts clearly and support informed decision-making with executive audiences.
  • Demonstrated experience managing creative, design, development, and marketing technology partners to deliver marketing solutions.
  • Skilled at developing outcome-based Statements of Work (SOWs) and managing vendor deliverables related to quality, timeliness, and business outcomes.
  • Experience supporting a multi-brand or multi-category device portfolio across global markets and locales, including right-to-left (RTL) languages.
  • Experience collaborating with agencies and systems integrators to pilot new approaches and support innovation aligned with business objectives.
  • Experience working in agile environments and supporting scaled content operations.


eCommerce IC5 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $130,900 - $251,900 per year. There is a different range applicable to specific work locations, within the San Francisco Bay area and New York City metropolitan area, and the base pay range for this role in those locations is USD $165,600 - $272,300 per year.

Certain roles may be eligible for benefits and other compensation. Find additional benefits and pay information here:
https://careers.microsoft.com/us/en/us-corporate-pay

This position will be open for a minimum of 5 days, with applications accepted on an ongoing basis until the position is filled.

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Microsoft is an American multinational corporation that develops, manufactures, licenses, supports, and sells a range of software products and services. Microsoft’s devices and consumer (D&C) licensing segment licenses the Windows operating system and related software, Microsoft Office for consumers, and the Windows Phone operating system. The company’s computing and gaming hardware segment provides Xbox gaming and entertainment consoles and accessories, second-party and third-party video games, and Xbox Live subscriptions; surface devices and accessories; and Microsoft PC accessories. Its phone hardware segment offers Lumia smartphones and other non-Lumia phones. Its D&C segment provides Windows Store, Xbox Live transactions, and Windows phone store; search advertising; display advertising; Office 365 Home and Office 365 Personal; first-party video games; and other consumer products and services as well as operating retail stores. Microsoft’s commercial licensing segments license server products, including Windows Server, Microsoft SQL Server, Visual Studio, System Center, and related Client Access Licenses (CALs); Windows Embedded; Windows operating system; Microsoft Office for business, including Office, Exchange, SharePoint, Lync, and related CALs; Microsoft Dynamics business solutions; and Skype. Its commercial segment offers enterprise services, including premier support services and Microsoft consulting services; commercial cloud comprising Office 365 Commercial, other Microsoft Office online offerings, Dynamics CRM Online, and Microsoft Azure; and other commercial products and online services. The company markets and distributes its products through original equipment manufacturers, distributors, and resellers, as well as online.

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Net Income
$51.3 billion
Founded
1975
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