Microsoft

Director, Events Strategy

Microsoft • $130K — $251K *
Redmond, WA 98052In-Person
Business Services
5 - 7 years of experience
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Qualifications

  • 5+ years experience in event strategy or integrated marketing within a tech environment
  • Bachelor's Degree in Business, Marketing, Communications, or related field preferred
  • 10+ years experience in event strategy or experience design is a plus
  • 8+ years marketing experience in a multinational organization or creative agency
  • 5+ years of designing large-scale technology event programs
  • 5+ years experience with audience strategy and event ROI measurement
  • Experience in cross-functional collaborations

Responsibilities

  • Own and evolve Microsoft Build event strategy framework
  • Translate business objectives into event goals and customer experiences
  • Define success metrics and evaluation frameworks for the conference
  • Deliver insights to enhance the conference experience
  • Lead collaboration across various internal and external teams
  • Ensure integration of Build with Microsoft’s broader event portfolio
  • Partner with teams for clarity and scalability in event execution
  • Embody and promote Microsoft’s Culture and Values

Benefits

  • Comprehensive health benefits
  • Retirement savings plan
  • Employee discounts and perks
  • Generous paid time off
  • Professional development opportunities
Full Job Description
Responsibilities

Strategic Framework Ownership
  • Own and evolve a comprehensive Microsoft Build event strategy framework that aligns to Microsoft's commercial, product, and developer priorities and clearly defines the purpose, role, and success of the conference.

Goal & Audience Alignment
  • Translate business objectives into clear event goals and experiences, ensuring alignment with developer audiences, customer journey stages, product storytelling, and integrated marketing and field plans.

Measurement & Learning
  • Define success metrics, timelines, and evaluation frameworks across reach, engagement, developer satisfaction, product interest, and business outcomes.
  • Deliver insights and learnings from Build to drive continuous improvement of the conference experience.

Stakeholder Engagement & Governance
  • Lead collaboration and alignment across working teams, product groups, developer marketing, field partners, content, production, and extended internal teams.
  • Establish clear communication, governance, and decision paths across the Build planning process.

Portfolio Integration
  • Ensure Build is thoughtfully integrated into Microsoft's broader commercial and developer event portfolio.
  • Architect event designs that connect key moments across in-person, digital, community, and targeted experiences while complementing other flagship and local programs.

Operational Partnership
  • Partner with internal teams to ensure clarity, alignment, and scalability, enabling execution and continuous improvement across the Build experience without owning day-to-day delivery.

Other
  • Embody our Culture and Values


Qualifications

Required/minimum qualifications
  • 5+ years experience in event strategy, integrated marketing, developer marketing, or experience design within a global enterprise or technology environment
    • OR equivalent experience.


Additional or preferred qualifications
  • Bachelor's Degree in Business, Marketing, Communications, Public Relations, Liberal Arts, Performing Arts, or related field AND 10+ years experience in event strategy, integrated marketing, developer marketing, or experience design within a global enterprise or technology environment
    • OR equivalent experience.
  • 8+ years marketing experience in a large multinational organization or creative/media agency.
  • 5+ years of experience designing large-scale flagship, developer, or technology event programs and driving measurable business outcomes
  • 5+ years of experience with audience strategy, measurement frameworks, developer engagement, and event return on investment (ROI)
  • Experience working cross functionally


Events 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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Size
181,000 employees
Market Cap
$1,762.4 billion
Industry
Enterprise Technology
Net Income
$51.3 billion
Founded
1975
5 Year Trend
+15.5%
Revenue
$153.2 billion
NASDAQ
MSFT
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