Microsoft

Director, Product Marketing, Security for AI

Microsoft • $130K — $251K *
Redmond, WA 98052In-Person
Enterprise Technology
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Qualifications

  • Master's or Bachelor's degree in Marketing, Computer Science, Business, or related field with 4-12 years of experience in product marketing, depending on degree level.
  • 4+ years of people management or indirect people management experience
  • Experience in product marketing or product management in cybersecurity or AI space for 3+ years
  • 5+ years' experience in core product marketing within technology
  • Proven ability to lead and scale teams in high-growth or emerging technology categories.

Responsibilities

  • Define and implement product marketing strategy for Security for AI, focusing on Agent 365.
  • Craft market positioning, customer narratives, and go-to-market strategies across the Security for AI portfolio.
  • Clarify customer scenarios, adoption approaches, and revenue opportunities.
  • Utilize insights from market, customers, and competition to influence product direction.
  • Collaborate with engineering and business teams to shape packaging, pricing, and monetization strategies.
  • Lead launch execution for major product announcements and marketing initiatives.
  • Represent Microsoft in executive engagements and industry forums to communicate the Security for AI strategy.

Benefits

  • Inclusive and diverse workplace culture
  • Opportunities for career growth and skill development
  • Mentoring and coaching support for team members
  • Strong emphasis on collaboration across various departments
  • Access to Microsoft leadership principles and organizational health initiatives
Full Job Description
Overview

Microsoft Security is seeking a Director, Product Marketing, Security for AI to lead Security for AI strategy, positioning, go-to-market execution, and team leadership. This role sits at the forefront of Microsoft's AI platform strategy and is responsible for helping define the security strategy to support how customers observe, govern, and secure AI agents at scale - across users, agents, and AI platforms. The successful candidate loves shaping product and business strategy, crafting compelling product stories, driving major launch moments, accelerating customer success, and coaching teams to drive business value through career growth-and having fun along the way. As a people manager, you will lead and develop an impact-driven team of product marketers, fostering a culture of customer obsession, strategic thinking, accountability, inclusion, and continuous growth. You love coaching team members to grow their marketing craft, expand influence across engineering and field organizations, and deliver impact through collaborative leadership. The role entails balancing strategic leadership, organizational influence, and talent development while operating effectively in a highly matrixed environment.

Responsibilities

Product Marketing Strategy and Category Leadership
  • Define and execute the product marketing strategy for priority areas across Security for AI, including security value for Agent 365.
  • Shape market positioning, customer narratives, and go-to-market strategies across Microsoft Security for AI portfolio.
  • Drive clarity around customer scenarios, adoption motions, and revenue opportunities.
  • Influence product direction using market, customer, analyst, competitive, and field insights.
  • Partner with engineering, business planning, and leadership teams to influence packaging, licensing, pricing, monetization, and business model strategies.
  • Provide executive recommendations based on customer feedback, market trends, and field signals.

Launch and Go-to-Market Leadership
  • Lead launch strategy and execution for major product announcements, roadmap milestones, and marketing moments.
  • Represent Microsoft's Security for AI strategy in executive customer engagements, analyst briefings, field events, and industry forums.
  • Deliver core marketing assets, customer stories, demos, and field/partner enablement content as needed.
  • Translate customer feedback into actionable product and marketing recommendations.
  • Partner with worldwide field and solution specialists to accelerate adoption and remove customer and seller blockers.

Cross-Functional Leadership and Influence
  • Lead strategic initiatives across Entra, Defender, Purview, Intune, Windows, Foundry, Copilots, and Copilot Studio teams.
  • Drive clarity & alignment among diverse stakeholders from across Microsoft business groups and build consensus across competing priorities.
  • Develop integrated narratives and customer experiences that connect Microsoft's AI and Security investments into a unified story.
  • Lead with AI-fluency and judgement; using AI to accelerate outcomes People

Leadership and Team Development
  • Embody and demonstrate Microsoft leadership principles (clarity, energy, success) and manager principles (model, coach, care).
  • Lead, coach, and develop a team of Product Marketing Managers, helping them grow strategically, operationally, and as leaders and helping realize our Frontier Marketing ambitions.
  • Create an inclusive, impact-driven culture that encourages innovation, accountability, and collaboration.
  • Establish clear priorities, role clarity, and development plans that enable team members to grow their talents and scale their impact.
  • Coach Product Marketing Managers (PMMs) on product marketing fundamentals, customer-centric storytelling, go-to-market (GTM) strategy, launch excellence, executive communications, and cross-functional influence.
  • Drive organizational health through talent development and career growth discussions.
  • Foster deep partnerships across product, engineering, field, and marketing organizations while helping team members expand their networks and influence.

Other
  • Embody our Culture and Values


Qualifications

Required/minimum qualifications
  • Master's Degree in Marketing, Computer Science, Business or related field AND 4+ years experience in product marketing
    • OR Bachelor's Degree in Marketing, Computer Science, Business or related field AND 6+ years experience in product marketing
    • OR equivalent experience.
  • 4+ years people management experience or indirect people management experience (or virtual teams)


Additional or preferred qualifications
  • Master's Degree in Marketing, Computer Science, Business or related field AND 8+ years experience in product marketing
    • OR Bachelor's Degree in Marketing, Computer Science, Business or related field AND 12+ years experience in product marketing
    • OR equivalent experience.
  • 6+ years people management experience.
  • 3+ years' experience of product marketing / product management experience within the cybersecurity or AI space.
  • 5+ years' experience in core product marketing discipline within technology.
  • Experience leading and scaling teams in high-growth or emerging technology categories.
  • Experience using data to build and present business cases to key stakeholders.


Product Marketing M5 - 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
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