VML

Senior Account Manager (DPMM)

VML$65K — $115K *
Business Services
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 6-8+ years in B2B, digital, or partner marketing (preferably in tech/Microsoft ecosystem)
  • Proven experience working with partners (ISVs, SI, CSPs or similar ecosystems)
  • Experience building and executing GTM or demand generation strategies
  • Strong understanding of marketing funnel, campaign execution and performance metrics
  • Demonstrated stakeholder management across cross-functional teams
  • Experience working with data, dashboards or marketing performance reporting tools

Responsibilities

  • Translate Microsoft solution plays and priorities into clear, executable partner GTM plans
  • Guide partners to launch and execute campaigns quickly using available assets and programs
  • Drive partner activity toward pipeline generation and opportunity creation
  • Act as a trusted advisor to partner marketing and leadership teams
  • Use performance data to prioritize partners, campaigns and investments
  • Manage a portfolio of partners using structured frameworks, templates and playbooks

Benefits

  • Hybrid working model fostering collaboration and connection
  • Emphasis on partner satisfaction and engagement
  • Global, data-driven operating model for consistent impact
  • Opportunities for professional growth within a tech ecosystem
  • Structured frameworks and tools for scalable delivery
Full Job Description
Role Overview

The Digital Partner Marketing Manager (DPMM) is a partner-facing GTM leader responsible for translating Microsoft priorities into actionable, high-impact partner marketing execution. This role goes beyond campaign delivery. DPMMs act as strategic advisors and GTM orchestrators, enabling partners to build and execute scalable co-marketing plans that drive pipeline, opportunity creation, and measurable business outcomes. DPMMs operate within a global, data-driven operating model, leveraging structured frameworks, dashboards, and repeatable motions to deliver consistent impact across a portfolio of partners.

Key Responsibilities
  1. Partner GTM Strategy & Planning
  • Translate Microsoft solution plays and priorities into clear, executable partner GTM plans
  • Define target audiences, value proposition, messaging and channel strategy
  • Simplify complex partner strategies into focused, outcome-oriented plans
  • Align closely with PMMs, PDMs and sales stakeholders on GTM priorities


  1. Campaign Activation & Execution
  • Guide partners to launch and execute campaigns quickly using available assets and programs
  • Support end-to-end campaign activation (planning 14 execution 14 optimization)
  • Ensure alignment to Microsoft incentives, programs and Campaign-in-a-Box frameworks
  • Drive repeatable execution models across the partner portfolio


  1. Pipeline & Performance Accountability
  • Drive partner activity toward pipeline generation and opportunity creation
  • Track performance across funnel metrics (leads, referrals, pipeline)
  • Use dashboards and data insights to recommend next best actions
  • Ensure campaign impact is measurable and tied to business outcomes


  1. Partner Relationship & Influence
  • Act as a trusted advisor to partner marketing and leadership teams
  • Build strong, ongoing relationships with a portfolio of partners (15-20)
  • Influence partner priorities without authority, guiding focus toward highest-impact activities
  • Lead partner meetings and workshops with confidence and clarity


  1. Data-Driven Decision Making
  • Use performance data to prioritize partners, campaigns and investments
  • Identify risks, gaps and opportunities early and drive course correction
  • Translate insights into clear, actionable recommendations
  • Ensure consistent use of tracking tools, reporting frameworks and governance processes


  1. Scalable Delivery & Operational Excellence
  • Manage a portfolio of partners using structured frameworks, templates and playbooks
  • Deliver consistent output quality through repeatable processes
  • Contribute to a globally standardized operating model with local adaptability
  • Maintain strong execution cadence across planning, delivery and reporting cycles


Success Profile (Critical Capabilities)

Strategic & Commercial Thinker
  • Connects partner strengths to market demand and customer needs
  • Focuses on pipeline, revenue impact, and business outcomes
  • Prioritizes what will drive impact this quarter

Structured GTM Planner
  • Translates strategy into clear, phased GTM plans
  • Defines KPIs, audiences and channel mix
  • Brings structure without over-complicating

Digital Marketing Fluent
  • Strong understanding of demand generation across channels
  • Understands funnel mechanics (awareness 14 conversion 14 pipeline)
  • Provides practical, execution-ready recommendations

Partnership Builder & Influencer
  • Builds trust quickly with partners and stakeholders
  • Influences without authority with confidence and clarity
  • Facilitates alignment across partner, Microsoft field and internal teams

Highly Organized & Scalable Operator
  • Manages multiple partners without loss of quality or cadence
  • Uses frameworks, checklists and dashboards to scale impact
  • Comfortable operating in structured, high-volume environments

Data-Driven & Insight-Led
  • Interprets metrics and translates them into actions
  • Uses data to prioritize and optimize efforts
  • Focuses on outcomes, not activity

Adaptable & Fast Learner
  • Thrives in ambiguity and evolving partner contexts
  • Quickly absorbs new technologies, offers and GTM motions
  • Continuously improves approach based on feedback and results


Experience & Qualifications
  • 6-8+ years in B2B, digital, or partner marketing (preferably in tech/Microsoft ecosystem)
  • Proven experience working with partners (ISVs, SI, CSPs or similar ecosystems)
  • Experience building and executing GTM or demand generation strategies
  • Strong understanding of marketing funnel, campaign execution and performance metrics
  • Demonstrated stakeholder management across cross-functional teams
  • Experience working with data, dashboards or marketing performance reporting tools

What Success Looks Like
  • Partners execute focused, high-impact GTM plans aligned to Microsoft priorities
  • Consistent pipeline growth and measurable ROI across partner portfolio
  • High partner satisfaction and engagement
  • Clear, structured execution across planning, campaign delivery and reporting
  • Strong alignment across Microsoft stakeholders and partner ecosystem

Aper du Rf4le

Le Responsable Marketing Partenaires Digital (DPMM) est un leader GTM oriente9 partenaires, charge9 de traduire les priorite9s Microsoft en une exe9cution marketing partenaire concre8te et e0 fort impact. Ce rf4le va au-dele0 de la livraison de campagnes. Les DPMMs agissent en tant que conseillers strate9giques et orchestrateurs GTM, permettant aux partenaires de construire et d'exe9cuter des plans de co-marketing e9volutifs qui ge9ne8rent du pipeline, cre9ent des opportunite9s et produisent des re9sultats commerciaux mesurables. Les DPMMs ope8rent dans un mode8le de fonctionnement mondial base9 sur les donne9es, s'appuyant sur des cadres structure9s, des tableaux de bord et des processus reproductibles pour de9livrer un impact cohe9rent sur un portefeuille de partenaires.

Responsabilite9s Cle9s

1. Strate9gie & Planification GTM Partenaires
  • Traduire les solutions et priorite9s Microsoft en plans GTM partenaires clairs et exe9cutables
  • De9finir les audiences cibles, la proposition de valeur, le message et la strate9gie de canal
  • Simplifier les strate9gies partenaires complexes en plans focalise9s et oriente9s re9sultats
  • S'aligner e9troitement avec les PMMs, PDMs et parties prenantes commerciales sur les priorite9s GTM

2. Activation & Exe9cution des Campagnes
  • Guider les partenaires pour lancer et exe9cuter des campagnes rapidement en utilisant les ressources et programmes disponibles
  • Soutenir l'activation des campagnes de bout en bout (planification 14 exe9cution 14 optimisation)
  • Assurer l'alignement avec les incentives, programmes Microsoft et les cadres Campaign-in-a-Box
  • Promouvoir des mode8les d'exe9cution reproductibles sur l'ensemble du portefeuille partenaires

3. Responsabilite9 Pipeline & Performance
  • Orienter les activite9s partenaires vers la ge9ne9ration de pipeline et la cre9ation d'opportunite9s
  • Suivre les performances sur les me9triques de l'entonnoir (leads, re9fe9rences, pipeline)
  • Utiliser les tableaux de bord et les donne9es pour recommander les prochaines meilleures actions
  • S'assurer que l'impact des campagnes est mesurable et lie9 aux re9sultats commerciaux

4. Relation Partenaires & Influence
  • Agir en tant que conseiller de confiance aupre8s des e9quipes marketing et de direction des partenaires
  • Construire des relations solides et durables avec un portefeuille de partenaires (15 e0 20)
  • Influencer les priorite9s partenaires sans autorite9 hie9rarchique, en orientant le focus vers les activite9s e0 plus fort impact
  • Animer les re9unions et ateliers partenaires avec assurance et clarte9

5. Prise de De9cision Base9e sur les Donne9es
  • Utiliser les donne9es de performance pour prioritiser les partenaires, les campagnes et les investissements
  • Identifier les risques, lacunes et opportunite9s en amont et piloter les actions correctives
  • Transformer les insights en recommandations claires et actionnables
  • Assurer l'utilisation cohe9rente des outils de suivi, des cadres de reporting et des processus de gouvernance

6. Livraison c9volutive & Excellence Ope9rationnelle
  • Ge9rer un portefeuille de partenaires en s'appuyant sur des cadres structure9s, des mode8les et des playbooks
  • De9livrer une qualite9 de production constante gre2ce e0 des processus reproductibles
  • Contribuer e0 un mode8le ope9rationnel standardise9 e0 l'e9chelle mondiale avec une adaptabilite9 locale
  • Maintenir un rythme d'exe9cution solide sur les cycles de planification, de livraison et de reporting

Profil de Succe8s (Compe9tences Cle9s)

1. Penseur Strate9gique & Commercial
  • Connecte les forces des partenaires e0 la demande du marche9 et aux besoins des clients
  • Se concentre sur le pipeline, l'impact sur le chiffre d'affaires et les re9sultats commerciaux
  • Priorise ce qui ge9ne9rera de l'impact ce trimestre

2. Planificateur GTM Structure9
  • Traduit la strate9gie en plans GTM clairs et phase9s
  • De9finit les KPIs, les audiences et le mix de canaux
  • Apporte de la structure sans sur-complexifier

3. Maeetrise du Marketing Digital
  • Solide compre9hension de la ge9ne9ration de demande sur tous les canaux
  • Comprend les me9caniques de l'entonnoir (notorie9te9 14 conversion 14 pipeline)
  • Fournit des recommandations pratiques et preates e0 l'exe9cution

4. Be2tisseur de Partenariats & Influenceur
  • Instaure rapidement la confiance avec les partenaires et les parties prenantes
  • Influence sans autorite9 hie9rarchique avec assurance et clarte9
  • Facilite l'alignement entre les partenaires, le terrain Microsoft et les e9quipes internes

5. Ope9rateur Hautement Organise9 & c9volutif
  • Ge8re plusieurs partenaires sans perte de qualite9 ni de cadence
  • Utilise des cadres, listes de contrf4le et tableaux de bord pour de9multiplier l'impact
  • c0 l'aise dans des environnements structure9s et e0 fort volume

6. Oriente9 Donne9es & Insights
  • Interpre8te les me9triques et les traduit en actions
  • Utilise les donne9es pour prioritiser et optimiser les efforts
  • Se concentre sur les re9sultats, pas sur l'activite9

7. Adaptable & Apprenant Rapide
  • S'e9panouit dans l'ambiguefte9 et les contextes partenaires en e9volution
  • Assimile rapidement les nouvelles technologies, offres et motions GTM
  • Ame9liore continuellement son approche en fonction des retours et des re9sultats

Expe9rience & Qualifications
  • 6 e0 8 + ans en marketing B2B, digital ou partenaires (de pre9fe9rence dans l'e9cosyste8me tech/Microsoft)
  • Expe9rience ave9re9e de travail avec des partenaires (ISV, SI, CSP ou e9cosyste8mes similaires)
  • Expe9rience dans la construction et l'exe9cution de strate9gies GTM ou de ge9ne9ration de demande
  • Solide compre9hension de l'entonnoir marketing, de l'exe9cution de campagnes et des me9triques de performance
  • Gestion des parties prenantes de9montre9e au sein d'e9quipes transfonctionnelles
  • Expe9rience de travail avec des donne9es, des tableaux de bord ou des outils de reporting de performance marketing

c0 Quoi Ressemble le Succe8s
  • Les partenaires exe9cutent des plans GTM focalise9s et e0 fort impact, aligne9s sur les priorite9s Microsoft
  • Croissance constante du pipeline et ROI mesurable sur l'ensemble du portefeuille partenaires
  • Satisfaction et engagement e9leve9s des partenaires
  • Exe9cution claire et structure9e sur les cycles de planification, de livraison des campagnes et de reporting
  • Fort alignement entre les parties prenantes Microsoft et l'e9cosyste8me partenaires


The base salary for this position at the time of this posting may range between the values at the bottom of this posting. Individual compensation varies based on job-related factors, including location, business needs, level of responsibility, experience, and qualifications.

$65,000-$115,000 CAD

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