Microsoft

Senior Product Marketing Manager

Microsoft$106K — $203K *
Consumer Technology
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Master's Degree in Marketing, Computer Science, Business or related field with 3+ years of experience, or
  • Bachelor's Degree in the same fields with 5+ years of experience; equivalent experience considered
  • Proven ability to synthesize technical concepts into clear narratives
  • Experience in communicating with stakeholders and senior leadership
  • Knowledge of AI technologies and enterprise compliance requirements.
  • Familiarity with the Microsoft ecosystem including Azure and M365.
  • Strong background in aligning vision and execution across complex product portfolios.

Responsibilities

  • Collaborate with product and business development on UX priorities based on market insights.
  • Translate Foundry's vision into actionable product narratives.
  • Drive competitive insights to differentiate Foundry's messaging.
  • Create compelling messaging for launches and executive briefings.
  • Manage BOM content and elevate Foundry's industry perception.
  • Facilitate the creation of demos across teams in Microsoft Marketing.
  • Ensure all external content meets quality and editorial standards.

Benefits

  • Comprehensive health coverage and wellness programs.
  • 401(k) matching and financial support resources.
  • Opportunities for professional development and growth.
  • Generous paid time off and flexible work arrangements.
Full Job Description
Overview

We are looking for a creative, data-driven Senior Product Marketing Manager (Sr. PMM) to lead strategic narratives and editorial excellence for Microsoft Foundry, our AI app and agent factory. This role requires a seasoned marketer with both inbound and outbound experience, capable of shaping audience perceptions through crisp and consistent communication. You will partner closely with stakeholders across marketing and product to deliver compelling messaging, positioning, and narratives that combine product actualization with long-term vision, ensuring Foundry delivers differentiated value to enterprise customers and developers.

Responsibilities

Inbound Strategy & Product Influence
  • Collaborate with product management and business development to shape roadmap priorities for Foundry UX updates based on market insights, customer needs, and competitive trends.
  • Translate vision into actionable product narratives that align with Foundry's innovation and business goals.
  • Drive competitive insights for the AI platform, emerging AI technologies, and customer adoption patterns to help marketing and field sellers differentiate Foundry in messaging/positioning.

Outbound Thought Leadership - MPF, EBC, and Demo
  • Develop compelling messaging and positioning for Microsoft Foundry, including launches, campaigns, and executive briefings, working closely with our growth/solution play lead and our disclosure strategy lead.
  • Lead BOM management including L100/L200 decks and executive briefing content that elevates Foundry's perception in the industry through a thematic and persona-based editorial calendar.
  • Facilitate demo creation as a DRI for Foundry with x-functional teams in Microsoft Marketing. Manage demo strategies across conversations and products.

Content editorial including AI Tastemaking
    • Ensure quality of external-facing written/visual content with our blog channel strategy lead and product outbound lead across Foundry channels, advocating for editorial standards, content excellence, and accuracy.
    • Act as an internal AI tastemaker, curating best practices and emerging trends for agentic workflows and blog content excellence.

Cross-Functional Leadership
    • Partner with engineering, sales, and field teams to deliver integrated GTM strategies.
    • Manage complex workstreams across editorial, competitive analysis, and strategic planning. Communicate insights/impact in monthly Foundry Platforms & Cross-Team Motions newsletter, Business Reviews, and other forums.
    • Identify and address areas for marketing process improvement to continuously improve marketing ROI, streamline content intake, and content quality.

• Embody our Culture & Values.

Qualifications

Required/minimum qualifications
  • Master's Degree in in Marketing, Computer Science, Business or related field AND 3+ years experience in business
    • OR Bachelor's Degree in Marketing, Computer Science, Business or related field AND 5+ years' experience in business.
    • OR equivalent experience.

Additional or preferred qualifications
  • Master's Degree in Marketing, Computer Science, Business or related field AND 6+ year's experience in business.
    • OR Bachelor's Degree in Marketing, Computer Science, Business or related field AND 8+ year's experience in business
    • OR equivalent experience
  • Experience to synthesize technical concepts into clear, differentiated narratives.
  • Experience to communicate with stakeholders and senior leadership
  • Experience with AI technologies, agent frameworks, and enterprise compliance requirements.
  • Experience driving vision-to-execution alignment in complex product portfolios.
  • Experience with Microsoft ecosystem (Azure, M365, Copilot) and AI industry trends.


Product Marketing IC4 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $106,400.00 - $203,600.00 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 $137,600.00 - $222,600.00 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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