Senior Channel Marketing Manager - CSO

In Consumer Sales Organization (CSO) our purpose is to earn fans and drive growth by building emotional connections to delight and empower everyone. We engage with consumers globally throughout their shopping journeys, navigating both physical storefronts and digital visits across Direct and Partner Channels in Gaming, Windows, M365 and Surface. Together with our ecosystem partners, we strategize and implement plans for customer engagement and economic growth.

As a member of the team, you'll be part of growing a multi-billion-dollar business, charting new areas of innovation, and impacting billions of lives around the world. You also will be a part of a culture centered on embracing a growth mindset, a theme of inspiring excellence, and encouraging teams and leaders to bring their best each day. If that appeals to you, it's an exciting time to be here in CSO.

In this role, is part of the Consumer Channel and Partner Marketing team within the CSO organisation. This role is responsible for driving and partnering with Distribution partners, to build and execute marketing plans, and relevant consumer experiences through a portfolio of distributor-managed retailers. You'll be a subject matter expert for our Devices and Creativity solution area which includes our Windows, Surface and M365 products and services. You'll work with channel sales teams and the distribution partner to influence the design of unique Microsoft experiences , activating an omnichannel strategy, building partner capability and delivering joint value with our distributor managed retail partners. Success is measured by marketing execution excellence, partner satisfaction, conversion, sell-through and brand love.

You will act as a trusted advisor to drive strategic decisions about our marketing investment strategy and marketing mix at the distribution partner level. Our Distribution partner marketers have deep relationships with our Distributor partner's teams and are responsible for driving distributor negotiations and maximizing impact across thru-disti marketing vehicles, programs and platforms. Distribution Partner Marketers are also responsible to upskill and enable the Distributor marketing teams for campaign planning & execution, including the marketing calendar, negotiating in-store experiences/platforms and enabling digital marketing & transformation thru Disti-managed retail partners. You will also work closely with Partner Readiness & Influence Leads to drive marketing execution excellence through training and evangelism.

By joining the Consumer Channel & Partner Marketing team, you'll be part of a cross-functional team that's focused on driving full-funnel marketing for an exciting ecosystem that continues to grow. As the owner of distribution partner engagement, you'll have the opportunity to share feedback around the partner trends, capture learnings and establish campaign best practices, leveraging the global infrastructure for support and shared platforms.

This role is flexible in that you can work up to 50% from home based on proximity to a Microsoft office.

Microsoft's mission is to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more. As employees we come together with a growth mindset, innovate to empower others, and collaborate to realize our shared goals. Each day we build on our values of respect, integrity, and accountability to create a culture of inclusion where everyone can thrive at work and beyond.