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Microsoft Azure is a growing, global, and trusted public cloud that is central to Microsoft’s overall success. The Azure Product Marketing organization is responsible for Azure’s global go-to-market approach including defining the customer value proposition working in partnership with the Azure engineering team, determining the marketing mix and investments to maximize product growth, developing memorable storytelling and impactful customer-engagement moments, and defining the channel and sales priorities aligned with our product strategy.

As a Product Marketing Manager, you will be playing a critical role by positioning Azure as the best destination for workloads running on Linux and that may include open source software. You will work closely with engineering, marketing, and sales to drive increased adoption of Linux workloads on Azure. As a Product Marketing Manager, you will analyze customer and market signals, craft compelling messaging and positioning frameworks, and help develop effective strategies for customer acquisition and retention in collaboration with others. The successful candidate will possess a passion and understanding of the “Hyperscaler” cloud businesses (Azure, AWS, GCP) and associated key trends. This role requires a passion for technology, with an understanding of the sales and marketing levers and a vision for how we can gain share. The candidate will have the ability to analyze and diagnose business challenges, formulate solutions, and then motivate and influence the broader organization into action. We seek a person to accelerate growth and establish our go-to-market strategies through our sales, partners, and marketing teams.

Deliver thoroughly researched messaging and positioning frameworks with a broad set of proof points and crisp overall storytelling

Build a marketing bill of materials (BOM) to support sales enablement and demand generation activities

Help create customer/partner facing demo plans, product scripts, presentations, and sales materials to support new product launches and events

Develop marketing plans, including investments and incentive strategies to achieve customer and partner success, resulting in revenue and market share growth

Collect, analyze, and report on key performance metrics to derive deep insights that change or improve plans, tactics, and outcomes

Plan and drive co-marketing activities with select Linux partners and open source communities

Required/minimum qualifications

• Master's Degree in Marketing, Computer Science, Business or related field AND 1+ year(s) experience in business OR Bachelor's Degree in Marketing, Computer Science, Business or related field AND 2+ years experience in business OR equivalent experience.

Additional or preferred qualifications:

• 5+ years in product marketing, monetization, or strategy and operations.
• Working experience of the cloud business, Linux and open source
• Ability to comfortably navigate complex scenarios and translate technical features into business benefits
• Working knowledge of Kubernetes, serverless application architectures, and cloud native technologies
• Proven written, presentation development, and storytelling skills
• Successful track record in positioning and launching differentiated products

Product Marketing IC3 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $85,100 - $169,800 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 $112,000 - $185,300 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.

Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, citizenship, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, immigration status, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran or military status, race, ethnicity, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable local laws, regulations and ordinances. If you need assistance with religious accommodations and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application process, read more about requesting accommodations.