Senior Product Marketing Manager

Senior Product Marketing Manager - IE

Job Category: Marketing Location: Redmond, WA, US Job ID: 787957-76526 Division: Marketing People spend more time browsing the Web on PCs than any other activity in desktop computing - and the overwhelming majority of these people do it with Windows Internet Explorer. If you are interested in working on a product used by hundreds of millions of people every day, then come join one of the most strategic marketing teams at Microsoft - at the intersection of the Web and the Windows ecosystem. As the Senior Product Manager for Commercial and Security Marketing on the Windows Internet Explorer team, you will be responsible for developing the core value proposition for IE for our business customers and the overall security and privacy value proposition we market to all of our customers. You will own all aspects of the commercial IE business including working directly with our field and customers to maximize the IE experience for our business customers. Beyond setting the agenda for our IE plan in business, you will need to work closely with your counterparts in the field and engineering teams around commercial needs like deployment, manageability, and security. You will be the voice and evangelist of the IE commercial team at internal events such as EBCs and TechReady, and external events such as TechEd. Our business customers need a great experience with IE for both their business and personal employee needs. If you want to go deep with the IT Pros who manage infrastructure in enterprise, or the BDMs who choose the best browser out there for their companies, than this is the role for you. Key Responsibilities include: - Developing the overall story for our business customers for Internet Explorer, including owning the value proposition, positioning, and messaging for the commercial side of the IE business. - Being the subject matter expert for IE in the Windows BG for our business customers. - Managing core product management deliverables for the commercial product management team for IE8 and IE9 and beyond. - Working with outbound marketing on cross-company promotions and content creation and general support. - Collaborating with our compete team on a clear competitive landscape for IE within the commercial space. - Helping to build the long-term commercial roadmap for IE. - Acting as an evangelist for IE in the commercial space - across both internal and external events with our field and our partners/customers. - Being the subject matter expert on security and privacy across all segments of IE - and developing the overall marketing and positioning for security with IE. Position requirements: Candidates should have solid marketing leadership skills with a proven ability to partner across large organizations to develop compelling propositions to help drive the business forward with definitive ROI. You must be visible and influential to ensure maximum executive buy-in and support-and to focus mindshare and resources across Microsoft. You should have a track record of working with internal partners to execute on your strategies with passion, precision and excellence. You must think creatively about customer/business problems and generate innovative solutions. You must have the ability to deal with ambiguity and working across complex organizations. 5 -7+ years of product marketing or relevant experience required. BA/BS required. MBA preferred. W:BG WWL-JOBS