Senior Director, Product Marketing

Microsoft seeks a purpose-driven leader for the role of Senior Director, Product Marketing for Microsoft Purview Data Security & Compliance. This role focuses on driving product marketing strategy and business growth for one of Microsoft’s fastest-growing security businesses. You will collaborate closely with engineering, sales, and marketing leadership to drive customer adoption, product usage, revenue growth, and market leadership. You will shape the go-to-market strategy through deep customer insight, market understanding, competitive analysis, and financial rigor. You will define positioning and messaging, influence product direction, lead launch and growth efforts, and serve as a visible evangelist for Microsoft Purview with customers, partners, analysts, and the broader industry. The position requires combining strategic thinking with operational excellence, leading through influence in a highly matrixed organization, and building a healthy, diverse, high-performing team aligned with Microsoft culture and leadership principles. Microsoft’s mission is to empower every person and organization to achieve more. We value growth mindset, collaboration, respect, integrity, accountability, and inclusion.

Responsibilities

• Lead the long-term growth strategy for Microsoft Purview Data Security & Compliance through deep customer understanding, market insights, competitive intelligence, and performance analysis. Partner with Engineering and Business Planning to shape product vision, investment priorities, and strategic direction.
• Identify emerging opportunities, anticipate market shifts, and influence investments to strengthen Microsoft’s competitive position and accelerate growth. Define and evolve the customer value proposition, positioning, messaging, and category narrative for Microsoft Purview Data Security & Compliance, ensuring consistent, differentiated storytelling that communicates customer challenges, product value, and business outcomes.
• Lead the development of integrated marketing assets, sales enablement content, demonstrations, presentations, and Bills of Materials that support customer acquisition, adoption, and expansion. Drive product launches, growth initiatives, and key market programs in collaboration with Product Management, Sales, Customer Success, and Partner organizations to achieve revenue, usage, adoption, and market share objectives.
• Establish success metrics, track business performance, and drive continuous optimization based on customer and market feedback. Represent Microsoft Purview with customers, partners, analysts, media, and at industry events. Drive field readiness, sales enablement content, and demonstrations to help sellers communicate customer value and win strategically important opportunities.
• Build trusted cross-functional partnerships across Engineering, Sales, Customer Success, Marketing, Design, Research, and Partner teams. Align stakeholders around shared priorities, simplify complexity, and scale best practices to maximize organizational impact. Foster a culture of inclusion and high performance while embodying Microsoft’s values in leadership and execution.

Requirements

• A Master’s degree in Marketing, Computer Science, Business, or a related field with 6+ years of experience in product marketing, product management, business planning, or related disciplines; or a Bachelor’s degree in Marketing, Computer Science, Business, or a related field with 8+ years of such experience; or equivalent experience. Additionally, 6+ years of people management experience is required.
• Preferred or additional qualifications include a Master’s degree with 12+ years or a Bachelor’s degree with 15+ years of experience in product marketing, product management, business planning, or related disciplines, and 8+ years of people management experience. Experience leading large-scale cross-functional initiatives within highly matrixed organizations is preferred.
• Experience driving growth and go-to-market strategy for enterprise software, cloud security, data security, AI, governance, or compliance businesses. Demonstrated ability to influence revenue growth, customer adoption, and market share outcomes. Proven capability to scale both mature businesses and emerging growth opportunities. Knowledge of security, data protection, compliance, governance, and the AI market landscape, including customer needs, competitive dynamics, and industry trends.