Job description

Overview Microsoft Foundry helps organizations build, ground, evaluate, govern, and operate production AI agents and applications. The product portfolio spans developer tools, models, agent capabilities, context and knowledge, observability, governance, security, and the experiences that connect them. As Senior Director, Azure AI Product Marketing, AI Narrative & Growth, you will own the all-up platform narrative, messaging and positioning framework (MPF), and core bill of materials (BOM) for Microsoft Foundry and the broader Microsoft agent platform story. This is a high-impact, executive-facing role for a leader who can simplify a complex portfolio into a durable story and turn that story into launches, field and partner assets, events, demos, executive communications, and customer conversations. You will lead a high-performing product marketing team and help manage a portfolio with product engineering and partner teams in GitHub, Microsoft 365, Microsoft IQ, Fabric, Copilot Studio, Agent 365, Security, sales, brand, communications, analyst relations, developer relations, and integrated marketing. The remit is intentionally weighted toward narrative and storytelling, with a product growth responsibility: using customer, market, competitive, field, and usage signals to sharpen priorities and determine whether the story is landing. 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. In alignment with our Microsoft values, we are committed to cultivating an inclusive work environment for all employees to positively impact our culture every day. Responsibilities • Own the all-up Microsoft Foundry and agent platform narrative, including the primary MPF, positioning hierarchy, messaging pillars, proof points, naming logic, and competitive differentiation. • Lead the core platform BOM and story system across materials, solution plays, executive briefing content, field and partner readiness, web experiences, thought leadership, technical content, and demos. • Connect GitHub, Microsoft Foundry, Copilot Studio, Microsoft IQ, Agent 365, Security, and adjacent data and AI products into a coherent end-to-end customer story while preventing duplicative or conflicting narratives. • Translate the product roadmap into a small set of strategy-relevant big rocks, and identify important market or customer themes that are not yet explicit on the roadmap. Use those insights to influence product and portfolio decisions. • Set the editorial and storytelling quality bar across executive briefs, blogs, thought leadership, launch assets, social content, event story arcs, demos, customer evidence, and field materials. • Lead narrative readiness for Tier 1 launches and major marketing moments, including Build, Ignite, AI Tour, executive briefing programs, and priority third-party events. Align announcements, demos, creative, sessions, and field readiness around one story. • Serve as a thought partner to executives and product and engineering leaders. Represent the platform with customers, analysts, partners, and the field, and shape analyst relations, public relations, compete, and executive communications. • Establish a clear operating model across product marketing, engineering, brand, communications, events, developer relations, sales, and partner teams, including decision rights, review cadences, ownership, and escalation paths. • Use a light-touch growth lens to evaluate narrative performance, adoption, customer comprehension, competitive position, and field feedback. Focus on the insights and tradeoffs that should change strategy rather than owning campaign execution end to end. • Lead, coach, and develop senior product marketers. Set clear priorities, create accountability and build an inclusive culture that combines high standards with sustainable execution. • Manage portfolio priorities, marketing investments, and vendor capacity. Build disciplined editorial calendars, content governance, asset lifecycle management, launch readiness, and post-launch learning loops. • Identify the essential story, remove noise, and make complex technical and organizational choices understandable to executives, developers, sellers, partners, and customers. • Build sufficient technical depth across agent platforms, models, context and knowledge, evaluation, observability, governance, security, and the developer stack to challenge assumptions and earn credibility with engineering. • Lead across organizational boundaries where ownership is shared, incentives differ, and progress depends on influence rather than direct authority. • Make clear priority and quality decisions during rapid product change, incomplete information, and high-stakes launch windows. • Create clarity and stability for the team through change while maintaining a high bar for craft, accountability, collaboration, and inclusion. • Embody our Culture and Values Qualifications Required/minimum qualifications • Master's Degree in Marketing, Computer Science, Business or related field AND 6+ years experience in product marketing, product strategy, or go-to-market leadership experience in enterprise cloud, AI, developer platforms, or related technology categories • OR Bachelor's Degree in Marketing, Computer Science, Business or related field AND 8+ years experience in product marketing, product strategy, or go-to-market leadership experience in enterprise cloud, AI, developer platforms, or related technology categories • OR equivalent experience. • 6+ years people management experience. Additional or preferred qualifications • Master's Degree in Marketing, Computer Science, Business or related field AND 12+ years experience in product marketing, product strategy, or go-to-market leadership experience in enterprise cloud, AI, developer platforms, or related technology categories • OR Bachelor's Degree in Marketing, Computer Science, Business or related field AND 15+ years experience in product marketing, product strategy, or go-to-market leadership experience in enterprise cloud, AI, developer platforms, or related technology categories • OR equivalent experience. • 8+ years people management experience. • Experience owning platform-level narrative, messaging, positioning, and go-to-market strategy for complex, global products • Experience leading high-stakes launches and cross-functional programs with product, engineering, sales, brand, communications, field, and partner teams. • Experience turning signals into strategic recommendations and roadmap influence. • Experience with AI agent platforms, foundation models, developer tools, (APIs), evaluation, observability, governance, security, and enterprise context or knowledge systems. • Experience connecting multiple products and business groups into a single platform narrative and shared go-to-market system. • Experience with analyst relations, executive briefings, public speaking, developer audiences, and C-level customer conversations. • Experience managing marketing investments, agencies, and vendors across global programs. Product Marketing M6 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $155,800 - $277,200 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 $202,400 - $303,600 per year. Certain roles may be eligible for benefits and other compensation. Find additional benefits and pay information here: careers.microsoft.com 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.

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In alignment with our Microsoft values, we are committed to cultivating an inclusive work environment for all employees to positively impact our culture every day.
Own the all-up Microsoft Foundry and agent platform narrative, including the primary MPF, positioning hierarchy, messaging pillars, proof points, naming logic, and competitive differentiation.
Lead the core platform BOM and story system across materials, solution plays, executive briefing content, field and partner readiness, web experiences, thought leadership, technical content, and demos.
Connect GitHub, Microsoft Foundry, Copilot Studio, Microsoft IQ, Agent 365, Security, and adjacent data and AI products into a coherent end-to-end customer story while preventing duplicative or conflicting narratives.
Set the editorial and storytelling quality bar across executive briefs, blogs, thought leadership, launch assets, social content, event story arcs, demos, customer evidence, and field materials.
Lead, coach, and develop senior product marketers. Set clear priorities, create accountability and build an inclusive culture that combines high standards with sustainable execution.
Manage portfolio priorities, marketing investments, and vendor capacity. Build disciplined editorial calendars, content governance, asset lifecycle management, launch readiness, and post-launch learning loops.
Identify the essential story, remove noise, and make complex technical and organizational choices understandable to executives, developers, sellers, partners, and customers.
Lead across organizational boundaries where ownership is shared, incentives differ, and progress depends on influence rather than direct authority.
Make clear priority and quality decisions during rapid product change, incomplete information, and high-stakes launch windows.
Create clarity and stability for the team through change while maintaining a high bar for craft, accountability, collaboration, and inclusion.
Embody our Culture and Values
Required/minimum qualifications
OR equivalent experience.
6+ years people management experience.
OR equivalent experience.
8+ years people management experience.
Experience owning platform-level narrative, messaging, positioning, and go-to-market strategy for complex, global products
Experience leading high-stakes launches and cross-functional programs with product, engineering, sales, brand, communications, field, and partner teams.
Experience turning signals into strategic recommendations and roadmap influence.
Experience with AI agent platforms, foundation models, developer tools, (APIs), evaluation, observability, governance, security, and enterprise context or knowledge systems.
Experience connecting multiple products and business groups into a single platform narrative and shared go-to-market system.
Experience with analyst relations, executive briefings, public speaking, developer audiences, and C-level customer conversations.

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Additional or preferred qualifications

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