Senior Partner Marketing Manager

Senior Partner Marketing Manager | Microsoft Careers Skip to main content Microsoft Careers Careers Careers Search Search jobs Sign in Single PositionView All JobsSenior Partner Marketing ManagerUnited States, Multiple Locations, Multiple LocationsApply nowAdd to cartFind out how well you match with this jobUpload your resumeJob descriptionCompany and benefitsJob number200042068Date postedJul 08, 2026Work site3 days / week in-officeTravelLess than 25%ProfessionMarketingDisciplinePartner MarketingRole typeIndividual ContributorEmployment typeFull-TimeOverviewThe Senior Partner Marketing Manager for CSP, Incentives & Channel Marketing leads the development and execution of integrated marketing and communications plans to drive strategic business initiatives, key change moments, and program activation across Microsoft's Cloud Solution Provider (CSP) partner ecosystem. You will work collaboratively with cross-company internal teams and the broader Microsoft channel partner community to craft and communicate a cohesive partner story that highlights the value of CSP, partner incentives, and channel motions across the partner lifecycle. You will be accountable for understanding program and incentive priorities, getting close to channel partner audiences — direct bill partners, indirect resellers, distributors, and Scale Solution Providers — defining content journeys that attract, enable, recognize, and retain partners, and developing integrated marketing and communications plans supported by clear measurement frameworks.This role will collaborate closely with internal stakeholders to ensure alignment of messaging, timely execution of campaigns, and accurate reporting across a high-volume communications portfolio. You will think and act both strategically and tactically, using sound business judgment and a partner-first mindset to balance Microsoft's priorities with the needs of the channel partner ecosystem, particularly through periods of significant program and commerce change.ResponsibilitiesPriorities:Build and execute integrated marketing and communications plans, supporting content strategies and content journeys that promote the full value of CSP, partner incentives, and channel motions. Ensure alignment to CSP business priorities, Global Channel Partner Sales (GCPS), and SME&C priorities across the partner journey, including build and GTM motions, enablement, change management activities (e.g., CSP authorization and compliance), and new commerce strategies.Develop top-level narratives and messaging guides aligned to key partner moments — incentive updates, renewals, new product launches (e.g., Copilot Business), and program or compliance changes — to drive awareness, adoption, and recognition. Maintain the CSP messaging and positioning framework and ensure consistency in storytelling across content channels and field engagements.Create a comprehensive content plan with a core bill of materials (BOM) — anchored by the monthly CSP partner emails and supporting nurture campaigns — that reflects partner and customer insights and provides clarity on how partners discover, engage with, and benefit from CSP, incentives, and channel opportunities, including clear paths to the partner incentives web experience and Partner Center.Define success metrics, measurement frameworks, and KPIs to report on impact and engagement — including email open and click-through performance against benchmarks, revenue retention and renewals (ARR and seat growth), lead activation and conversion, and tactic efficiency — to internal stakeholders across SME&C, GCPS, the Incentives team, Business Planning, and GDC.Drive operational excellence across the Channel & CSP communications intake, planning, review, and launch process — partnering with agency teams to reduce churn, simplify complex processes, consolidate communications across pods, and accelerate...