Senior Communications Manager

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Microsoft is on a mission to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more. Our culture is anchored on embracing a growth mindset, where anyone can change, learn, and grow. Four attributes allow this growth mindset to flourish: obsessing over what matters to our customers, becoming more diverse and inclusive in everything we do and create, operating as one company instead of multiple siloed businesses and lastly, making a difference in the lives of each other, our customers and the world around us. You can help us build our culture and achieve our mission.

The Industry & Partner Sales (IPS) team mission is to deliver growth and share by providing market and sales leadership across industry, partner and enterprise segments, with end-to-end sales accountability. Building on this organizational mission, the Communications & Events team mission is to develop and deliver a storytelling platform at scale to showcase industry, partner and customer innovation, growth and opportunity with Microsoft Cloud and AI.

The IPS Communications and Events team needs an experienced, dynamic and creative Senior Communications Manager to support the CVP of Global Enterprise Sales (GES). As an executive communications manager, you will report to the Senior Director of IPS Comms & Events and will be responsible for leading both external and internal communications for the CVP who leads our enterprise sales team. You will work directly with the leader of the GES business, their Chief of Staff (CoS) and members of the GES leadership team to help drive thought leadership and impact. This is a strategic role that provides significant opportunity for exec visibility, cross-team collaboration, a breadth of communication experience and business impact.

Required/Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Business, Marketing, Communications, Finance, or related field AND 4+ years Communications, Marketing Operations, Field Operations, Program Management, Project Management, or related experience
  • OR equivalent experience.

• 4+ years experience supporting senior executives in an executive communications role.

Additional or Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Business, Marketing, Communications, Finance, or related field AND 6+ years Communications, Marketing Operations, Field Operations, Program Management, Project Management, or related experience
  • OR equivalent experience.
• 3+ years specialized functional (e.g., retail, technology) experience.
• 4+ years experience supporting senior executives in an executive communications role.
• 3+ years experience working with social media platforms.

Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, religion, national origin or ancestry, age, disability, marital status, pregnancy, protected veteran status, protected genetic information, political affiliation, or any other characteristics protected by local laws, regulations, or ordinances.

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Key Responsibilities include:

• Develop communications strategy for GES CVP and drive execution and scale of plans
• Develop core messaging and narrative to bring the GES mission and business priorities to life through dynamic storytelling
• Demonstrate strategic leadership by driving impactful messaging for the GES CVP, continuing to strengthen their platform and drive thought leadership, aligning with the company mission, strategy, leadership principles and cultural attributes
• Act as single-point-of-contact for any internal or external, speaking, traditional and social media requests for the GES CVP - partnering with appropriate teams to triage, check for alignment to strategy and team priorities and ensure that positioning and tone is appropriate for exec engagement
• Create and align communications plans to IPS RoB and broader communications
• Drive and execute an orchestrated and thoughtful social media strategy