Senior Marketing Manager, AI Innovation & Transformation

Job ID: 200066663Posted: 2026-11-10Location: United States, Washington, RedmondSalary: USD $106,400 - $203,600 per yearEmployment type: Full-TimeWork site: 3 days / week in-officeRole type: Individual ContributorTravel: 25-50%Profession: MarketingDiscipline: Product MarketingCompany: MicrosoftOverviewHelp shape what marketing can do next. Microsoft's Marketing Innovation & Transformation team is looking for curious, action-oriented marketers who can turn emerging possibilities into meaningful business impact. That could mean building an AI-powered prototype, helping teams adopt a better way of working, or connecting corporate marketing strategy with the realities of field execution. We're hiring across several complementary opportunities with a shared mission: make marketing more innovative, connected, and effective. We welcome different combinations of marketing, technical, transformation, and strategic experience. You do not need to be an expert in every area below; we'll explore where your strengths can have the greatest impact during the interview process. This team sits within Commercial AI Customer Marketing. We connect marketing strategy to business outcomes through storytelling and narrative, integrated commercial campaigns, customer evidence, and business and market intelligence. Microsoft's mission is to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more. We bring a growth mindset, collaborate across boundaries, and build on our values of respect, integrity, and accountability to create a culture where everyone can thrive. ResponsibilitiesAcross these opportunities, you will: Partner with corporate and field marketing teams to understand business priorities, customer needs, workflow challenges, and opportunities for improvement. Turn ambiguous challenges into clear priorities, practical initiatives, and measurable outcomes. Bring together stakeholders across marketing, technology, data, and operations to experiment, learn, and deliver. Communicate ideas, evidence, and recommendations through compelling demonstrations, narratives, and executive briefings. Apply responsible innovation, security, and accessibility principles, using approved enterprise platforms where applicable. Your primary focus will align with one of three areas:AI innovation & solutions Turn ambitious ideas into working marketing solutions. Design, build, demonstrate, and evaluate prototypes, agents, applications, and automations. Combine technical fluency with product marketing judgment to show what is possible, establish business value, and transition validated solutions to appropriate partners for enterprise hardening and scale. Marketing transformation & adoption Help marketing teams turn new capabilities into better everyday outcomes. Lead discovery, rethink workflows, translate needs into actionable requirements, and run focused pilots. Develop change management, enablement, and upskilling programs that remove adoption barriers and deliver sustained improvements in speed, productivity, quality, and cost. Corporate & field alignment Connect corporate priorities with field realities. Build effective two-way relationships across corporate marketing, CMO organizations, planning stakeholders, and regional and local teams. Translate market signals and execution challenges into actionable recommendations that improve program relevance, asset usability, localization readiness, and field activation. QualificationsRequired/minimum qualificationsMaster's Degree in Marketing, Business, Communications, Computer Science, or a related field AND 3+ years experience in marketing, product marketing, marketing programs, business transformation, field marketing, technology solutions, or related OR Bachelor's Degree in Marketing, Business, Communications, Computer Science, or a related field AND 5+ years experience in marketing, product marketing, marketing programs, business transformation, field marketing, technology solutions, or related OR equivalent experience Additional or preferred qualificationsDemonstrated success turning complex or ambiguous business challenges into practical solutions and measurable outcomes. Strong communication, collaboration, and stakeholder-management skills, including the ability to influence across teams without direct authority. Ability to use qualitative and quantitative evidence to prioritize opportunities, evaluate results, and communicate business impact. We value depth in one or more of the following areas; candidates are not expected to bring all of them: AI solutions and prototyping: Hands-on experience building technical demonstrations, AI workflows, agents, or applications using platforms such as Azure, Microsoft Foundry, Azure OpenAI, or Copilot Studio. Experience with AI-assisted development tools, APIs, Python or TypeScript/JavaScript, agent orchestration, evaluation, and responsible AI is valuable for solutions-focused opportunities. Transformation and adoption: Experience in change management, process improvement, service design, workflow mapping, pilot delivery, or enterprise AI enablement, including Microsoft 365 Copilot adoption. Ability to establish baselines, build ROI cases, and measure sustained behavior change. Marketing strategy and field execution: Experience with corporate-to-field planning, campaigns, content activation, localization, or scalable voice-of-field programs. Ability to synthesize competing needs and translate feedback into decisions and practical action. Experience working in a global, matrixed organization and communicating with senior stakeholders. Product Marketing IC4 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $106,400 - $203,600 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 $137,600 - $222,600 per year. Certain roles may be eligible for benefits and other compensation. Find additional benefits and pay information here: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.