Industry GTM Director - Manufacturing and Industrials

Smart. Nimble. Strategic. Enthusiastic. Tenacious. Intrapreneur. Driven to Win. Passionate about enabling Customer, Partner, and Seller success. Experienced in Manufacturing & Industrials (M&I). If this describes you, then come help the Microsoft US Marketing and Operations Organization (MSUS M&O) lead growth and drive digital transformation for our US customers as the MSUS Industry team’s M&I Go-To-Market (GTM) Manager.

This is a unique opportunity to define industry marketing success for Microsoft US – and deliver on that vision. You will build and manage the reference industry marketing team as a founding leader in the organization. You will identify market opportunities, build capacity to scale, act as thought leader for M&I industries, and grow Microsoft’s market share. And you will drive measurable pipeline growth by giving sellers an edge, starting with Discrete and Process Manufacturing, Supply Chain, Energy, and Automotive, Mobility & Transportation.

Responsibilities

People Management: Build and lead a high-performing and diverse team of Industry GTM Managers (GTMMs)

• Managers deliver success through empowerment and accountability by modeling, coaching, and caring.
• Model - Live our culture; Embody our values; Practice our leadership principles.
• Coach - Define team objectives and outcomes; Enable success across boundaries; Help the team adapt and learn.
• Care - Attract and retain great people; Know everyone’s capabilities and aspirations; Invest in the growth of others.
• Define success criteria and performance metrics, such as Objectives and Key Results (OKRs) and Key Performance Indicators (KPIs); tracks performance against success metrics and proactively act on performance.

Set GTM Strategy & Activate Partners: Define, build, and execute integrated GTM strategy for MSUS M&I industry

• Creates and orchestrates integrated GTM plans across business groups, marketing, sales, consulting, customer success, and partner functions, supporting One Microsoft, cross-functional execution.
• Lead collaboration with GPS to recruit, enable, and deliver at scale through industry-leading partners.
• Drive 100% engagement in must-win accounts; Drive co-sell pipeline; Align industry investments across M&O.
• Develops competitive strategies to drive target market share gains, and actively manages relevant stakeholders.

Get Buyers Ready to Buy: Drive customers’ intent to purchase

• Empower teams to act as thought leaders in their areas of expertise; Be the spokesperson for MSUS M&I industry at events, in webinars, and through blogs and whitepapers.
• Deliver industry programs and campaigns to create, accelerate, and close pipeline; Adjust strategy and investments based on growth data, pipeline, and revenue performance.
• Amplify customer wins through advocacy and reference programs.

Get Sellers Ready to Sell: Empower sellers to have better customer conversations

• Take accountability for M&I results including: pipeline, close rate, customer value delivered, and lighthouse wins.
• Contribute to and evangelize industry content for sellers; Own MSX Content strategy alongside central marketing.
• Contribute to the success of relevant business group programs and leverage them for M&I campaigns.
• Be agile and responsive to the market (trends and outcomes) and the field (seller and partners).

Other: Delivering value to our Customers, Sellers, Partners, and Shareholders

• Reduce organizational friction, drive consistent communications and collaboration, and discover and unblock field pain points through community connection.
• Build scale relationships with CMO (GTM execution), GPS (ISV solutions), BGs (Programs)
• Provide deep customer insights, market insights, competitive insights, sales pipeline and performance data for M&I to leadership as part of the rhythm of the business.
• Provide Industry Advisory services as part of a comprehensive Industry as a Service offering.
• Be data driven by gathering information on competitors’ pricing, sales, and methods of marketing and distribution.

Qualifications

Required Qualifications:

• 8+ years marketing strategy, business planning, sales enablement, business development, technical pre-sales, or related work experience.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Proven ability to lead people across organizations toward a common purpose
• Track record of effective executive, customer, and partner communication
• Working knowledge of and experience selling/marketing to customers of M&I industries is preferred.
• Effective storyteller capable of distilling and conveying technical concepts to inspire customers, partners, and sellers.
• Strong communication, interpersonal, teamwork, and organizational skills
• Ability to contribute consistently and positively in a high-paced and sometimes unpredictable work environment
• Is self-aware and has negotiation and conflict-management skills
• Results oriented team player who leads by example, holds themself accountable, and takes ownership
• Analytical thinker with a can-do attitude and flexibility to accommodate to evolving business needs
• Experience in working with clients at the CXO levels with deep impact in industries is a plus
• The ideal candidate thrives in a matrix environment
• MBA or similar graduate degree, or equivalent experience, nice to have

Core Competencies

• Impact and influence
• Cross group collaboration
• Drive for results
• Lead and manage change
• Customer and partner focus
• Analytical, problem solving, and decision making skills
• High personal accountability for self and others

The salary for this role in the state of Colorado is between $148,000 and $222,000.

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