Director, Channel Marketing (Europe South)

Overview

Are you passionate about building marketing strategies that drive real business impact at scale? In this role, you'll shape how Microsoft engages customers through some of our most important retail partners across Europe.

You'll lead channel marketing initiatives that connect innovation with customers, helping bring Microsoft products and experiences to life through retail, digital, and in-store marketing programs. Working closely with retail partners, OEMs, and silicon partners, you'll influence how millions of customers discover, explore, and engage with Microsoft solutions.

As part of MCAPS-Core, you'll be at the centre of a highly collaborative organisation that brings together product, engineering, marketing, sales, customer success, and partner teams around a shared mission: helping customers realize value faster and turning innovation into measurable business outcomes.

This is an opportunity to drive large-scale marketing impact, build strong strategic partnerships, and help shape the future of Microsoft's retail and partner marketing strategy across the region. You'll do this in an environment that encourages a growth mindset, values collaboration and inclusion, and empowers you to innovate, learn, and make a meaningful difference.

Find out more about our culture and values, and the environment you will be working in.

Responsibilities

Drives channel marketing strategy and business growth by developing long-term partner and campaign plans, aligning partner capabilities with Microsoft priorities, and leading large-scale omnichannel marketing programs that improve customer engagement, revenue, and ROI.

Leads data-driven decision making by creating market and partner segmentation models, translating insights into action, measuring campaign performance, identifying root causes and opportunities, and fostering a continual test-and-learn culture.

Builds executive-level partnerships and stakeholder influence through trusted relationships with partners, cross-functional teams, and senior leaders, while connecting customer opportunities to internal resources and driving alignment across organizations.

Ensures operational excellence, compliance, and team success by embedding security, privacy, Responsible AI, and funding governance into marketing programs, while coaching teams, driving process improvements, managing risk, and scaling best practices across the organization

Qualifications

Demonstrable experience leading channel or partner marketing programs through retail partners

Extensive experience developing and executing co-marketing initiatives with strategic partners such as retailers, OEMs, or technology partners

Background managing teams across different geographies

Experience using marketing performance data, customer insights, and segmentation models to drive investment decisions, optimize campaign performance, and improve return on investment.

Bachelor's degree in Business, Marketing, Communications, Public Relations, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.

While specific locations are highlighted, we are open to considering candidates from other locations across Europe based on business needs.

Channel Marketing M6 - The typical base pay range for this role across United Kingdom is £ 100,400.00 - £ 200,500.00 per year. Certain roles may be eligible for benefits and other compensation.

Find additional benefits and pay information here:

https://careers.microsoft.com/v2/global/en/corporate-pay/united-kingdom-corporate-pay.html

Channel Marketing M6 - The typical base pay range for this role across France is € 116,600.00 - € 239,500.00 per year. Certain roles may be eligible for benefits and other compensation.

Find additional benefits and pay information here:

https://careers.microsoft.com/v2/global/en/corporate-pay/france-corporate-pay.html

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.