Group Marketing Manager-IEB-Kinect for Windows (805576) / Microsoft / Redmond, WA

Location: Redmond, WA, US
Job ID: 805576-90601
Division: Interactive Entertainment Business

Kinect is the fastest-selling tech device of all time according to the Guinness Book of Records. It has changed the way people interact with the Xbox, and now Kinect is available for Windows. Press and analysts agree that Kinect for Windows is a huge opportunity for Microsoft, a shining and already successful example of our bright future of innovation. Rapidly, developers are creating a whole new class of Windows applications using gesture and voice, and companies worldwide are exploring ways they will build on the Kinect for Windows platform to enhance their businesses, their products, and their relationships with customers. We believe we are at the beginning of a revolution in the way humans interact with computers. Want to help build the future? Read on:

You will drive our worldwide Go-To-Market Strategy for Kinect for Windows, helping to define and execute integration with Microsoft customer campaigns at the Corp, BG and Industry level. Kinect for Windows is an exciting new tool in the company arsenal for solution sales across a myriad of scenarios and customer segments; you will be responsible for working with multiple teams to secure coverage in existing campaigns where Kinect for Windows is part of a larger story, as well as build out new campaigns where we are the hero. You will help to build relationships, connections, and scalable programs to drive Kinect for Windows as part of the Microsoft Innovation narrative, and partner with SMSG, DPE, EPG, WW Industry including Public Sector, Healthcare, Retail, CCG, MCS and other Microsoft stakeholders to support the aggressive growth targets of our exciting and highly interconnected business. If successful, you will help to change the future of the PC forever!

Your success will be measured by your ability to drive adoption of Kinect for Windows thru campaigns and integrated marketing plans, primarily as a component of programs led outside of our organization. As such, you should be a proud believer in ONE MICROSOFT, and your natural tendency should be to drive for win-win and better together outcomes. To be successful in this role you must be truly passionate about technology and have the ability to synthesize and communicate the value of Kinect with adjacent technologies to solve customer problems. You must have a great grasp of the Microsoft solution stack in order to drive connections and collaborations, have strong leadership abilities to influence direct and indirect stakeholders, peers and leaders across the company, have world-class communications skills and the ability to weave complex technology concepts into consumable stories. You must be deft at dealing with multiple important (and sometimes conflicting) priorities, have superstar project management skills, be excited about learning new things, and possess a seriously good sense of humor. You must also be good at measuring and reporting marketing impact on business and should have a good grounding in to, thru and with Partner Marketing, Strategic Selling and Microsoft Go-To-Market strategies from the field, partner & audience perspectives.

Basic Qualifications:
- 7+ years in marketing management and/or marketing communications management roles
- BA/BS degree with an MBA or equivalent experience preferred
- Passion for technology and the ability to express complex technology concepts simply
- World-class verbal and written communication skills including the knack for crisply and concisely summarizing key strategies and messages in response to complex scenarios.
- Self-starter with proven aptitude for seeking creative solutions to multifaceted problems and an ability to blaze new trails
- Proven ability to effectively lead strategic marketing programs that require integration with diverse marketing disciplines
- Demonstrable experience devising marketing programs to meet the needs of partners and customers
- Excellent strategic thinking, problem identification/resolution skills
- Demonstrated ability to manage multiple opportunities and projects concurrently
- Passion for driving results and seeing projects through to completion
- Demonstrated cross group collaboration and influence abilities

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