Microsoft Director Corporate Event Marketing Manager 

United States 

186697967

Required/Minimum Qualifications

• 5+ years experience in corporate event marketing and working on digital and in person events.
  • OR equivalent experience.
• 4+ years working specifically in corporate events planning for large corporations (either directly or through an agency).
• 4+ years project management experience
• 2+ years people management experience.

Additional or Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Business, Marketing, Communications, Public Relations, Liberal Arts, Performing Arts, or related field AND 10+ years business to business, business to consumer, enterprise technology, digital, or experiential/event marketing experience in the technology industry
  • OR equivalent experience.
• 8+ years marketing experience in a large multinational organization or creative/media agency.
• 5+ years people management experience.

Certain roles may be eligible for benefits and other compensation. Find additional benefits and pay information here:

• Lead, coach, and develop a high-performing team of event directors through the application of our management philosophy of Model, Coach, and Care. Foster a diverse and inclusive work environment that values contributions of all team members.
• Develop the team in both functional and soft skills needed to deliver event project management across multiple projects in a fiscal year.
• Guide and coach each event director in successfully leading their v-teams to achieve event objectives and execute against the plans.
• Collaborate with Event Marketing Team Manager to develop synergies across the complete team of event directors to increase the team’s agility and efficacy; event assignments, sharing of learnings, evolving planning processes, templates, workback schedules, and overall event planning rhythm.
• Oversee the process, development, and delivering clearly written Strategic Event Briefs for each event to outline objectives, targeted audience(s), and high-level event experience.
• Work across marketing stakeholders in the development of the commercial event marketing framework.
• Partner with cross company stakeholders to align on intended business impact, event strategy, audience targets and success metrics.
• Demonstrate excellent executive communication skills, including the ability to present complex ideas clearly and concisely to senior leadership and stakeholders. Provide regular updates on project status and key insights.

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