Microsoft Director – Commercial Blogs 

United States 

935329664

Required/Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degreein Business, Marketing, Communications, Economics, Public Relations, or related field AND 5+ years experience overseeing commercial blog ecosystems or related work experience
  • OR equivalent experience.
• 5+ years experience with blog content management systems within Wordpress, Adobe Experience Manager, or related systems.

Additional or Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Business, Marketing, Communications, Economics, Public Relations, or related field AND 7+ years overseeing commercial blog ecosystems or related experience
  • OR Master's Degree in Business, Marketing, Communications, Economics, Public Relations, or related field AND 3+ years overseeing commercial blog ecosystems or related experience
  • OR equivalent experience.
• Management experience leading teams of 5+ people.
• Experience cultivating talent at different levels and drive cohesion across teams and stakeholders.
• Experience exhibiting written and verbal communication skills with the ability to influence and drive change through others.
• Ability to think strategically and creatively, while maintaining great attention to detail.
• Experience building highly collaborative relationships with a diverse range of partners.
• Track record in creating and presenting to leaders plans, expected outcomes, and dependencies.

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

• Deliver and drive application of blog strategy along with clear communications on the how and what to C-level stakeholders.
• Lead our team in the continuous adjustments of our blog strategy: blog platform, content strategy, content management systems, search engine optimization (SEO), measurement, governance, and staffing models.
• Apply ongoing prioritization models and tracking to load balance the work.
• Work with our team to build points-of-view of digital and blog trends, business opportunities, and areas of risk related to cloud marketing priorities and audiences.
• Educate key stakeholders on the why and how of digital and blog trends, audience consumption habits, publication pros and cons, and measurable objectives.
• Develop an understanding of commercial cloud solutions and service offerings, business priorities, competitor set to better inform recommendations and executions.
• Provide focus and drive when identifying and resolving issues that span across product marketing, PR, engineering, and other stakeholders and creates a shared vision for results.
• Recruit and nurture an amazing team of blog engine experts and strategists.
• Ability to evaluate and manage through your team a large staff of vendors who support the business.
• Ensure the blog platform is updated to the latest web standards and secure by design.
• Budget management.
• Other: Embody our and