Overview

Director, Exec Communications | Worldwide Sales & Solutions Microsoft is on a mission to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more.

Our culture is anchored on embracing a growth mindset, where anyone can change, learn, and grow. Four attributes allow this growth mindset to flourish: obsessing over what matters to our customers, becoming more diverse and inclusive in everything we do and create, operating as one company instead of multiple siloed businesses and lastly, making a difference in the lives of each other, our customers and the world around us. You can help us build our culture and achieve our mission.   Worldwide Sales & Solutions (WSS) drives business growth through creating new industry market opportunity, increased sales and consumption with industry solutions, strategic deal origination and acceleration, depth and scale engagements, co-engineering, partner ecosystem success and go-to-market scale across Microsoft Commercial Solution Areas. Building on this organizational charter, the Communications & Events team delivers business value for Microsoft by driving storytelling at scale, showcasing our differentiated value prop and customer/partner evidence.

The WSS Communications and Events team needs an experienced, dynamic and creative Executive Communications Director. In this role, you will report to the Senior Director of WSS Comms & Events and will be responsible for leading both external and internal communications for some of our leaders. You will work directly with the leaders and their Chiefs of Staff, and members of their LTs to drive business impact and thought leadership. This is a strategic role that provides significant opportunity for exec visibility, cross-team collaboration, a breadth of communication experience and business impact  

Responsibilities

- Develop communications strategy for leaders and drive execution and scale of plans to deliver business impact and help increase sales pipeline 

- Develop core messaging and narrative to bring the mission and business priorities to life through dynamic storytelling.   

- Demonstrate strategic leadership by driving impactful messaging for the business, aligning with the company mission, strategy, leadership principles and cultural attributes.  

- Act as single-point-of-contact for any internal or external, speaking, traditional and social media requests for the leaders

- Partnering with appropriate teams to triage, check for alignment to strategy and team priorities and ensure that positioning and tone is appropriate for exec engagement.  

- Create and align communications plans to RoB and broader communications.  

- Drive and execute an orchestrated and thoughtful social media strategy.

Qualifications

Required/minimum qualifications

- Bachelor's Degree in Business, Business Administration, Marketing, Communications, Finance, or related field AND 6+ years Communications, Marketing Operations, Field Operations, Program Management, Project Management, or related experience OR equivalent experience.

- 7+ experience years executive/internal communications experience, marketing communications or speech management.

- Experience leading project teams and working with senior executives in fast paced, high pressure, often ambiguous environments.  

- Experience working with strategic planning, business acumen, and flawless execution, with a strong focus on precision and attention to detail.

- Possesses exceptional verbal and written communication skills, leveraging storytelling to simplify complex concepts and provide clear, actionable recommendations for diverse audiences.

Additional or preferred qualifications

- Master's Degree in Business, Marketing, Communications, Finance, or related field AND 6+ years Communications, Marketing Operations, Field Operations, Program Management, Project Management, or related experience OR Bachelor's Degree in Business, Marketing, Communications, Finance, or related field AND 8+ years Communications, Marketing Operations, Field Operations, Program Management, Project Management, or related experience OR equivalent experience.

- 4+ years specialized functional (e.g., retail, technology) experience.

- Familiarized with the tech industry and Microsoft’s strategy, product and service offerings, and company culture.

- Ambitious, self-starter, thrives in a fast-paced, ambiguous environment, effectively manages priorities.

- Executive presence and confidence, willing to take on big challenges, advocate a position, build a business case, and influence others.

- Demonstrated ability to collaborate effectively across diverse teams and functions, working independently to achieve shared goals.

- Demonstrates interpersonal and conflict resolutions skills. - Familiarized with the social media landscape and how to amplify the voice of a leader.

- Demonstrates high integrity, capable of excellent judgement and decision-making skills, showing the utmost discretion in the management of confidential corporate information.

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Communications IC5 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $130,900 - $251,900 per year. There is a different range applicable to specific work locations, within the San Francisco Bay area and New York City metropolitan area, and the base pay range for this role in those locations is USD $165,600 - $272,300 per year.

Certain roles may be eligible for benefits and other compensation. Find additional benefits and pay information here:
https://careers.microsoft.com/us/en/us-corporate-pay

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.

Director, Executive Communications