Senior Partner Marketing Manager - Windows Field & Go-to-Market

The Worldwide Devices & Services (WDS) organization exists to help customers easily discover and choose the right Windows device through seamless, curated omnichannel experiences  Within WDS, the Worldwide Go-to-Market (WW GTM) organization defines where we play and how we win, infusing customer and partner insights into WDS focused growth bets, aligned investments, and scalable execution that enables the sales teams to deliver on our financial commitments.Within WW GTM, WDS Marketing's purpose is to elevate the voice of the customer to craft scalable omnichannel experiences that enable sales.

As the Senior Partner Marketing Manager - Windows Field & Go-to-Market you are responsible for enabling field readiness and driving execution excellence across the Windows partner ecosystem. This role translates worldwide GTM priorities into actionable guidance, ensures regional teams have the tools and resources needed to execute successfully, facilitates global field engagement, and helps create a continuous feedback loop between worldwide and regional stakeholders. Success is measured through launch readiness, field engagement, execution quality, and the ability to scale best practices that drive partner and business outcomes.

Windows is Microsoft's flagship consumer computing platform, powering hundreds of millions of people through Windows PCs and AI-powered experiences delivered across our global ecosystem of OEM, silicon, retail, and channel partners. From productivity and creativity to gaming, learning, and everyday life, Windows connects hardware, software, and cloud experiences to help people do more, create more, and stay connected in the moments that matter most.​

This role serves as an orchestrator of partner marketing readiness, field engagement, and execution excellence for the Windows business—ensuring every GTM motion lands consistently, scales globally, and delivers measurable impact through our partner ecosystem.

This role is based in Redmond, Washington and requires a minimum of three days per week onsite to enable close collaboration with executive leaders, cross-functional partners, and the global marketing organization.

Enable Worldwide Field Readiness

• Translate worldwide Windows GTM priorities, launches, and partner marketing initiatives into clear, actionable guidance that enables successful execution across regions and partners.
• Co-develop and deliver field-ready playbooks, readiness toolkits, launch materials, and execution frameworks that simplify complex strategies.
• Ensure regional teams have timely access to the assets, resources, and guidance needed to execute with confidence.
• Partner with WW channel marketing, WW category and regional stakeholders to identify readiness gaps and proactively resolve execution barriers.
• Support launch planning and readiness milestones by coordinating timelines, dependencies, and stakeholder alignment across the business.

Drive Execution Excellence Across the Partner Ecosystem

• Establish clear execution standards and best practices across retail, OEM, silicon, and channel partner marketing motions.
• Create and maintain execution guides, benchmarks, testing frameworks, and success criteria that help regions optimize marketing performance.
• Monitor launch readiness, asset adoption, execution quality, and partner activation performance to identify opportunities for improvement.
• Capture and scale successful regional and partner best practices globally, helping drive consistent and measurable business impact.
• Support business reviews by surfacing execution insights, performance trends, and key learnings that influence future planning.

Lead Field Engagement and Community Communications

• Serve as a primary connection point between worldwide teams and regional marketers, fostering alignment, engagement, and information flow across the organization.
• Own key community engagement rhythms including newsletters, readiness communications, community calls, office hours, and field forums.
• Develop agendas, presentations, speaker plans, and communication materials that help land priorities and improve organizational readiness.
• Ensure field teams understand key business priorities, upcoming launches, available resources,