Product Manager Ms 365 for Education

This role is seated within the Modern Work Business group at Microsoft France, reporting to the Modern Work Business Group Lead

We are looking for an experienced product marketing manager with a passion for education to bring equitable, accessible, and secure learning environments to all learners and educators. On this role, you are the voice of the Microsoft education products within a subsidiary. You'll have a strong understanding of the Microsoft Education products at the 200-300 level, a deep understanding of the local education market, and the local competitive landscape. You’ll develop local compete strategies and product differentiation by leveraging corporate and local research, partner insights, and customer feedback. In partnerships with the industry marketers, customer and partner segment stakeholders, you'll drive relevant business and marketing planning and execution to meet local priorities. On this role, you'll be accountable for the subsidiary revenue, scorecard, and market share for Education related products and services. This opportunity will allow you to grow your business acumen by collaborating with numerous marketing, sales and partner roles, and impact the world of learners and educators.

Microsoft’s mission is to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more. As employees we come together with a growth mindset, innovate to empower others and collaborate to realize our shared goals. Each day we build on our values of respect, integrity, and accountability to create a culture of inclusion where everyone can thrive at work and beyond.

**Responsibilities**:
**Product advocacy**
- You'll act as a primary product spokesperson **and product evangelist for the business as a whole, inclusive of** products within the Product Manager-owned portfolio, develop localized competitive strategy, position the value proposition, and tailor messaging to both internal (e.g., sales and marketing readiness) and external audiences.
- ** Provide guidance to sales (e.g., interpretation of propensity models) in customer engagements and shares expertise to guide partners.**

**Business management**
- ** You'll build and drives business strategy **and tracks the efficacy of plans for the line(s) of business to** drive sustainable growth** within and beyond the boundaries of the fiscal year.
- ** Deliver product and technical insights **to the business by sharing data-driven insights about execution, performance, and trends in the area/subsidiary.

**Go to Market Strategy, Planning and Delivery**
- ** Create and orchestrates** strategic go-to-market plans **for assigned line(s) of business** across sales, marketing, consulting, customer success, and partner functions,**Field Enablement**:

- ** Partner with sales to land field enablement accountability, Partners with finance and PMM teams to ensure team is aligned with business resultsBusiness Development**:

- ** Leverage knowledge of revenue, share targets, and **the area/subsidiary's capabilities in order to develop strategies that maximize performance **across** products/services.

**Business Accountabilities**
- Partner with Edu Marketer, Devices Category manager and other v-team members **to land Edu campaigns and drive demand for Microsoft Education K-12 and Higher Education solutions**.
- Own and drive attainment on **Microsoft Teams Monthly Active Users** and Windows EDU Device Activations metrics in France.
- Drive an integrated planning cycle across segment:

- Align M365 attach by **driving Modern Desktop in Education** through fiscal planning rhythm and school buying cycle
- ** Lead partnership and alignment with teacher engagement stakeholders** and EDU marketing campaign owners driving Teams Monthly Active Usage.
- ** Responsible for M365 Education Strategy**:

- Execute marketing plan to drive education targets
- Support ongoing training & readiness around tools, marketing programs (e.g., demos, consumption & sales levers, events, PR, partnerships) and learning resources to drive the right customer conversation at the right time
- Review Sales opportunities on a weekly basis
- Coach sellers and partners in product knowledge, demos, modern storytelling, compete, and tools specific to EDU

**Qualifications**:
**Required/Minimum Qualifications**:
**5+ years** marketing strategy, business planning, sales enablement, business development, technical pre-sales, OR related work experience.

**Additional or Preferred Qualifications**:
**8+ years **marketing strategy, business planning, sales enablement, business development, technical pre-sales, or related work experience
**AND Bachelor's Degree** in Business, Marketing, Computer Science, or related field
**OR **equivalent experience.

**5+ years **experience managing and expanding a product/solution portfolio and driving demand generation and pipeline acceleration within a complex (e.g., multinational or matrixed) organization.

Benefits/perks listed below may vary de