Go to Market Manager

Go To Market Manager - Modern Work - Enterprise

In this role you are responsible for the Microsoft Modern Work Enterprise business in France on productivity and collaboration products (full Microsoft 365 line-up) from a Marketing and Sales Enablement perspective.

**Responsibilities**:
Segment Advocacy
- Acts as a primary point of contact for the segment you’re in charge of for the business as a whole, inclusive of products within the Product Manager-owned portfolio.

Product Advocacy
- Acts as a primary product spokesperson and product evangelist for the business as a whole. Leverages product, industry, market, and competitive knowledge as well as technical expertise to develop localized competitive strategy, position the value proposition, and tailor messaging to both internal (e.g., sales and marketing readiness) and external audiences (e.g., press, analysts, partners, user community, customers). Provides guidance to sales (e.g., interpretation of propensity models) in customer engagements and shares expertise to guide partners.

Business Management
- Builds 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. Accepts accountability for scorecard metrics and key performance indicators (KPIs) across products/services or across the business. Drives a One Microsoft approach with key stakeholders to alignment and leadership around strategic priorities and orchestration efforts across the subsidiary to deliver against priorities. Leverages area/subsidiary portfolio share, revenue, and scorecard information to identify insights and actively impact marketing and business planning decision-making. Leads a regular cadence of connections with corporate (e.g., global sales, marketing, and operations [GSMO], the business group, engineering) to execute tactical and strategic planning, gather feedback, and enable field performance. Delivers product and technical insights to the business by sharing data-driven insights about execution, performance, and trends in the area/subsidiary. Leverages understanding of the overall health of the business and customer/partner pain points to identify areas for adjustment to drive greater impact in the field. Adapts and cascades information based on changing priorities. Aligns and disseminates best practices to enable successful performance across groups.

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Go-to-Market (GTM) Strategy, Planning, and Delivery
- Creates and orchestrates strategic go-to-market (GTM) plans for assigned line(s) of business across sales, marketing, consulting, customer success, and partner functions, supporting One-Microsoft, cross-functional execution as appropriate. Collaborates with one commercial partner (OCP) to guide and support the execution of programs to recruit and enable partners to achieve target capacity and quality. Defines and analyzes key performance indicators (KPIs) and scorecard metrics for the area/subsidiary. Fosters alignment of investments and monitoring of growth opportunities across partners. Considers relevant aggregate business metrics (e.g., revenue, scorecard, share) and enables measurement of KPIs against revenue and scorecard metrics. Drives GTM strategy and lands growth plans (e.g., revenue, usage, customer health). Develops competitive strategies to drive target market share gains, and actively manages relevant stakeholders to drive the local product marketing growth strategy. Drives a functional team in understanding and executing strategy plans. Assesses and compares activity and impact across strategy plans.

Field Enablement
- Partners with sales to land field enablement accountability. Serves as an orchestrator between the business and the areas/subsidiaries to develop and land sales programs. Partners with finance and Product Marketing Manager (PMM) teams to ensure team is aligned with business results. Provides thought leadership and clarity to coach and equip the team, channel, and sellers with the knowledge, skills, and resources to sell (e.g., readiness for programs owned by the solution area). Appropriately activates the partner ecosystem to enable and drive results. Identifies failure points and orchestrates resources to mitigate.

Business Development
- Supports the creation and pursuit of white-space growth opportunities across products/services. Leverages knowledge of revenue, share targets, and the area/subsidiary's capabilities in order to develop strategies that maximize performance across products/services. Builds relationships and drives regular engagements with relevant stakeholders to operationalize competitive strategies and land implementation of solutions that drive strategic impact and increased market share for Microsoft and partners.

Specialty Responsibilities
- Orchestrates between engineering, sales, and the supply chain as needed. Proactively drives alignment and lands large/unique hardware or capacity needs. Proactive