Senior Category Manager, Performance & Market Insights

Location: Redmond
Posted on: June 23, 2025

Job Description:

Consumer Sales Organization’s (CSO) purpose is to earn fans and drive growth by building emotional connections to delight and empower everyone. We engage with consumers globally throughout their shopping journeys, navigating both physical storefronts and digital visits across Direct and Partner Channels. Together with our ecosystem partners, we strategize and implement plans for customer engagement and economic growth. As a member of our team, you’ll be part of growing a multi-billion-dollar business, charting new areas of innovation, and impacting billions of lives around the world. You also will be a part of a culture centered on embracing a growth mindset, a theme of inspiring excellence, and encouraging teams and leaders to bring their best each day. If that appeals to you, it’s an exciting time to be here in CSO. The Senior Category Manager, Performance & Market Insights , on the Worldwide Windows Consumer Category Planning Team develops and shares critical market insights and trends reflecting the voice of the customer and broader Windows ecosystem through monthly ROB ownership. This is not your typical business intelligence (BI) reporting role. It’s about understanding the business dynamics worldwide within each region, highlighting successes, identifying opportunities and the appropriate actionable activities. The role is integral to the Devices & Creativity team and to executive leaders across the Windows consumer business. Microsoft is on a mission to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more. Our culture is focused on embracing a growth mindset and encouraging teams and leaders to bring their best each day. In doing so, we create life-changing innovations that impact billions of lives around the world. You can help us achieve our mission. Qualifications Required Qualifications Bachelors Degree in Marketing, Finance, Business or related field AND 5 years experience in business OR Masters Degree in in Marketing, Finance, Business or related field AND 3 years experience in business OR equivalent experience. 5 years experience using Excel, PowerPoint, and Power BI in data analytics Experience working on projects across large groups of key stakeholders to drive change and impact. Effective communication skills, verbal and written. Ability to communicate clearly and effectively about data and performance. Additional/Preferred Qualifications Bachelors Degree in Marketing, Finance, Business or related field AND 8 years experience in business OR Masters Degree in Marketing, Finance, Business or related field AND 6 years experience in business. OR equivalent experience. Experience working with consumer or retail channels. 7 years experience using Excel, PowerPoint, and Power BI in data analytics. Ability to prioritize and manage multiple projects of different scopes and timelines. Experience developing and delivering executive-level presentations utilizing data to articulate complex scenarios. Understanding of business performance financials, metrics, and management. Executive presence. Ability to influence and collaborate effectively at all levels of the organization internally and externally. Product Marketing IC4 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $106,400 - $203,600 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 $137,600 - $222,600 per year. Microsoft will accept applications for the role until June 25, 2025. Responsibilities Partner with corporate Finance, Sales, Marketing, Operations, Device Partner Sales team, CSO field teams and executive leaders to synthesize business performance results, voice of customer insights, gaps, and opportunities for growth. Dissect business problems, formulate precise questions, and then map the questions into analysis to deliver a clear and simplified story about our business. Own data tools/processes, reporting frameworks, related security/compliance programs, and third-party relationships (Circana, Gfk, Algo) to deliver comprehensive ecosystem reporting for high-quality insights. Lead data transformation projects to evolve fidelity and effectiveness of toolsets. Work on all aspects of business performance including fiscal year planning, monthly and weekly insights on global performance, and long-range strategic projects. Build the right rhythm of business to ensure retail partner, market, and ecosystem level learnings are regularly captured, shared and programs/strategy evolve based on key learnings. The candidate should be a solid communicator and storyteller; capable of delivering insights in a concise and consumable manner across the organization including our executives to enable decisions that ultimately run and grow our business. Embody our culture and values.

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