The worldwide Surface Category team is at the heart of the consumer business at Microsoft. The Surface consumer business is incredibly fast paced, growing, with a significant portfolio of innovative products. This is an opportunity to join an integral team with high impact on the global Surface business. Our team works closely with our Global Sales, Finance, Marketing, Category, Ops teams around the world as well as adjacent organizations.

 

We are seeking a strategic and detail-oriented WW Surface Sr. Category Manager – Partner Engagement to manage global retailer partnerships, disclosure planning, and go-to-market execution for Surface. This role is critical in ensuring our global retail partners are aligned and enabled for successful product launches and lifecycle management. You will work closely with regional category leads, sales, marketing, and engineering teams to deliver seamless partner experiences and drive business impact.

 

In Surface, our business goal is clear: Profitably Grow Surface Volume & Share. We accomplish this goal in two ways:

Selling TO our retail partners: Use customer insights, market data, store level analysis, and device sales information to evaluate our business performance and develop seasonal, launch & sustain plans to improve our partners business, win share, sell units, and drive revenue/ GM.Selling THRU our retail partners: Plan and execute thoughtful and impactful promotions and full-funnel-marketing plans, focused on driving purchase intent, conversion & post purchase advocacy & consumer lifetime value for Surface devices & accessories.

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