Security Business Group Lead - UK

at  Microsoft

At Microsoft, we prioritise security above all else. The Security Business Group Lead is responsible for the end to end Go to Market for Security in the UK, leading a talented team of Go to Market professionals.
The team plays an essential role in landing Microsoft Security priorities in the UK, building community and orchestrating our security role across multiple teams, supporting seller readiness and partner enablement, engaging with the Marketing organisation in running campaigns and events, speaking externally, working with UK government and industry, representing UK customer feedback to our Corporate colleagues, briefing and supporting the UK Senior Leadership team.
Are you passionate about helping make the UK the safest place to live and work online? Are you looking for your next challenge with the leading Security provider in the industry?
Microsoft Security, Compliance, Identity, Management and Privacy is a key growth area for the business. As the Microsoft Security Business Group (BG) Lead you will have end-to-end accountability for the Security business in the UK including planning, execution, and governance. You will translate Security strategy and objectives into clear, discrete and executable plans, compose an integrated business plan across sales, marketing, partners and customer engineering disciplines, working across multiple stakeholders to deliver the best customer and partner experiences possible. And finally, you will land these plans to realise revenue, growth, share and strategic market outcomes, and be the ambassador for Microsoft Security in the local market or area.
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 realise 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.

QUALIFICATIONS

• Proven track record in leading a successful Go to Market function for a $1B+ business
• Security domain experience or transferrable ancillary specialism
• Product Marketing or Product Management experience
• Partner channel leadership / engagement experience
• Evangelist and passion for Security, Trust and Compliance as the key foundation for digital transformation and AI
• Experience of selling/marketing compliance solutions or running a similar go to market strategy & plan
• Deep customer focus and understanding
• Strong analytical skills and proven ability to summarise to Exec Level
• Excellent communicator
• Security product knowledge and competitive insight on UK market
• Industry knowledge – UK Government and or Commercial, past record of building successful partnerships, network of UK Security CISO’s/leaders
• Experienced in core marketing communications function
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