Microsoft
Company Profile
Microsoft is the worldwide leader in software, services and solutions that help people and businesses realize their full potential. We're motivated and inspired every day by how our customers use our software to find creative solutions to business problems, develop breakthrough ideas, and stay connected to what's most important to them.
We run our business in much the same way. Our employees come as they are and do what they love. Imagine the opportunities you’ll have in a company with more than 100,000 employees in more than 100 countries, working on hundreds of products—spanning games, phones, developer tools, business solutions and operating systems. We work hard, but we value work/life balance, and each of us defines what that means to us. So why not explore what we do, where we do it, and what life is really like at Microsoft. You just might be surprised.
No matter what your passion is, you’ll find it here. You can work on a multi-billion-dollar global business or a revolutionary technology that hasn’t yet left the lab. Join us at Microsoft and start your journey.
Graduate Offering
Our Graduate Program MACH offers you the opportunity to join Microsoft on a real job role in a various job families including Marketing, Sales, Services, IT and Operations.
On top of your role you’ll have the chance to attend three international training weeks during your first 18 to 24 months. These bring together a community of thousands of graduates from over 60 countries, enabling you to build a global network of contacts and to gain exposure to real Microsoft business activities and leaders in the world!
What makes Microsoft a great place for marketers? We have amazing products used by billions of people. We have an incredible diversity of businesses. From incumbent brands to challenger brands, and from established markets to emerging markets, we have some of the strongest consumer and enterprise products and services in the world. With an unparalleled depth and breadth of career opportunity and the ability to make a worldwide impact, you can design a career path that is hard to match anywhere.
Typical roles within the Marketing stream are Product Marketing Manager, Audience Marketing Manager, Channel/Partner Marketing Manager and Marketing Communication Manager.
Here below is an example of what you could be doing – bear in mind you will be assessed for all available roles, and assigned to the position we believe is the best fit for you based on your background, career expectations, performance at interview stage and available roles at the time of hiring:
Product Marketing Manager – You are the key to global marketing. You determine marketing strategy for your area and communicate through marketing plans, product content, and internal and external evangelism. You play a role throughout the marketing cycle: from positioning, messaging and storytelling to determining and orchestrating global launch plans and identifying market research needs. You also own monitoring our competition and building competitive positioning and response plans.
Audience Marketing Manager – You bring an outside-in perspective on customers, the competition, and marketplace dynamics. As the customer advocate, you own the marketing strategy for a specific audience to ensure we are in lock step with their needs. In this role, we need broad thinkers who can collaboratively engage with customers and partners to identify and achieve mutually beneficial results. You will create an audience marketing plan, including new investments that increase product-line business growth in the current fiscal year. You will develop and implement readiness plans for a product line or geography that drive channel capacity and skills to meet audience goals. You will ensure timely and cost-effective delivery of audience-specific marketing content to the field through the analysis of engine utilization and effectiveness, and the optimization of existing engines.
Channel/Partner Marketing Manager – You own the partner ecosystem and channel strategy. We need creative, analytical, and broad thinkers who collaboratively engage with partners to identify and achieve mutually beneficial results. As needed, you will incubate new partner models and deliver a partner gap analysis. You own the partner campaign, program activity delivery, and sales pipeline support. This role bridges internal and external stakeholders to develop and drive channel marketing plans. You will engage directly with partners to drive execution, hold partners accountable for meeting business results, and adapt plans and investments accordingly.
Marketing Communications Manager – You always have the big picture in mind. You are adept at working with team members across business groups and agencies to deliver a global integrated marketing communication plan. This is a high visibility role, as you will manage annual marketing communications priorities and success metrics. You will direct priorities for events and media, public and analyst relations. You will oversee production and deployment of advertising and drive the strategy and execution of digital and social media. You will determine the optimal mix of engagement vehicles for your product, service, or geography. You’ll need to be a strategic thinker to ensure execution, risks, and global alignment are optimal.
· Pursuing or within one year of graduation from a full time Bachelor’s or Master´s degree in marketing, communications or another business relater field
· Education background in Engineering and IT disciplines could be an advantage, particularly for our Technical Marketing roles
· Inspired by the continually evolving craft of marketing
· Thrives and delivers results in a fast-paced, sometimes ambiguous environment.
· Ability to manage complex projects with multiple stakeholders.
· Excellent communication and presentation skills
· Strong interpersonal communication and public speaking skills
· Available to start in September 2017
· Fluency in English and Dutch
· Full work authorization to work in Netherlands
1. Scenario assessment (online test)
2. Video-interview (online)
3. Screening interview (Skype)
4. Assessment Centre (@ Microsoft)