Senior Director, Product Marketing - Azure Modernization & Agentic Operations

AI is driving a generational shift in how applications are built, modernized, and operated. Decades of technical debt — legacy applications, fragmented data estates, and operational models built for a pre-AI world — remain the single largest constraint on enterprise innovation. Agentic modernization is now relieving that debt at scale: agents assess, refactor, migrate and continuously improve existing apps and data, making every application AI-ready. AI is both catalyst and accelerant — raising the bar for what every app and data estate can deliver, and letting businesses modernize at a fraction of the time, cost and effort. Operations are shifting too, to support the needs of an entirely new class of agentic applications, with agents themselves autonomously running the systems that keep those applications and agents in production. At Microsoft, we’re building the platform that spans both: Azure app and data modernization, and the agentic operations layer that keeps AI systems reliable, observable, secure and cost-effective at scale. We’re seeking an experienced Senior Director, Product Marketing -  Azure Modernization & Agentic Operations for Azure modernization and agentic operations. Management and strategy are equally core to the role: setting the direction for two connected portfolios and leading a large, multi-disciplinary team to deliver it.  The modernization portfolio spans GitHub Copilot modernization, Azure Migrate, and Azure Copilot, addressing the full breadth of the enterprise estate — Java, .NET, and mainframe applications along with connected data and infrastructure services. Customers weigh modernization and operations together, against the same budget and the same AI goals, so the mandate is twofold: to establish agentic modernization as the fastest path off decades of technical debt and onto an AI-ready platform, and to redefine what operations means in a world of agents: the practices, products, and systems required to run agentic applications in production. Meanwhile, agentic operations responsibilities span the entire operational portfolio: Azure Monitor, Azure Arc, Azure Resource Manager (ARM),  Azure Resource Graph (ARG), cost management and more. This leader reports directly to the General Manager for Azure Cloud and AI Platform marketing as a member of the business unit’s marketing leadership team.   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 realize 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. In alignment with our Microsoft values, we are committed to cultivating an inclusive work environment for all employees to positively impact our culture every day.

This leader will own the marketing strategy for modernization and agentic operations, drive success and growth across both portfolios, and build and develop a large product marketing team — including managers — while working closely with technical and business leaders across Azure, from Data and AI to Core Infrastructure. Defining the marketing strategy and product narrative for Azure modernization and agentic operations — spanning GitHub Copilot modernization, Azure Migrate, and Azure Copilot — and connecting the two into a single, coherent customer story Leading and developing a large product marketing team spanning both portfolios — hiring, coaching and managing managers, shaping team structure and priorities, allocating resources, and setting the operating rhythm that keeps a highly matrixed organization aligned Curating high impact messaging and product themes and aligned to Microsoft’s vision — AI as both catalyst and accelerant for modernization, agentic modernization as the means of relieving decades