Director of Events

The Microsoft Event Strategy & Planning Team is responsible for designing and evolving Microsoft’s most important commercial events as strategic growth levers for the business. The team works across marketing, field, content, production, and activation partners to define event purpose, audience focus, experience design, and success measures; ensuring events are intentional, scalable, and aligned to business priorities. Within this team, the Digital & Targeted local events team designs delivers events — digital and in-person — that engage business leaders, technical audiences, developers, and end users with prioritized content across all Conversations. Partnering with Product and Audience Marketing, the team accelerates product adoption, re-engages existing customers, and supports regional priorities through scalable execution.   We are looking for a Director of Events to lead Microsoft's Digital and Targeted Local event portfolio. In this role, you will be accountable for the overall success, operational excellence, and business impact of a broad portfolio of digital and in-person engagements that support Microsoft's commercial priorities. You will lead a team of event professionals and work across Event Architects, Product Marketing, Sales, Demand Generation, Communications, and Field teams to ensure portfolio strategies are translated into scalable, measurable programs. This team delivers thousands of events each year to customers in multiple time zone, geographies, with different languages and business objectives. Success in this role requires thorough business acumen, exceptional cross-functional leadership, and the ability to balance strategic priorities, operational rigor, and organizational change across a complex event ecosystem. This is a people leadership role. You will develop your team's capabilities, establish clear priorities and accountability, drive employee growth, and foster a culture of trust, inclusion, innovation, and continuous improvement.   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.

Portfolio Leadership & Business Impact Lead Microsoft's Digital and Targeted Local event portfolio, ensuring programs support commercial priorities, customer needs, and sales objectives. Translate portfolio direction into annual plans, priorities, operating rhythms, and investment decisions that maximize business impact and customer engagement. Cross-Functional Leadership & Portfolio Governance Provide leadership across Event Architects, program leads, field stakeholders, and execution partners to align priorities, manage dependencies, and drive successful outcomes. Establish governance, decision-making processes, and operating models that enable consistency and scale across the portfolio. Event Delivery & Operational Excellence Oversee end-to-end execution across the portfolio, ensuring programs are delivered with quality, consistency, and operational rigor. Drive excellence across planning, resourcing, budgets, localization, readiness, stakeholder management, risk mitigation, and field activation while continuously improving processes and ways of working. Innovation & Experience Advancement Champion the evolution of digital and targeted local event experiences by identifying opportunities to showcase AI innovation, modern engagement models, and emerging technologies. Partner with architects, platform teams, and execution teams to bring new capabilities and experiences to market. Performance