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About the Role

This role supports a senior executive (EVP) within the Copilot organization, focusing on executive storytelling, product positioning, and market influence. It aims to shape the perception of both the leader and Copilot across key audiences, expanding their voice to engage innovator, developer, and startup ecosystems. This is an opportunity to build visibility, credibility, and narrative, operating with high ownership and proximity to leadership. The work directly impacts talent attraction, partnerships, and long-term market positioning by elevating the executive voice externally and positioning Copilot at the forefront of conversations with builders, creators, and innovators. The ideal candidate is a strategic, adaptable communications leader who blends executive counsel with hands-on execution, possessing strong instincts for narrative development, understanding modern technical audiences, and building relevance in fast-evolving markets. Comfort with ambiguity and the ability to position products and leaders in critical moments are essential, along with fluency in the AI landscape and its constant shifts across consumer and enterprise AI products.

Responsibilities

Partner directly with a senior Copilot executive to build and evolve their voice, presence, and communication effectiveness.
Develop and execute an executive communications strategy to position the leader as a credible and visible voice within AI, startup, and creator ecosystems.
Shape and amplify the Copilot narrative in the market, ensuring consistent and compelling positioning across channels and moments.
Draft high-impact content including social posts, keynote narratives, thought leadership, and external communications, emphasizing real-time relevance.
Operate with a rapid storytelling cadence tied to feature and product velocity, turning shipping moments into timely, differentiated narratives.
Ensure the executive is actively engaged in the right cultural and industry conversations, particularly among founders, builders, and innovators.
Drive meaningful connections within AI startup and developer communities, positioning Copilot as an active participant in innovation-driven networks.
Support strategic opportunities such as executive engagements, curated events, and ecosystem interactions to strengthen market presence and influence.
Translate product priorities into clear, differentiated messaging that reinforces Copilot's role in shaping the future of AI across both consumer and enterprise contexts.
Drive alignment across internal stakeholders to ensure consistency between executive messaging, product storytelling, and broader Copilot communications strategies.
Monitor external sentiment and conversations to inform proactive narrative development and rapid response strategies.
Provide ongoing counsel to leadership on communications strategy, positioning, and opportunities to strengthen visibility and impact.

Requirements

Bachelor's Degree in Business, Marketing, Communications, Finance, or related field AND 6+ years communications, marketing operations, field operations, program management, project management, or related experience OR equivalent experience.
Master's Degree in Business, Marketing, Communications, Finance or related field AND 8+ years Communications, Marketing Operations, Field Operations, Program Management, Project Management or related experience OR Bachelor's Degree in Business, Marketing, Communications, Finance or related field AND 10+ years Communications, Marketing Operations, Field Operations, Program Management, Project Management.
5+ years people management experience.
Actively integrated into the San Francisco Bay Area tech and startup ecosystem.
Demonstrated fluency in the AI landscape, including the ability to speak credibly with founders and developers about both consumer and enterprise AI products.
A track record of building developer or startup community relationships and translating product momentum into ecosystem-facing storytelling.
Proven experience working in a startup or working closely with the startup and product development community in a fast-paced, high-velocity environment.
Strategic and highly adaptable communications leader.
Strong instincts for narrative development.
Understand how to engage modern technical audiences.
Know how to build relevance in fast-evolving markets.
Comfortable operating with ambiguity.
Understand how to position both a product and a leader in moments that matter.
Understand the AI landscape and its constant shifts.
Ability to speak credibly about what is happening at the frontier of both consumer and enterprise AI products.

Skills

Executive counsel
Hands-on execution
Narrative development
Engaging modern technical audiences
Building relevance in fast-evolving markets
Operating with ambiguity
Product positioning
Leader positioning
AI landscape understanding
Speaking credibly about consumer and enterprise AI products
People management
Building developer or startup community relationships
Translating product momentum into ecosystem-facing storytelling
Communications
Marketing operations
Field operations
Program management
Project management

Location

U.S.
San Francisco Bay Area
New York City metropolitan area

Experience Level

6+ years communications, marketing operations, field operations, program management, project management, or related experience
8+ years Communications, Marketing Operations, Field Operations, Program Management, Project Management or related experience
10+ years Communications, Marketing Operations, Field Operations, Program Management, Project Management
5+ years people management experience

Education Level

Bachelor's Degree in Business, Marketing, Communications, Finance, or related field
Master's Degree in Business, Marketing, Communications, Finance or related field

Salary/Compensations

Communications IC5: USD $130,900 - $251,900 per year (U.S. general)
Communications IC5: USD $165,600 - $272,300 per year (San Francisco Bay area and New York City metropolitan area)
Communications IC6: USD $155,800 - $277,200 per year (U.S. general)
Communications IC6: USD $202,400 - $303,600 per year (San Francisco Bay area and New York City metropolitan area)

Benefits

Eligible for benefits and other compensation

About the Company

Microsoft AI is building the future of human-AI interaction through Copilot.
Copilot is an AI companion designed to empower people and organizations to achieve more.
Copilot is rapidly becoming a defining platform for how individuals create, work, and innovate.
Microsoft is uniquely positioned at the center of this transformation.

Equal Opportunity

Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer.
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, citizenship, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, immigration status, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran or military status, race, ethnicity, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable local laws, regulations and ordinances.
Assistance with religious accommodations and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application process is available.