Senior Paid Media Activation Manager

** Overview*
* Welcome to one of the most dynamic and high-impact areas at Microsoft
- ** Global Media Team.
** This business is not just growing fast-it's redefining the future. The  
** Microsoft Global Media Team
** is responsible for planning, activating, governing, and fiscally managing media investments across Microsoft. The team partners with stakeholders across marketing, analytics, finance, media platforms, and advertising technology to deliver business outcomes while maintaining operational excellence, compliance, and scale.

Microsoft's Global Media Team is a diverse, collaborative, and solutions-oriented organization committed to innovation, continuous learning, and creating an inclusive culture where all employees can thrive. We are building a modern marketing organization that connects strategy, activation, operations, measurement, and technology. As Microsoft's in-house media capabilities expand, operational rigor and platform governance are increasingly important to delivering efficient, compliant, and scalable media programs.

To support this evolution, we are seeking a  
** Senior Paid Media Activation Manager
** to join Microsoft's in-house paid social activation team and operations.

** Do you have experience with paid social planning and hands-on activation, paid social reporting and insights, and managing in-house paid social operations?*
* In this role, you will lead in-house paid social media strategy, planning and hands-on campaign execution, and the operational ecosystem, governance, and scalable infrastructure that enables Microsoft paid social activation **.*
* ** What will our team do for you?*
* + Provide a supportive environment to bring your authentic self to work and amplify your strengths.

+ Offer opportunities to gain new experiences, stretch your skills, and grow your career. Successes will be celebrated at every level of leadership.

+ Prioritize your development - with mentorship, training (in both media and emerging areas like AI), and a culture of continuous learning.

Microsoft's mission is to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more, and we're dedicated to this mission across every aspect of our company. Our culture is centered on embracing a growth mindset and encouraging teams and leaders to bring their highly qualified contributions each day. Join us and help shape the future of the world.

** Let's build the future-together** .

** Responsibilities*
* The  
** Senior Paid Media Activation Manager
** is responsible for the following:

+ Bringing high profile, business critical, quick-turn campaigns to life through hands-on paid social activation, optimization, and reporting.

+ Actively monitoring campaigns for optimization opportunities across platforms, creative sets, audience segments, and bidding strategies.

+ Diving deep into analytics to identify trends and learnings across audiences, placements, channels, ad sets/variants, and any additional variables that could impact campaign performance.

+ Providing agile, responsive, collaborative, and transparent communications with internal and external business partners to ensure campaigns remain agile while delivering on the required business outcomes.

+ Own the strategic operating model for Microsoft's in-house paid social activation infrastructure, ensuring platforms, processes, governance frameworks, and operational capabilities can scale to support evolving business priorities.

+ Collaborating with the Paid Media Director, Channel Specialists, Analytics, Digital Brand Safety, Finance Operations, and our platform and ad tech partners to ensure strategic & compliant activations.

+ Define and evolve operational governance standards across social media platforms, advertising accounts,…