Strategic Marketing - Aerospace and Defense

About the Role: We are seeking a Strategic Marketing professional to lead Aerospace and Defense market initiatives in North America. This role involves driving an integrated market plan to strengthen our product roadmaps, targeting initiatives, and go-to-market capabilities. You will collaborate with a dynamic team to identify, define, and deliver market opportunities using assessment tools and dashboards. If you're passionate about making a tangible difference to industry electronification, electrification, and aerospace structures, we invite you to apply and join our transformative journey.

This position will be located at one of our facilities in Elkton, Maryland or Newark, Delaware, with the possibility of a hybrid work arrangement, depending upon the responsibilities of the role and business needs.

Pay and Benefits:

• $165,000 - $200,000per year
• Roles above $150k are eligible for the variable pay program each fiscal year, based on defined business performance metrics.
• Factors considered in extending an offer within this pay range include (but not limited to) education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities.
• Medical, Dental and Vision benefits effective on Day 1 of employment! We offer a comprehensive total rewards package, including competitive benefits. More details are available at www.gore.com/careers/benefits
  

Responsibilities:

• Define, refine, and integrate regional market plan with business unit leader, commercial leader, regional sales leader, and market segment leader
• Collaborate with Regional SaM team (FSA, SAM, etc) and develop integration, cadence, and feedback requirements
• Conduct regional market assessments aligned to global segment strategy and opportunities to identify, evaluate, and expand derivative, adjacent, and new offering and segments
• Identify and segment high priority customers and markets
• Drive LOS growth efforts by coordinating and leading Gate Reviews and capture and growth plan reviews
• Collect, assess and advocate NPD, PM&A, and business model opportunities for the market in the region
• Develop engagement plans to enable and lead targeted customer engagements with the right message at the right level to the right person at the right time
• Develop insights and inputs to influence marcom objectives and collaborate with the regional marcom leader for execution (messaging and brand elevation)
• Monitor competitive activities and contribute to segment competitive intelligence
• Develop budget and acquire Tools and Resources. (Gore BCP, Consultants, Subscriptions)

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in marketing, business management, or equivalent experience
• Minimum of 10 years experience in Aerospace & Defense in product management, business capture, or strategic marketing roles
• Capability to lean and apply market assessment skills from Market Assessment Essentials and/or the Big Picture Framework
• Large customer network across Aerospace and Defense industry with an ability to develop and leverage relationships at the executive level
• Proven ability to assess complex and/or emerging markets and to identify and qualify credible demand opportunities
• Proven ability to influence, manage performance, and resolve conflicts without authority and across functional and organizational lines
• Demonstrated ability to actively learn and develop new insights valuable to the business
• Ability to gain DoD Clearance
• Ability to travel up to 30%

Desired Qualifications:

• Military or government acquisition experience
  
• Adept at Market Assessment Essentials, Big Picture Framework, or equivalent market assessment tools

This position requires access to export-controlled areas and information.Candidates must be "U.S. persons" as that term is defined in 8 USC *1324b(a)(3). The term "U.S. persons" includes resident aliens ("green-card" holders) as well as certain refugees, asylum-holders and residents qualifying for temporary residence under the terms of 8 USC *1255a.

Hybrid Working Arrangements are permitted for Associates in the continental United States (US) and Canada, with appropriate approval and compliance with Gore's hybrid working policies, from the country in which they are employed.

What We Offer: Our success is based on the capability and creativity of our Associates, and we are proud to offer a comprehensive and competitive total rewards program that supports your everyday and helps you build your tomorrow.

We provide benefits that offer choice and flexibility and promote overall well-being. And in keeping with our belief that every Associate should share in the collective success of the enterprise; we provide a distinctive Associate Stock Ownership Plan in each country as well as potential opportunities for "profit-sharing". Learn more at gore.com/careers/benefits

We believe in the strength of a diverse and inclusive workplace. With diverse perspectives, ideas and experiences, we uncover new possibilities and make a greater impact in the world. We are proud of Associates for building on our rich history of innovation, upholding our values and supporting an inclusive work environment where we treat each other and our external partners with fairness, dignity and respect.

Gore is an equal opportunity employer. We welcome all applications irrespective of race, color, religion, sex, gender, national origin, ancestry, age, status as a qualified individual with a disability, genetic information, pregnancy status, medical condition, marital status, sexual orientation, status as a covered veteran, gender identity and expression, and any other characteristic protected by applicable laws and regulations.

Gore is committed to a drug-free workplace. All employment is contingent upon successful completion of drug and background screening. Gore will consider qualified applicants with criminal histories, e.g., arrest and conviction records, in a manner consistent with the requirements of applicable laws.

Gore requires all applicants to be eligible to work within the U.S. Gore generally will not sponsor visas unless otherwise noted on the position description.

Our Talent Acquisition Team welcomes your questions at gore.com/careers/contact