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Strategic Marketing Manager- Industrial Markets

Molex
life insurance, parental leave
United States, Illinois, Lisle
2222 Wellington Court (Show on map)
Jul 02, 2025
Your Job Are you ready to elevate your marketing expertise and lead at the intersection of strategy and execution? Do you have a passion for industrial markets and the ability to deeply understand customer needs? If you're looking for a dynamic role with a team that values your strategic insight, leadership capabilities, and ability to create impactful marketing programs, we invite you to help shape the future of industrial markets with Molex. This position will serve as the voice and vision of the Industrial Market across Molex. By leading marketing initiatives in industries like Industrial Automation, Heavy Equipment, and Agricultural Machinery, you'll craft and execute programs that drive substantial value and increase our market presence. What You Will Do Customer Obsessed-be the voice of the industrial market for the marketing team, including the nuances for design engineers in the industrial automation, heavy equipment and agricultural machinery industries, and what type of content they find most engaging to help engagement and ultimately revenue. Work with stakeholders across Molex to understand the competitive landscape and how that affects the type of content we produce for the industrial market. Lead an agile pod dedicated to developing primary content for the Industrial Market. Manage and execute a comprehensive content strategy that supports the industrial design engineer audience, including collaborating with marketing, product and engineering teams to develop and execute primary content programs that deliver a tangible return on investment. Deeply understand design engineers in the industrial market and collaborate with internal SMEs to distill complex technical information to craft clear, concise and engaging messaging and positioning that sets the tone for high quality content development. Manage the creation of, as well as review and approve, industrial primary content, including technical papers, blog posts, and web pages, to effectively communicate Molex's point of view and solutions. Create and manage an industrial content strategy and calendar that supports the industrial design engineer education and buying journey across all marketing touchpoints. Develop creative briefs and document requirements to help project team members understand the goals and success parameters for planned deliverables. Collaborate with creative services, writers, designers, and technical team members to deliver content and other strategic deliverables. Monitor the progress of technical marketing programs to ensure that key milestones are reached according to the project timeline. Measure and report the success of tactics and program KPIs along with their longer-term business impacts to continually improve our return on investment. Who You Are (Basic Qualifications) Substantial experience developing, leading and managing marketing campaigns, product marketing programs, or similar marketing programs from start to finish. Experience in developing comprehensive customer personas and mapping the buyer's journey to inform content strategy and touchpoints. Highly organized project management skills with excellent attention to detail. Excellent written and verbal communication skills. Flexibility to collaborate across global time zones. Proficient in productivity applications such as Microsoft Office, Teams, PowerPoint, Project or Wrike. What Will Put You Ahead 3+ years of experience managing enterprise B2B marketing programs or campaigns within the electronics, connector, or electronic component distribution industries. Proficiency in digital marketing, including SEO and the use of analytics platforms to optimize content reach and measure program effectiveness. Demonstrated ability to craft compelling narratives that simplify technical concepts for non-technical audiences. Experience developing and executing strategic product marketing campaigns aligned with revenue growth objectives. Proven track record of tracking, measuring, and reporting performance metrics (e.g., content performance, KPIs, ROI) to inform data-driven decisions. For this role, we anticipate paying $110,000-$145,000 per year. This role is eligible for variable pay, issued as a monetary bonus or in another form. At Koch companies, we are entrepreneurs. This means we openly challenge the status quo, find new ways to create value and get rewarded for our individual contributions. Any compensation range provided for a role is an estimate determined by available market data. The actual amount may be higher or lower than the range provided considering each candidate's knowledge, skills, abilities, and geographic location. If you have questions, please speak to your recruiter about the flexibility and detail of our compensation philosophy. Hiring Philosophy All Koch companies value diversity of thought, perspectives, aptitudes, experiences, and backgrounds. We are Military Ready and Second Chance employers. Learn more about our hiring philosophy here. Who We Are At Koch, employees are empowered to do what they do best to make life better. Learn how our business philosophy helps employees unleash their potential while creating value for themselves and the company. Our Benefits Our goal is for each employee, and their families, to live fulfilling and healthy lives. We provide essential resources and support to build and maintain physical, financial, and emotional strength - focusing on overall wellbeing so you can focus on what matters most. Our benefits plan includes - medical, dental, vision, flexible spending and health savings accounts, life insurance, ADD, disability, retirement, paid vacation/time off, educational assistance, and may also include infertility assistance, paid parental leave and adoption assistance. Specific eligibility criteria is set by the applicable Summary Plan Description, policy or guideline and benefits may vary by geographic region. If you have questions on what benefits apply to you, please speak to your recruiter. Additionally, everyone has individual work and personal needs. We seek to enable the best work environment that helps you and the business work together to produce superior results. 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