Director of Business Marketing and Strategy- Carbon Silica Technologies

Cabot Corporation•Billerica, MA

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About The Position

Cabot Corporation is seeking a high-performing, strategic, commercially driven Director of Business Strategy and Marketing to join their Carbon & Silica Technologies (CST) business. This role leads the strategy, M&A, segment marketing, and new product development activities for CST within Cabot’s Performance Chemicals Segment. The position is responsible for defining and executing the mid- to long-term strategy of the business to drive sustainable growth, profitability, and market leadership. The role leads market, customer, and product segmentation activities, while partnering closely with commercial, technology, and R&D teams to advance innovation pipelines from ideation through commercialization. Additionally, the role is accountable for competitive intelligence, market analysis, and identifying strategic growth opportunities globally, including partnerships, portfolio expansion, and evolving market trends.

Requirements

Bachelor degree in science, engineering or business required.
10+ years of experience in marketing, strategy, business development, or commercial leadership roles, with a demonstrated track record of driving growth and delivering business results.
Strong business acumen combined with bias for action and results orientation
Strong customer centric approach with the ability to build strong relationships, understand market needs, and drive value-focused solutions.
Strong understanding of technical products, applications, and customer value drivers, with the ability to translate technical capabilities into differentiated commercial solutions and business growth opportunities.
Ability to operate effectively at both strategic and tactical levels, balancing long-term vision with executional excellence and business priorities.
Leadership and influencing skills: ability to motivate, inspire and energize people and build strong teams.
Analytical skills and ability to understand interdependencies and cause and effect relationships, synthesize learnings, and develop insights.
Adept at organizing and connecting seemingly unrelated ideas

Nice To Haves

MBA preferred

Responsibilities

Lead Strategy activities for the business including developing and articulating long range strategy/plan, developing views on industry landscape, conducting competitor analysis, and driving business development in areas such as partnership/acquisition
Develop and execute global segment marketing strategies across key market segments by leading Global Segment Managers and leveraging Regional Marketing Managers to drive profitable growth and customer engagement.
Partner closely with Application Development, Technology, and R&D teams to drive new product development initiatives from ideation through successful commercialization.
Manage marketing communications activities for the business leveraging segment and corporate Marketing and Communications resources as well as Regional Marketing Managers
Supports efforts to implement and maintain the Responsible Care® Management System in line with the requirements of the RC14001® technical specification, as applicable to the site/region.