Executive Director Global Marketing

The businesses of Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany • Carlsbad, CA

6h • Remote

About The Position

Work Your Magic with us! Start your next chapter and join EMD Electronics. Ready to explore, break barriers, and discover more? We know you’ve got big plans – so do we! Our colleagues across the globe love innovating with science and technology to enrich people’s lives with our solutions in Healthcare, Life Science, and Electronics. Together, we dream big and are passionate about caring for our rich mix of people, customers, patients, and planet. That's why we are always looking for curious minds that see themselves imagining the unimaginable with us. Everything we do in EMD Electronics is to help us deliver on our purpose of being the company behind the companies, advancing digital living. We are dedicated to being the trusted supplier of high-tech materials, services and specialty chemicals for the electronics, automotive and cosmetics industries. We foster a global collaborative organization made up of individuals who have the passion to win, obsess about the customer, are relentlessly curious and act with urgency. Together, we push the boundaries of science to make more possible for our customers.

Requirements

• Minimum 10 years of experience in semiconductor materials, specialty chemicals, advanced materials or a related technology market, including substantial commercial or marketing leadership experience.
• Demonstrated success in market assessment, portfolio strategy, product positioning, competitive analysis, pricing and customer value proposition development.
• Experience leading global, cross-functional new-product introduction and commercialization in a complex matrix environment.
• Strong customer-facing experience with leading semiconductor manufacturers, including the ability to translate technical needs into commercially attractive opportunities.
• Experience leading teams and influencing senior leaders across R&D, Manufacturing, Scale Up, Supply Chain, Quality, Customer Applications, Sales and Finance.
• Strong strategic marketing fundamentals, including market sizing, segmentation, opportunity assessment, competitive intelligence, customer insight and product differentiation.
• Ability to uncover the customer pain point, define the value proposition and connect technical performance to measurable customer and business value.
• Strong command of NPI, stage-gate governance and launch management.
• Commercial judgment in portfolio choices, pricing, profitability, resource trade-offs and risk-based decision making.
• Ability to set clear ownership and decision rights across functions, challenge gaps early and drive teams toward timely decisions.
• Strong financial and business acumen, supported by clear communication and executive-level storytelling.
• Global leadership, coaching and influencing skills, with the ability to build trust across technical, operational and commercial teams.
• Working knowledge of semiconductor manufacturing, lithography materials and customer qualification requirements.

Nice To Haves

• An MBA or formal training in strategic marketing, portfolio management, pricing, finance or product management is an advantage.

Responsibilities

• Lead Global Marketing for Patterning as the external market and commercial strategy voice for Lithography and Cleans.
• Set the global marketing direction for Patterning: Own market, portfolio, product and go-to-market strategy across Lithography and Cleans. Translate customer needs, market structure and competitive dynamics into clear priorities for growth, margin and investment.
• Build strong market and customer insight: Lead opportunity assessment, market sizing, segmentation, competitor analysis and customer pain-point discovery. Create clear, evidence-based views of where Patterning can win and what customers value.
• Define differentiated product and value propositions: Clarify product positioning, differentiation, target applications and customer value. Ensure each priority offering has a compelling value proposition supported by technical, commercial and competitive evidence.
• Lead commercial ownership of NPI and launch management: Serve as the commercial lead across the NPI lifecycle and ensure strong launch discipline through Gates 2, 3 and 4. Align R&D, Manufacturing, Scale Up, Supply Chain, Quality, Customer Applications and Sales around customer requirements, launch readiness, decision rights, risks and milestones.
• Partner with Launch Management: Set the commercial brief and success criteria while the dedicated launch or program manager coordinates the detailed cross-functional plan. Establish clear ownership, standard deliverables, transparent status and timely escalation without expecting market managers to perform every technical project-management task.
• Manage portfolio, pricing and profitability: Own portfolio choices, lifecycle strategy, pricing architecture and margin improvement. Balance growth, customer value, resource needs and strategic fit, and stop or redirect work when the opportunity no longer supports the business case.
• Raise marketing capability and execution: Build a high-performing global marketing team with strong skills in market analysis, customer insight, competitive intelligence, value propositions, pricing, portfolio management and launch leadership. Create practical standards, coaching and reusable examples of strong work.
• Represent the market across the business: Bring an independent external view into R&D, operations and leadership decisions. Represent Patterning with customers, industry partners and at relevant conferences, and ensure customer feedback is converted into clear action.

Benefits

• We are committed to creating access and opportunities for all to develop and grow at your own pace.
• Join us in building a culture of inclusion and belonging that impacts millions and empowers everyone to work their magic and champion human progress!

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Executive