Senior Manager, Global Market Activation

Rockwell Automation•Mayfield Heights, OH

1d•Hybrid

About The Position

Rockwell Automation is seeking a Senior Manager, Global Market Activation to lead the global execution of strategic technology partnerships, transforming partner strategies into measurable pipeline growth, revenue, and customer outcomes. The role orchestrates cross-functional teams across Sales, Marketing, Business Units, Product Management, Customer Success, and regional organizations to commercialize joint solutions and accelerate market impact. Working closely with Strategic Technology Partner Managers, this leader develops and executes scalable go-to-market programs, advances commercialization of joint solutions, drives pipeline creation, and strengthens partnerships with global technology companies. The position reports to the Vice President, Market Access and follows a hybrid schedule in Milwaukee, WI; Mayfield Heights, OH; Houston, TX; or Weston, FL. Employees are expected to work at a Rockwell location at least Mondays, Tuesdays, and Thursdays unless they have an off-site business obligation.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree or equivalent years of relevant experience.
Legal authorization to work in the U.S.; the employer will not sponsor employment visas for this opening, now or in the future.

Nice To Haves

10–15+ years in industrial automation, enterprise software, cloud, or technology ecosystems.
Experience with global technology alliances or strategic partnerships.
Strong go-to-market leadership across multiple regions.
Commercialization and product launch experience.
Cross-functional leadership without direct authority.
Executive presence with internal leaders and partner executives.
Ability to translate strategy into measurable business outcomes.
5+ years of experience with or from organizations such as Microsoft, AWS, NVIDIA, Cisco, Siemens, Schneider Electric, Honeywell, PTC, AVEVA, Salesforce, SAP, or similar companies.
Strength in strategic thinking, commercial execution, cross-functional influence, executive communication, program leadership, data-driven decision making, change management, organizational agility, and customer-centric thinking.

Responsibilities

Translate joint business plans into executable go-to-market strategies.
Develop annual activation plans for strategic technology partners.
Lead commercialization of new joint solutions.
Ensure consistency across the Americas, EMEA, and APAC.
Coordinate regional execution with regional sales leadership, including sales plays, executive events, industry workshops, customer adoption, and pipeline acceleration.
Build scalable seller readiness with Partner Managers by developing plans, messaging, battle cards, training, competitive positioning, industry use cases, and customer references.
Own execution metrics including pipeline creation, partner-influenced revenue, customer adoption, campaign effectiveness, seller activation, and commercial launch success.
Translate joint business plans consistently into regional execution.
Increase partner-influenced and partner-sourced pipeline and revenue.
Develop repeatable go-to-market playbooks for global adoption.
Improve seller engagement and readiness.
Foster collaboration across regions and functions and serve as the execution engine for strategic partnerships.