Associate Director, Strategic Marketing, DS&S

EMD Electronics; Chandler (AZ); On-site; USD 167,000 - 250,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

PTO

Retirement contributions

Performance-based bonuses

Job summary

EMD Electronics in Chandler, AZ is seeking a seasoned strategy leader to shape a semiconductor capital equipment portfolio. You will drive roadmaps, set priorities across product lines, and build scalable services and turnkey offerings with cross‑functional teams.

You will translate market signals into business cases and ROI, focusing resources on high‑impact opportunities while helping customers improve uptime, yield and total cost of ownership.

Qualifications

• Requires a Bachelor’s degree in business, engineering, marketing or related field.
• 10+ years in strategic marketing, portfolio strategy or offering management in B2B markets.
• Experience turning market insights into value propositions, pricing or GTM plans.

Responsibilities

• Shape the strategic direction of the semiconductor capital equipment portfolio and translate insights into roadmaps and business cases.
• Lead strategy development across product lines and define portfolio priorities and standardization.
• Collaborate across functions to launch scalable services and turnkey offerings and drive ROI.
• Improve reliability, uptime, yield and total cost of ownership for customers.

Skills

Strategic marketing

Portfolio strategy

Executive communication

Financial modeling

AI literacy

Problem solving

Education

Bachelor’s degree in business/engineering/marketing

MBA

Tools

BI dashboards

Excel

Data analytics

Job description

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.

Your Role

In this pivotal role, you will shape the strategic direction of a Semiconductor capital equipment portfolio and turn customer insight into profitable growth. You will lead the strategy development process across product lines, define portfolio and standardization priorities, and build scalable Services and Turnkey offerings. Working across Product Management, Operations, Sales, Engineering, Technology, Quality, Supply Chain, Finance, and factories, you will translate market signals into roadmaps, value propositions, business cases, and launch plans. Your work will help customers improve reliability, uptime, yield, automation, and total cost of ownership while helping the business focus resources on the opportunities with the greatest impact.

The preferred locations for this role are Chander, AZ and Allentown, PA. Other US EMD Electronics locations may also be considered.

Who You Are

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in business, engineering, marketing, or a related field
• 10 or more years of experience in strategic marketing, upstream marketing, portfolio strategy, or offering management in complex B2B markets.
• Experience with customer segmentation, competitive analysis, value chain analysis, and portfolio roadmap development.
• Experience translating customer and market insights into value propositions, investment business cases, pricing strategy, or go to market plans.
• Experience leading cross functional strategy, product development, commercialization, or portfolio initiatives with senior stakeholders, supported by strong executive communication and structured problem solving.
• Experience using financial modeling methods for ROI , together with business intelligence dashboards or similar tools, to track performance, and measure KPI’s, to drive results.
• AI literacy, including understanding AI concepts and limitations, practical applications and decision making implications, and responsible use considerations such as bias, fairness, privacy, governance, and accountability.

Preferred Qualifications

• MBA or equivalent advanced business qualification
• Experience in semiconductor, electronics, high reliability, or capital equipment markets.

US Base Pay Range for this position – $166,900 - $250,300

The offer range represents the anticipated low and high end of the base pay compensation for this position. The actual compensation offered will be determined by factors such as location, level of experience, education, skills, and other job related factors. Position may be eligible for sales or performance based bonuses. Benefits offered by the Company include health insurance, paid time off (PTO), retirement contributions, and other perquisites.

What we offer

We are curious minds that come from a broad range of backgrounds, perspectives, and life experiences. We believe that this variety drives excellence and innovation, strengthening our ability to lead in science and technology. 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!