Senior Manager, Marketing Execution

YDU JC Air Cond & Ref Inc.- Dubai; Milwaukee (WI); On-site; USD 115,000 - 145,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Paid time off

Benefits package

Cross training

Collaborative team environment

Zero Harm safety

Job summary

Johnson Controls, a global leader in building technologies and energy efficiency, seeks a Senior Manager, Marketing Execution to drive strategic marketing programs and ensure consistent execution across regions and business units.

You will lead integrated program roadmaps, establish governance, and partner with Marketing, Sales, Digital, Operations, IT, and Analytics to translate strategy into measurable, scalable outcomes.

Responsibilities

• Lead complex marketing programs and transformation initiatives across regions, functions, and business units.
• Develop and maintain integrated program roadmaps, milestones, dependencies, risks, decisions, and stakeholder engagement plans.
• Coordinate execution across multiple workstreams, ensuring teams remain aligned on objectives, timing, ownership, and expected outcomes.
• Provide hands-on program support, remove execution barriers, elevate decisions, and maintain visibility for sponsors and stakeholders.
• Design and oversee standard work for Americas Marketing activities, including campaign types, campaign intake and prioritization, campaign activation, events, webinars, tradeshows, lead capture, follow-up, and measurement.
• Develop practical playbooks, SOPs, templates, checklists, RACI models, and stage-gate controls that clarify roles, decisions, inputs, outputs, and service-level expectations.
• Enable regional and functional teams to apply consistent ways of working while accommodating documented business or market requirements.
• Maintain a controlled repository and ensure standards, tools, and supporting materials remain current, accessible, and usable.
• Create a governance cadence to monitor adoption, exceptions, program health, process performance, risks, and business outcomes.
• Establish steering forums, working-team rhythms, decision pathways, and executive reporting that reinforce transparency and accountability.
• Define program KPIs and reporting frameworks to track progress, adoption, delivery performance, and value realization.
• Prepare concise leadership updates with key accomplishments, decisions required, risks, dependencies, and corrective actions.
• Facilitate cross-functional process design and continuous-improvement workshops, simplifying handoffs and removing duplication, delays, and execution risk.
• Partner with process owners and subject-matter experts to translate improvement opportunities into prioritized initiatives and sustainable implementation plans.
• Benchmark practices and sponsor improvements that increase productivity, transparency, scalability, and customer impact.
• Promote a continuous-improvement mindset by using data, stakeholder feedback, and lessons learned to strengthen program delivery.
• Lead change management through stakeholder alignment, communications, capability building, and coaching so regional teams consistently apply agreed ways of working.
• Develop adoption strategies, communication plans, training materials, and leader engagement approaches for new programs and operating practices.
• Monitor adoption and stakeholder readiness, identify resistance or capability gaps, and coordinate targeted interventions.
• Build strong relationships across a matrixed organization and influence decisions without relying on direct authority.
• Identify automation and AI opportunities that simplify work, improve decision visibility, reduce manual effort, and strengthen scalability.
• Partner with Marketing Operations, IT, Digital, and Analytics teams to define business requirements and prioritize technology-enabled improvements.
• Support implementation and adoption of tools and workflows that improve marketing planning, execution, governance, and measurement.

Job description

Johnson Controls, a global leader in thermal management, mission‑critical building systems, energy efficiency, and decarbonization, helps customers use energy more productively, reduce carbon emissions, and operate with the precision and resilience required in rapidly expanding industries such as data centers, healthcare, pharmaceuticals, advanced manufacturing, and higher education. For more than 140 years, Johnson Controls has delivered performance where it really matters. Backed by advanced technology, lifecycle services and an industry‑leading field organization, we elevate customer performance, turn goals into real‑world results and help move society forward.

What we offer:

• Competitive salary
• Paid vacation/holidays/sick time
• Comprehensive benefits package including 401K, medical, dental, and vision care
• On the job/cross training opportunities
• Encouraging and collaborative team environment
• Dedication to safety through our Zero Harm policy

POSITION SUMMARY

The Senior Manager, Marketing Execution leads strategic marketing programs and enables consistent execution across regions, functions, and business units. The role oversees interconnected workstreams, establishes governance and operating rhythms, supports teams with practical tools and standard work, and removes barriers that could affect delivery. Working across Marketing, Sales, Digital, Operations, IT, and Analytics, this leader connects strategy to execution and helps teams deliver measurable, scalable business outcomes.

Key Responsibilities

Program Leadership & Execution

Lead complex marketing programs and transformation initiatives across regions, functions, and business units. Develop and maintain integrated program roadmaps, milestones, dependencies, risks, decisions, and stakeholder engagement plans. Coordinate execution across multiple workstreams, ensuring teams remain aligned on objectives, timing, ownership, and expected outcomes. Provide hands‑on program support, remove execution barriers, elevate decisions, and maintain visibility for sponsors and stakeholders.

Standard Work & Execution Enablement

Design and oversee standard work for Americas Marketing activities, including campaign types, campaign intake and prioritization, campaign activation, events, webinars, tradeshows, lead capture, follow‑up, and measurement. Develop practical playbooks, SOPs, templates, checklists, RACI models, and stage‑gate controls that clarify roles, decisions, inputs, outputs, and service‑level expectations. Enable regional and functional teams to apply consistent ways of working while accommodating documented business or market requirements. Maintain a controlled repository and ensure standards, tools, and supporting materials remain current, accessible, and usable.

Governance & Performance Management

Create a governance cadence to monitor adoption, exceptions, program health, process performance, risks, and business outcomes. Establish steering forums, working‑team rhythms, decision pathways, and executive reporting that reinforce transparency and accountability. Define program KPIs and reporting frameworks to track progress, adoption, delivery performance, and value realization. Prepare concise leadership updates with key accomplishments, decisions required, risks, dependencies, and corrective actions.

Cross‑Functional Facilitation & Continuous Improvement

Facilitate cross‑functional process design and continuous‑improvement workshops, simplifying handoffs and removing duplication, delays, and execution risk. Partner with process owners and subject‑matter experts to translate improvement opportunities into prioritized initiatives and sustainable implementation plans. Benchmark practices and sponsor improvements that increase productivity, transparency, scalability, and customer impact. Promote a continuous‑improvement mindset by using data, stakeholder feedback, and lessons learned to strengthen program delivery.

Change Management & Adoption

Lead change management through stakeholder alignment, communications, capability building, and coaching so regional teams consistently apply agreed ways of working. Develop adoption strategies, communication plans, training materials, and leader engagement approaches for new programs and operating practices. Monitor adoption and stakeholder readiness, identify resistance or capability gaps, and coordinate targeted interventions. Build strong relationships across a matrixed organization and influence decisions without relying on direct authority.

Technology, Automation & Innovation

Identify automation and AI opportunities that simplify work, improve decision visibility, reduce manual effort, and strengthen scalability. Partner with Marketing Operations, IT, Digital, and Analytics teams to define business requirements and prioritize technology‑enabled improvements. Support implementation and adoption of tools and workflows that improve marketing planning, execution, governance, and measurement.

HIRING SALARY RANGE

$115,000-145,000 (Salary to be determined by the education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities of the applicant, internal equity, location and alignment with market data.) The posted salary range reflects the target compensation for this role. However, we recognize that exceptional candidates may bring unique skills and experiences that exceed the typical profile. If you believe your background warrants consideration beyond the stated range, we encourage you to apply. To support an efficient and fair hiring process, we may use technology assisted tools, including artificial intelligence (AI), to help identify and evaluate candidates. All hiring decisions are ultimately made by human reviewers. This position includes a competitive benefits package. For details, please visit the About Us tab on the Johnson Controls Careers site at https://jobs.johnsoncontrols.com/about-us

Johnson Controls International plc. is an equal employment opportunity and affirmative action employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, protected veteran status, genetic information, sexual orientation, gender identity, status as a qualified individual with a disability or any other characteristic protected by law.

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Johnson Controls: Enhancing the Intelligence of Buildings

Your buildings have a purpose. They are places for people to live or work. Facilities for learning or healing. Venues for entertainment and shopping. Sites for the specialized storage of tangible goods or mission‑critical data. Your buildings have a huge variety of functions; they are central to your mission. This is where Johnson Controls comes in, helping drive the outcomes that matter most. Through a full range of systems and digital solutions, we make your buildings smarter. A smarter building is safer, more comfortable, more efficient, and ultimately more sustainable. Most important, smarter buildings let you focus more intensely on your unique mission. Better for your people. Better for your bottom line. Better for the planet. At Johnson Controls, we’ve been making buildings smarter since 1885, and our capabilities, depth of innovation experience, and global reach have been growing ever since. Today, we offer the world’s largest portfolio of building products, technologies, software, and services; we put that portfolio to work to transform the environments where people live, work, learn and play.