Senior Manager, Marketing Execution

Johnson Controls; Milwaukee (WI); On-site; USD 115,000 - 145,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Paid vacation/holidays/sick time

401K, medical, dental, and vision care

On the job/cross training

Collaborative team environment

Zero Harm safety policy

Job summary

Johnson Controls seeks a Senior Manager of Marketing Execution to lead strategic marketing programs and enable consistent regional delivery. You will connect strategy to execution across Marketing, Sales, Digital, Operations, IT, and Analytics, delivering measurable business outcomes.

You will establish governance, roadmaps, and enable teams with practical tools, playbooks, and standard work while removing barriers to execution and ensuring scalable impact.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in marketing, business, or a related field.
• Proven track record leading large-scale marketing programs across regions.
• Experience enabling cross-functional teams and stakeholders.
• Ability to design governance, KPIs, and reporting for program health.

Responsibilities

• Lead complex marketing programs and transformation initiatives across regions and units.
• Develop and maintain integrated program roadmaps, milestones, risks, and stakeholders.
• Coordinate execution across multiple workstreams ensuring alignment on objectives.
• Provide hands-on support, remove barriers, and maintain sponsor visibility.
• Define governance cadence and leadership updates with actions and risks.

Skills

Program leadership

Governance

Cross-functional facilitation

Change management

Automation opportunities

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. 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.