Head of Marketing, Communications and Public Affairs for North America

About the role

The Head of MCP North America leads a team of Marketing Communications managers, supporting Energy Systems' growth goals in the region. Key responsibilities include:

• Develops and sets the MCP strategy, annual initiatives & tactics plan for the Region
• Promotes cross-selling by including the needs of Global Business Units, ventures, and segments
• Advises the Regional Director on marketing, internal, external communications, and public affairs
• Learns and deploys regional marketing and communications strategy
• Monitors and reports on Regional MCP KPIs
• Defines and monitors MCP budget and MCP resources for the region
• Embeds global positioning, campaigns, trends, tools, systems in the region
• Ensures Regional MCP plans are executed within required deadlines, budget and global quality standards with the required results
• Proactively spots opportunities and creates solutions and creative campaigns suited for the region
• Acts as the regional touchpoint to adapt global campaigns to regional needs, customers, and interests

Requirements

• Relevant education, Bachelor's level or higher
• Extensive experience (minimum 10 years) and expertise in marketing and communications
• Preferably experience in managing people
• Strategic partner, senior marketeer & communications professional, customer obsessed, commercial mindset
• Used to connect with internal and external stakeholders at all levels
• Organization skills to meet deadlines and time schedules, able to manage limited resources with optimized outcome
• Proven ability to work in a highly structured way, ensuring full compliance with established policies, procedures and guidelines
• Analytical, digital and data focused
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills

Qualifications

• We are looking for a natural team player with behavioral flexibility to build relationships, adapts easily, coaches, influences and is able to give and receive feedback in a constructive way
• Creates trust through reliable delivery and strong and stable relationships with internal and external customers
• Promotes a diverse and inclusive culture, respects and understands cultural diversity and is able to communicate and connect with people at different levels
• Politically aware, sensitive, and adaptable; moves easily and successfully in an international complex organization
• Strong communication, influencing and senior advisory skills. Inspiring people manager
• Cultivates a broad and diverse network
• Eager on growth and renewal; uses the latest trends, insights and developments in marketing, communications, public affairs

Skills

• Act as senior advisor and has a commercial growth mindset
• Communicates effectively, is pragmatic, builds strong relationships and is able to influence

Benefits

Generous paid time off (vacation, sick days, company holidays, personal days)
Multiple Medical and Dental benefit plans to choose from, Vision benefits
Spending accounts – FSA, Dependent Care, Commuter Benefits, company-seeded HSA
Employer-paid, therapist-led, virtual care services through Talkspace
401(k) with company match
Company provided life insurance, short-term, and long-term disability benefits
Education reimbursement program
Flexible work schedule with hybrid opportunities
Charitable Matched Giving and Volunteer Rewards through our Impact Program
Volunteer time off (VTO) paid by the company
Career advancement opportunities

**Benefits vary based on position, tenure, location, and employee election**