Marketing Manager, Equipment Solutions
Daikin Applied Americas · Plymouth, MN · 2 wk ago
HybridMarketingFull-time
About the role
The Equipment Marketing Manager leads solution-level go-to-market strategies for Daikin Applied's product portfolio, focusing on reliability, redundancy, scalability, energy efficiency, and speed to deployment. This role aligns complementary technologies into a unified value proposition, tailored to building owners, operators, engineers, and sales partners.
Responsibilities
- Lead equipment and portfolio-level positioning and messaging to ensure differentiation in the market and alignment with customer needs
- Provide leadership, direction, and development to team members, fostering a collaborative, high-performance environment that aligns with organizational goals and supports team growth, accountability, and long-term capability building
- Plan and execute integrated equipment launches in collaboration with Corporate Marketing, Engineering, National Accounts, and the Product Business Units, delivering clear, timely, and impactful got-to-market assets
- Develop and execute integrated marketing programs—including digital campaigns, product launches, sales tools, and channel enablement—to drive demand, expand market share, and support revenue targets for core and emerging equipment offerings
- Lead and manage relationships with external agencies and creative partners to deliver high-quality launch campaigns. Provide strategic direction, set clear expectations, and ensure alignment to brand guidelines, business objectives, timelines, and budgets
- Own and oversee content strategy for digital channels including websites, email campaigns, and social media to drive awareness, demand, and solution adoption
- Track and analyze marketing performance metrics, adjusting strategies to maximize impact and ROI
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in liberal arts, journalism, communications, or marketing
- 8+ years of proven experience in B2B marketing, product marketing, go-to-market strategy, and product launches. Preferably in the manufacturing or industrial sector
- Strong understanding of marketing principles, including product positioning, messaging, and go-to-market strategies
- Knowledge of commercial HVAC equipment technologies or related B2B equipment markets
- Ability to translate technical concepts into customer-focused messaging
- Excellent strategic thinking and project management skills for complex launches and campaigns
- Skilled in content development for collateral, presentations, and digital assets
- Strong analytical skills to measure performance and optimize marketing programs
- Exceptional communication and presentation abilities for internal and external audiences
- Collaborative mindset with the ability to build relationships across teams and external partners
Qualifications
- Minimum of 10 years of experience in the commercial HVAC or related technology sectors
Skills
- Strategic thinking and project management
- Content development
- Marketing principles and go-to-market strategies
- Technical concept translation
- Analytics and performance optimization
- Communication and presentation
- Team leadership and development
Benefits
- Multiple medical insurance plan options + dental and vision insurance
- 401K retirement plan with employer contributions matching 100% of the first 3% of employee contributions and 50% on the next 2% of employee contributions
- Company provided life insurance + optional employee paid voluntary life insurance, dependent life coverage and voluntary accident coverage
- Short term and long-term disability
- 3 weeks of paid time off for new employees + 11 company paid holidays
- Vacation accrues on a monthly basis, unless applicable federal, state and local law requires a faster accrual
- Paid sick time in accordance of the federal, state and local law
- Paid parental leave
- Tuition reimbursement after 6 months of continuous service
Pay
The typical annual base salary for this position ranges from $113,800k - $193,900k and a bonus potential up to 20%. The range displayed represents the pay range for all positions in the job grade which this position falls. Individual base pay will depend on a wide range of factors including your skills, qualifications, experience, and location.
Schedule
Hybrid Schedule