Director, Marketing Strategy, Operations & Transformation (Consumer Business Group)

Maplewood, MN (Unknown)

$287K/yr – $351K/yrDirector/Executive8+ years expFull time

Posted 6 weeks ago

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Job Summary

Own global transformation priorities by turning strategy into a scalable operating model and governance that unites marketing, commercial, and IT with measurable outcomes.

  • Growth Infrastructure: shape the future-state marketing operating model and decision rights to simplify execution.
  • Marketing Ops: implement KPI/OKR dashboards, scorecards, and planning rhythms across teams.
  • Cross-functional Transformation: lead multi-team roadmaps with clear ownership, milestones, and business outcomes.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Partner with the CMO and leadership team to set strategic priorities and translate business objectives into a clear global consumer marketing transformation agenda.
  • Lead annual and multi-year strategic planning by identifying capability gaps, key choices, dependencies, resource needs, and actionable recommendations.
  • Define and operationalize the future-state global marketing operating model, including decision rights, governance, workflows, accountability, and ways to simplify execution.
  • Lead cross-functional transformation initiatives across marketing, commercial, digital, and enterprise teams, with clear roadmaps, ownership, milestones, and business outcomes.
  • Establish strong marketing operations and governance through KPI/OKR frameworks, scorecards, dashboards, review rhythms, and aligned planning across teams.
  • Accelerate adoption of data, technology, and AI-enabled marketing capabilities by partnering with Digital, IT, and business stakeholders to improve insights, content, targeting, experimentation, and measurement.
  • Drive change management and stakeholder alignment through clear communication, adoption planning, and partnership with enabling functions to ensure sustainable transformation.

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree or higher (completed and verified prior to start)
  • Eight (8) combined years of experience in strategy, operations, transformation, consulting, marketing operations, or program leadership in a private, public, government or military environment
  • Five (5) years of experience leading complex, cross-functional initiatives in a matrixed or global environment.
  • At least one (1) year of experience in consumer, CPG, retail, or other fast-moving commercial sectors
  • At least one (1) year of experience working with or adjacent to modern marketing organizations, including digital, data, analytics, process, and technology enablers.

Preferred

  • Master in Business, Computer Science, Engineering, or related field from an accredited institution
  • Ability to connect strategy, operating model, governance, and execution into a cohesive management approach.
  • Experience supporting executive decision-making through structured analysis, synthesis, and communication.
  • Excellent communication, stakeholder management, influence, and sound business judgment in ambiguous environments.
  • Proven ability to independently drive outcomes across complex, cross-functional organizations.
  • Experience in top-tier consulting, strategic transformation, and fast-moving consumer or commercial sectors.
  • Exposure to AI, MarTech, AdTech, Agile, Lean, and global operating model transformation.

Benefits

  • 3M offers many programs to help you live your best life – both physically and financially. To ensure competitive pay and benefits, 3M regularly benchmarks with other companies that are comparable in size and scope.
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