Lead global Surface Sciences marketing and communications, translating strategy into integrated campaigns, executive communications, and growth-focused initiatives.

• Serve as a senior marketing leader for the Surface Sciences division, contributing to business strategy, growth initiatives, and leadership discussions.
• Translate division and business-unit strategies into clear, differentiated promotional marketing and communications plans.
• Partner closely with Strategic Marketing to align value propositions, portfolio narratives, and go-to-market priorities.
• Provide strategic marketing counsel to commercial and functional leaders, ensuring promotional efforts support growth, demand creation, and pipeline contribution.
• Act as a communications counselor to the business President and members of his team as they engage with employees, customers and prospects.
• Lead, coach, and develop a global promotional marketing organization consisting of direct and indirect reports across regions and market segments.
• Establish clear priorities, operating rhythms, and accountability across teams to ensure alignment, consistency, and effective execution.
• Support talent development, succession planning, and capability growth within the promotional marketing organization.
• Foster collaboration across regional and global teams to leverage best practices and drive efficiency.
• Oversee development and execution of integrated promotional marketing plans aligned to business and STRAP priorities, including: Global and regional promotional campaigns

• Lead generation programs and CRM-enabled campaign execution
• Thought leadership and advocacy initiatives
• Events, conferences, and trade show strategy and execution
• Customer marketing programs that strengthen key commercial relationships
• Ensure consistent application of brand standards, product brand architecture, and messaging frameworks across all activities.
• Lead internal and external communications for the Surface Sciences division, including leadership messaging, town halls, and employee communications.
• Oversee industry public relations and advocacy efforts to increase visibility, credibility, and share of voice across priority markets.
• Guide development of content and messaging that positions Surface Sciences as a trusted, innovative partner across Performance Coatings, Beauty & Home, and Pharma/Nutra.
• Own the Marcomm budget for the division and ensure investment aligns to business priorities and growth opportunities.