Director of Marketing, Product Planning & Business Development

Buffalo Grove, IL (On-site)

$105K/yr – $149K/yrDirector/Executive10+ years expFull time

Posted 1 day ago

Job Summary

Lead Vapor Bus Marketing by setting priorities, building strategies, and driving growth across product, brand, and market initiatives.

  • Owns multi-year roadmap and demand generation programs.
  • Partners with Sales and Engineering to translate market insights into product and go-to-market plans.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Lead, coach, and develop the Vapor Bus Marketing organization, setting clear priorities and performance expectations.
  • Create and execute annual marketing strategies aligned with revenue, growth, and market share objectives.
  • Drive brand positioning, market awareness, customer communications, trade show strategy, and industry event participation.
  • Establish marketing KPIs and measure return on investment for major programs and campaigns.
  • Develop and maintain a multi-year product roadmap aligned with customer needs, technology trends, and business strategy.
  • Lead Voice of Customer activities to identify emerging customer requirements, unmet market needs, and product opportunities.
  • Partner with Engineering to prioritize new product development investments, innovation opportunities, and technical feasibility assessments.
  • Conduct market sizing, segmentation, competitive benchmarking, pricing analysis, and portfolio profitability reviews.
  • Drive business case development for new products, portfolio extensions, and lifecycle management decisions.
  • Identify and evaluate new business opportunities, strategic partnerships, adjacent markets, and expansion initiatives.

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree in Business, Marketing, Engineering, or a related field; MBA preferred.
  • 10+ years of progressive experience in Product Management, Product Marketing, Business Development, Marketing, or Commercial Leadership roles.
  • 5+ years of leadership experience managing teams and cross-functional initiatives.
  • Experience working with engineering and technical development organizations.
  • Demonstrated success developing product roadmaps, customer value propositions, and commercialization strategies.
  • Strong strategic planning, analytical, financial, and business case development skills.
  • Experience leading customer-facing initiatives, executive-level presentations, and market growth programs.
  • Ability to translate customer requirements and market insights into profitable business solutions.
  • Ability to travel up to 50%
  • Relocation assistance may be provided if eligibility requirements are met.

Benefits

  • More information on offered benefits, which include health, welfare, and retirement, are available at mywabtecbenefits.com.
  • Other benefit offerings for this role may include annual bonus, if eligible.
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Salaries

Posted range

$105K/yr – $149K/yr

Taken straight from the job posting.

The middle of this range ($127K) is 36% below the median base salary for Product Marketing Director roles in the United States ($198K).

Product Marketing Director median pay in the United States

$198K/yr

Most earn $180K to $229K. Based on 40 salaries, including bonus and equity.

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