Vice President, Global Marketing and Strategy, Battery Materials

Cabot Corporation

Boston, MA

Full Time

Executive

about 1 month ago

Job Description

About the Role

The Vice President, Global Marketing and Strategy, Battery Materials at Cabot leads the global marketing, M&A, strategy, and new product development activities. Working in collaboration with the segment president, business operation VP, and leadership team, the role develops and defines the long-term strategy for Battery Materials to ensure profitable, sustainable development and growth. This position evaluates, proposes, and executes investment projects, leads market, customer, and product segmentation, and drives new product development pipeline activities through commercialization. The role is accountable for competitor analysis, marketing communications, market intelligence, and market trends globally, leading a global team and being a key member of the segment leadership team.

Key Responsibilities

Lead the strategic planning process including developing and executing long-range strategy, conducting competitor analysis, and identifying opportunities such as greenfield, brownfield investments, and partnerships or acquisitions.
Develop and execute marketing plans by leading global and regional marketing teams.
Manage marketing communications activities by leveraging Corporate Marketing and Communications resources as well as Regional Marketing Managers.
Own market intelligence, map out and track the competitive landscape to define the company's position and that of competitors.
Work with Application Development and R&D to drive new product development pipeline activities from ideation through commercialization.
Identify future technology development opportunities, evaluate, propose, and decide participation paths.
Build and maintain internal and external relationships to drive outcomes.
Lead a global team, practicing performance-based management through coaching and developing employees, ensuring effective alignment with matrix functions.
Support efforts to implement and maintain the Responsible Care Management System in line with RC14001 requirements.

Requirements

Understanding of battery materials technical capabilities, applications, and customer usage.
Knowledge of emerging trends in battery materials markets and applications to identify new opportunities.
Ability to communicate a clear vision, direction, and measures of success.
Strong communication skills to explain complex concepts to diverse stakeholders.
Strategic thinking to define value creation actions.
Ability to make timely, thoughtful, and high-impact decisions that deliver results.
Ability to advocate the vision and influence senior stakeholders including ExCo, customers, and government officials.
Skilled in leading people, creating, and maintaining high-performing teams.
MBA (strongly preferred) or Bachelor degree in science or engineering.
15+ years of strategy and/or marketing experience with a proven leadership record.
Ability to travel globally and work with international teams across different cultures and market conditions.

Nice to Have

Experience working in a dynamic, collaborative, and meaningful work environment.
Experience in personal development and peer support initiatives.

Qualifications

MBA (strongly preferred)
Bachelor degree in science or engineering
15+ years of strategy and/or marketing experience

Benefits & Perks

Flexible, dynamic, and team-oriented work environment.
Opportunities for personal growth and skill development.
Flexible work schedule and autonomy to manage your own time.
Highly competitive benefits packages within regional operations.
Open and direct feedback culture.
Supportive team impacting company talent and professional development.

Working at Cabot Corporation

Cabot fosters a dynamic, flexible, and collaborative team environment that values meaningful work, personal development, peer support, and open feedback. The company emphasizes building a supportive team that impacts the company's talent development and success.

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