Sr. Manager, Strategic Marketing & AI Enablement

MKS Inc. is a company focused on strengthening its market position and profitability through innovative strategies. The Sr Manager, Strategic Marketing & AI Enablement will develop marketing strategies and implement AI solutions that enhance decision-making and productivity.

Responsibilities:

• Support strategic planning for assigned divisions and product lines
• Develop and execute product, investment, portfolio, and pricing strategies that drive innovation, differentiation, and profitability
• Analyze market, customer, competitive, technology, and business intelligence to identify trends, opportunities, and growth priorities
• Create executive-level market intelligence, including market sizing, competitor assessments, technology roadmaps, and strategic recommendations
• Support M&A evaluations, strategic partnerships, and investment decisions through research and analysis
• Contribute to operating plans and executive, Board, customer, and analyst presentations
• Partner with business and technology leaders to influence product, customer, market, and technology strategies
• Collaborate with the Office of the CTO to assess emerging technologies, applications, and innovation opportunities
• Identify opportunities to apply AI, generative AI, predictive analytics, and automation to improve strategic marketing, market intelligence, and planning processes
• Design and implement AI-enabled tools and workflows that enhance the speed, quality, and accessibility of business insights
• Lead development of AI use cases such as market monitoring, competitive intelligence, document summarization, customer insight analysis, and executive dashboards
• Partner with cross-functional teams to define requirements, evaluate solutions, and ensure alignment with business objectives and enterprise standards
• Drive adoption through training, change management, and responsible AI governance, including data quality, security, and compliance
• Stay current on emerging AI and automation capabilities, recommending practical applications that deliver measurable business value

Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree and 8+ years of experience in technical product marketing, strategic marketing, corporate strategy, market intelligence, business development, or related roles within technology, industrial, semiconductor, electronics, or advanced manufacturing industries
• Applicable Advanced degree/mix of coursework/education will be considered as experience
• 2+ years of experience with data analytics and visualization tools (e.g., Tableau, Power BI), large language models, and AI-enabled workflows
• Proven success developing market, product, portfolio, investment, or growth strategies in complex business environments
• Experience leading AI, automation, analytics, or digital transformation initiatives that improve business performance, decision-making, or productivity
• Working knowledge of generative AI, AI agents, workflow automation, business intelligence, and enterprise AI tools, with the ability to balance AI capabilities with human judgment
• Experience translating business requirements and partnering with IT, data, technical teams, vendors, or consultants to deliver digital and AI-enabled solutions
• Strong research, analytical, and problem-solving skills, with the ability to synthesize technical, market, financial, and customer insights into actionable recommendations
• Strong business acumen and the ability to connect technology trends, market dynamics, customer needs, and financial outcomes
• Demonstrated leadership and influence skills, with success working across large, complex, matrixed organizations
• Excellent written, verbal, and presentation skills, with the ability to communicate effectively with technical teams, executives, and customers
• Proven ability to lead cross-functional initiatives from concept through implementation, adoption, and continuous improvement
• Commitment to data integrity, confidentiality, responsible AI practices, and high-quality business recommendations
• Ability to take and follow directions and instructions
• Ability to interact with other employees, customers, suppliers, vendors, or the public, in a safe, professional, and respectful manner
• Access to sensitive and confidential business systems and software, personally identifying information, the company's financial information, and/or the ability to maintain physical security and safety
• Trustworthiness, reliability, and good judgment
• Engineering degree is preferred
• Experience with agentic AI is strongly preferred
• Familiarity with generative AI platforms, AI agents, large language models, business intelligence tools, data visualization, APIs, Python, and SQL preferred