Senior Field Marketing Manager
Chicago, IL - USA
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Job Summary
Manufacturing is transforming and frontline teams need better toolswere hiring a Senior Field Marketing Manager at Redzone (by QAD) to build pipeline that directly drives that shift. You will own regional field marketing programs that create and accelerate pipeline in manufacturing. You will work directly with Sales Product Marketing Digital and Customer Marketing to plan run and measure events and campaigns that move accounts forward. You share the number with Sales and can show what worked and what didnt.
What Youll Do
Build and run regional field plans tied to pipeline and revenue goals in partnership with Sales leadership
Plan and execute events end to end: trade shows executive dinners customer roundtables and plant tours
Align with Sales on target accounts pre-event outreach and post-event follow-up so every event has a clear path to pipeline
Work with Product Marketing and Digital so field programs carry the right message and are supported by paid email and web
Use AI to move faster and smarter: account research targeting personalization follow-up and program analysis
Report on channel performance with rigor focused on sourced and influenced pipeline rather than attendance or badge scans
Manage agency and vendor relationships budgets and timelines
Bring customer and field insights back to the broader marketing team
Qualifications :
What You Bring
5 years in B2B field marketing with events and programs that produced measurable pipeline
Real understanding of manufacturing: plant floor teams and the operations quality and maintenance buyers who make decisions
Hands-on event experience from strategy and budget to logistics and on-site execution
A habit of working across teams without waiting for permission or process
Genuine enthusiasm for AI with examples of how you have built it into your work
Fluency with Salesforce and marketing automation; comfort with attribution and funnel metrics
Clear concise written and verbal communication including with executives
Must be willing to travel 30% of the time
What Success Looks Like
Regional pipeline targets met or exceeded for the region
Flawless execution at tradeshows at events
Faster leaner execution because of how you use AI
Trusted working relationships with Sales Product Marketing and Digital
Nice to Have
Experience in industrial tech SaaS or connected worker software
Experience marketing to frontline and operations audiences
Background in a lean marketing team supported by agencies
Additional Information :
Compensation Package:
- Base pay range: $125000 - $135000 (12 Months) base salary
- Placement within our pay range will vary based on knowledge skills experience and market location variations as well as internal peer equity.
- This role is eligible for the Marketing Bonus Plan.
U.S. benefits package includes medical dental and vision coverage a 401(k) plan with company match short-term and long-term disability coverage life insurance paid-time off parental leave flexible spending accounts and employee assistance program.
About QAD and QAD Redzone:
QAD Inc. is a leading provider of adaptive cloud-based enterprise software and services for global manufacturing companies. Global manufacturers face ever-increasing disruption caused by technology-driven innovation and changing consumer order to survive and thrive manufacturers must be able to innovate and change business models at unprecedented rates of speed. QAD calls these companies Adaptive Manufacturing Enterprises.
QAD Redzone helps to enable QADs vision for the Adaptive Enterprise. Labor productivity improvements directly impact efficiency. Productive and empowered employees increase the effective capacity of your plant and accelerate time to productivity for new employees giving manufacturers the agility to increase production beyond what was previously possible without having to invest in production equipment or new plants and reduce the amount and impact of employee attrition. Empowered employees with a growth mindset take extreme ownership of challenges that impact their production goals creating resilience in the face of disruption.
We are an Equal Opportunity Employer and do not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race color sex age national origin religion sexual orientation gender identity status as a veteran and basis of disability or any other federal state or local protected class.
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Remote Work :
Yes
Employment Type :
Full-time
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