Data Center Marketing & Communications Manager

Location: Northern

Daikin Applied is seeking a
** Data Center Marketing & Communications Manage
** r who serves as a communications lead and cross-functional business partner supporting the growth of Daikin Applied’s Data Center business.  This role owns the development and activation of the Data Center narrative and messaging architecture; coordinates integrated communications and stakeholder engagement activities; elevates thought leadership and market visibility and partners with sales, rep organizations and other stakeholders on enablement resources.  

Working closely with Data Center leadership, Marketing, Corporate Communications, Customer Success, Sales, Product Management and sister companies, this position connects teams and resources around a unified market story that strengthens customer confidence, accelerates sales effectiveness and advances strategic business priorities.

Come be a part of an exciting journey at Daikin Applied, where innovation and excellence drive our every endeavor!  
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* Location:

** Plymouth, MN, Hybrid  
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* What you will do:

**** Business Growth & Messaging Strategy
*** Develop and maintain the Data Center business narrative, value proposition and messaging framework
* Translate business priorities, innovation investments, operational capabilities and customer outcomes into compelling market-facing stories
* Identify communications opportunities that increase awareness, understanding and preference for Daikin Applied’s data center solutions
* Partner with business leaders to ensure customer communications, executive messaging and stakeholder engagement activities support strategic objectives
* Ensure consistent positioning and messaging across customer-facing channels, sales team and key stakeholders
** Customer and Stakeholder Engagement
*** Help initiate and coordinate customer, rep and stakeholder communications in support of key business initiatives
* Partner with Customer Experience, market-intelligence and other teams to incorporate relevant customer and market insights into messaging and communications programs
* Facilitate alignment among internal teams responsible for customer-facing communications and engagement activities
* Support communications planning for rep / customer-impacting events, strategic initiatives and emerging market issues
* Identify communications and content gaps that may impact customer understanding, stakeholder confidence or business effectiveness
** Sales & Rep Enablement
*** Partner with Sales, field and representative teams to shape and coordinate enablement resources that translate Data Center messaging and customer insights into effective market-engagement tools
* Contribute to the development and activation of presentations, customer-success stories, FAQs, playbooks, briefing materials, proof points and other customer-facing resources
* Help ensure Sales and representative teams have access to consistent, current and approved messaging and communications materials
* Support strategic customer pursuits and priority business initiatives through tailored messaging and communications support
* Collaborate with commercial leaders to identify field communication needs and develop scalable resources that improve sales readiness and customer engagement
** Integrated Marketing and Communications
*** Serve as a primary liaison between the Data Center business and Marketing, Corporate Communications, Customer Experience, Sales, Product Management, Events and other key stakeholders
* Act as primary communications liaison across sister companies, helping integrate value propositions and complementary technologies into relevant messaging and go-to-market activities.
· Coordinate integrated campaigns, customer-engagement initiatives, events and communications programs…