Job Description:
Job Title
Global Marketing Operations Manager
Collaborate with Innovative 3Mers Around the World
Choosing where to start and grow your career has a major impact on your professional and personal life, so it’s equally important you know that the company that you choose to work at, and its leaders, will support and guide you. With a wide variety of people, global locations, technologies and products, 3M is a place where you can collaborate with other curious, creative 3Mers.
This position provides an opportunity to transition from other private, public, government or military experience to a 3M career.
The Impact You’ll Make in this Role
As a Global Marketing Operations Manager, you will have the opportunity to tap into your curiosity and collaborate with some of the most innovative people around the world. Here, you will make an impact by:
- Develop, deploy, measure, and optimize global marketing programs with focused commercialization execution through channel partners, 3M sales teams, and direct to end-users to unlock growth at global scale.
- Collaborate and influence a cross-functional set of key stakeholders such as global and area product teams, area marketing operations teams, area sales teams, application engineers, and the Global Marketing Center (business-group level central marketing organization).
- Shape and evolve the value story for our products and solutions by developing and optimizing tools and learning content for our global sales team, further enabling them to sell value in a consistent, informed manner across the word.
- Support product teams in promoting newly commercialized products.
- Define program effectiveness measurement based on marketing and business objectives, sales and growth targets, tracking and communicating performance, and leveraging data to optimize programs and measure ROI with collaboration of area teams.
- Lead special projects or areas of focus as identified through the marketing planning process and/or throughout the year as needed.
- Closely support annual marketing planning & activation planning processes and implementation.
Your Skills and Expertise
To set you up for success in this role from day one, 3M requires (at a minimum) the following qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree or higher (completed and verified prior to start)
- Eight (8) years of marketing experience in a business-to-business environment in a private, public, government or military environment
Additional qualifications that could help you succeed even further in this role include:
- MBA or master’s degree in marketing from an accredited institution
- Eight (8) years of experience with B2B models and associated go-to-market models through industrial channel partners in a private, public, government or military environment
- Ability to lead through influence within a matrix organization
- Having a proactive work style and approach to deliverables & deadlines.
- Experience identifying and understanding market/customer pain points and translating into effective marketing tactics and go-to-market models.
- Ability to turn information & observations into actionable insights for the business.
- Strong interpersonal, communication and presentation skills.
- Ability to prioritize and effectively manage time commitments.
- Good analytic abilities, especially around marketing metrics & performance.
- Strategic thinking abilities and problem-solving skills.
- Ability to lead with positivity and inclusivity.
- Motivated to find success for customers, the business teams, and individually.
- Ability to use analytics to take projects effectively from analysis to insight and implementation.
Work location:
- This role follows an on-site working model, requiring the employee to work at least four days a week at the 3M Center in Maplewood, MN.
Travel: May include up to 10% domestic/international
Relocation Assistance: Not authorized
Must be legally authorized to work in country of employment without sponsorship for employment visa status (e.g., H1B status).
Supporting Your Well-being
3M offers many programs to help you live your best life – both physically and financially. To ensure competitive pay and benefits, 3M regularly benchmarks with other companies that are comparable in size and scope.
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Applicable to US Applicants Only:The expected compensation range for this position is $188,251 - $230,084, which includes base pay plus variable incentive pay, if eligible. This range represents a good faith estimate for this position. The specific compensation offered to a candidate may vary based on factors including, but not limited to, the candidate’s relevant knowledge, training, skills, work location, and/or experience. In addition, this position may be eligible for a range of benefits (e.g., Medical, Dental & Vision, Health Savings Accounts, Health Care & Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts, Disability Benefits, Life Insurance, Voluntary Benefits, Paid Absences and Retirement Benefits, etc.). Additional information is available at: https://www.3m.com/3M/en_US/careers-us/working-at-3m/benefits/.
Good Faith Posting Date Range 10/02/2026 To 11/01/2026 Or until filled
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