Lead - Marketing & Communications, India

Key Responsibilities

JOB DESCRIPTION

• Marketing Strategy & Leadership - Customer Centric GTM-wise
• Develop the annual India Marketing Strategy aligned with Vertiv's business objectives and the specific goals
• Partner with POD leaders (Sales and Solutions leads) to translate business priorities into integrated GTM plans for critical digital infrastructure verticals.
• Serve as a strategic advisor to the India leadership team, providing market intelligence to support the goal.
• POD-Based Demand Generation & ABM
• Lead the Strategic Growth Engine by generating a measurable marketing contribution to the sales pipeline
• Execute high-touch Account-Based Marketing (ABM) for priority 1:1 and 1:Few accounts within the POD framework
• Orchestrate demand-generation programs across the buying journey, utilizing digital nurture campaigns and interactive tools like ROI calculators.
• Technology & Thought Leadership
• Establish Vertiv as a co-innovation partner in the AI and data center ecosystem.
• Drive narrative-led thought leadership around key AI imperatives:
• Own the strategic events calendar
• Cross-Functional Collaboration & Operations
• Maintain a monthly interlock and MBR (Monthly Business Review) reporting cadence with POD stakeholders to ensure alignment on pipeline and engagement targets.
• Leverage Global Marketing COEs and emerging AI tools to improve marketing effectiveness and dashboard reporting.
• Lead and mentor a high-performance team that is commercially focused and execution oriented.
• Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)
  
  

Success Will Be Measured Through The Following POD-aligned Metrics

• Marketing Contribution to Pipeline: New generated sourced and influenced pipeline as a % of total generated pipeline
• Named Account Engagement: % of unique accounts engaged within each POD
• Brand Impact Score: Measure of influence, awareness, and share of voice (SOV).
• Campaign & Event ROI: Effectiveness of POD-specific initiatives
• Leadership Attributes & Competencies
• Commercially Minded: Deep understanding of marketing's role in revenue growth and sales enablement.
• Technology Savvy: Ability to communicate complex value propositions like Digital Twins and HVDC architectures.
• Matrix Influence: Capability to influence senior stakeholders across Sales, Engineering, and Global teams in a matrixed Revenue POD environment.
• Strategic Execution: Converting high-level strategy into measurable, segment-specific outcomes.
  
  

Ideal Candidate Profile: A senior B2B leader from the data center, cloud, or critical infrastructure sectors who has successfully managed marketing within a cross-functional revenue-generating model.

About Us

The successful candidate will embrace Vertiv's Core Principles & Behaviors to help execute our Strategic Priorities.

OUR CORE PRINCIPLES: Safety. Integrity. Respect. Teamwork. Inclusion.

OUR STRATEGIC PRIORITIES

• High-Performance Culture
• Customer Focus
• Operational Excellence
• Innovation
• Financial Strength
  
  

VERTIV BEHAVIORS

• Own it
• Act with urgency
• Foster a customer-first mindset
• Think big and execute
• Lead by example
• Drive continuous improvement
• Learn and seek out development
• Promote transparent & open communication
  
  

About Vertiv

Vertiv (NYSE: VRT) brings together hardware, software, analytics and ongoing services to enable its customers vital applications to run continuously, perform optimally and grow with their business needs. Vertiv solves the most important challenges facing today's data centers, communication networks, and commercial and industrial facilities with a portfolio of power, cooling and IT infrastructure solutions and services that extend from the cloud to the edge of the network. Headquartered in Westerville, Ohio, USA, Vertiv employs around 34,000 people and does business in more than 130 countries. Visit Vertiv.com to learn more.

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