Marketing Communications Manager

What Timken makes possible begins with you.
Those who came before us helped land a man on the moon, create the world's infrastructure, and introduce renewable energy alternatives. Now you can join the Timken team to write your own unique story and help drive what's next.

A career at Timken means you can have an immediate impact doing Work That Matters to the world— improving the efficiency of today's industrial equipment and preparing for the future of motion on our planet and beyond. New employees can start contributing right away, and there are many opportunities to advance your career at your own pace. Join our global team of 19,000 people in 45 countries, and start helping our customers push the limits of what's possible in their world of motion.

Purpose of Position

The Regional Marketing Communications Manager leads the planning and execution of communications and campaign activities across assigned geographic regions to ensure a consistent brand presence that drives awareness, demand, and growth within industrial and OEM channels. This role owns day‑to‑day regional communications priorities, adapting global brand standards and product messaging for local markets, channels, and languages. 

Essential Responsibilities

• Plan, coordinate, and deliver integrated regional campaigns and content across digital and traditional channels (email, web, social, events, PR, sales enablement).
• Localize global marketing materials and product messaging for regional audiences and coordinate translations, regional creative, and channel adaptations.
• Manage regional internal and external communications, including announcements, leadership messaging, and field enablement content that support regional commercial objectives.
• Track and report regional campaign performance and marketing metrics; use insights to optimize tactics and align work to regional sales and product goals.
• Lead and mentor direct reports and oversee agency contractors assigned to the region; set priorities, allocate resources, and ensure timely delivery.
• Provide guidance and governance to regional marketing communications colleagues across the enterprise to ensure alignment with brand standards and regional go‑to‑market plans.
• Act as the primary regional partner to product management, regional sales leaders, field marketing, IT, engineering, corporate communications, and global marketing teams to coordinate launches, promotions, and technical messaging.
• Ensure compliance with local regulations, market practices, and Timken branding/GenAI usage policies in regional communications.
• Collaborate with product management, global and regional marketing, sales, and engineering subject matter experts to translate technical features into customer-focused benefits and competitive positioning.
• Manage relationships with external agencies, freelance writers, videographers, and vendors; oversee budgets and ensure ROI on outsourced work.
• Responsible for leading a team of 2 Marketing Analysts, as well as reporting responsibility for 6 external contractors.

Qualifications/Skills:

• Minimum - Bachelor’s Degree in, marketing, communications, engineering, or a related field with 10+ years related experience
• Preferred – master’s degree in marketing, communications, engineering or a related field with 7+ years related experience
• Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite (Excel, Word, PowerPoint), SharePoint, and information systems (SAP, SQL, Access)
• Strong project management, cross‑functional collaboration, and team leadership skills.
• Ability to localize global strategy into regionally relevant campaigns and measure regional impact.
• Strong attention to detail, follow through and the ability to handle multiple competing priorities.
• Analytical skills to measure and improve aspects of the digital customer experience, develop metrics and report key insights to senior leadership.
• People management experience preferred

All qualified applicants shall be treated equally according to their individual qualifications, abilities, experiences and other employment standards. There will be no discrimination due to gender or gender identity, race, religion, color, national origin, ancestry, age, disability, sexual orientation, veteran/military status or any other basis protected by applicable law.