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Koch Industries

Private conglomerate in energy and materials

Industry Marketing Manager

Full-TimePosted on 10/16/2026
$115k - $150k/yr+ Variable pay/bonus
Mid
Lisle, IL, USA
Remote
Growth & MarketingProduct Marketing
No H1B Sponsorship

About the job

Requirements
  • At least 3 years of experience developing, leading, and managing industry-focused marketing content programs, sales enablement content initiatives, product marketing programs, or similar business-to-business marketing initiatives from strategy through execution.
  • A demonstrated track record of creating sales collateral, presentation decks, and commercial enablement tools for complex technical solutions.
  • A pragmatic, action-oriented approach to crafting industry, application, and value-proposition messaging that resonates with design engineers, procurement personas, and commercial teams.
Responsibilities
  • Drive content creation that influences design engineers, technical buyers, and other key decision-makers throughout the buyer journey.
  • Manage and execute a comprehensive content strategy for key audiences, collaborating with marketing, sales, product, and engineering teams on marketing and sales enablement content programs.
  • Collaborate with internal subject matter experts to distill complex technical information into clear industry and application messaging and input briefs for marketing and customer-facing sales enablement materials.
  • Partner with sales leadership to identify buyer-journey content gaps and create enablement tools for field teams.
  • Use generative artificial intelligence tools to accelerate market research, streamline brainstorming, and draft structured creative input briefs for external partners and internal creative resources.
  • Manage the creation, review, and approval of industry, application, and sales enablement content, including web pages, blog posts, technical papers, customer pitch decks, and commercial sales collateral that reflect customer challenges, required capabilities, and solutions that deliver value.
  • Collaborate with creative services, writers, designers, and technical team members to deliver content and sales enablement materials while balancing competing priorities and alignment expectations.
  • Create strategic input briefs for creative partners to guide efficient content execution.
  • Handle minor copywriting, editing, and rapid-response projects to support quick-turn sales enablement content delivery.
  • Develop content strategies aligned with search engine optimization and answer engine optimization practices so technical content ranks effectively and supports AI-driven answer engines.
  • Monitor industry marketing program milestones against project timelines and move initiatives forward.
  • Track, evaluate, and report content performance and program effectiveness to refine messaging, optimize asset usage, and improve marketing return on investment.
Desired Qualifications
  • At least 5 years of experience managing enterprise business-to-business marketing and sales enablement programs or campaigns in the electronics, connector, or contract manufacturing industries.
  • Proven success building sales enablement assets, such as industry overview decks, reference guides, and solution briefs, that accelerate customer conversations and shorten sales cycles.
  • A solid foundation in search engine optimization and answer engine optimization, hands-on experience using artificial intelligence models for workflow efficiency, and a track record of structuring technical business-to-business content to maximize visibility across search engines and AI discovery platforms.

About the company

Koch Industries is a large, private, diversified conglomerate that operates in energy, chemical processing, and manufacturing. It started from an innovation that turned heavy crude oil into gasoline and grew through long‑term investments rather than short‑term market moves. The company generates value by refining fuels and producing chemical products, and it operates Georgia-Pacific, a major maker of paper and building products. Its business model relies on reinvesting most earnings back into the company to fund steady, long‑term growth rather than paying out frequent dividends or seeking quick profits. Koch differentiates itself from many competitors by staying privately owned, which reduces pressure from public markets and enables longer‑range planning. The company’s goal is to build scale and durability across its holdings by sustainable, multi‑decade growth rather than rapid, episodic gains.

Company Size

5,001-10,000

Company Stage

Growth Equity (Non-Venture Capital)

Total Funding

$985.2M

Headquarters

Wichita, Kansas

Founded

1940

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What believers are saying

  • Koch raised $224.4 million in equity financing on March 10, 2026, preserving dry powder.
  • Koch's Africa fertilizer foothold expands global phosphate reach from Morocco's Jorf complex.
  • Closed Tacoma gypsum plant concentrates capital into stronger Georgia-Pacific assets and higher-margin lines.

What critics are saying

  • DOJ opened a fertilizer antitrust probe in March 2026, risking criminal charges and damages.
  • Farmers filed class actions in March and June 2026 against Koch Agronomic Services.
  • Georgia-Pacific will close Tacoma's gypsum plant on October 30, 2026, cutting 125 jobs.

What makes Koch Industries unique

  • Private since 1940, Koch reinvests earnings for decades, not quarterly Wall Street optics.
  • Koch Fertilizer expanded into Morocco on June 30, 2026 through Jorf Fertilizers ownership.
  • Georgia-Pacific and Koch Agronomic Services give Koch integrated positions across packaging and fertilizers.

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Benefits

  • Health Insurance
  • Dental Insurance
  • Vision Insurance
  • Life Insurance
  • Disability Insurance
  • Health Savings Account/Flexible Spending Account
  • Paid Vacation
  • Professional Development Budget
  • Fertility Treatment Support
  • Parental Leave
  • Adoption Assistance
  • Hybrid Work Options

Growth & Insights and Company News

Headcount

6 month growth

-59%

1 year growth

-59%

2 year growth

-59%
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