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Senior Director, Customer Sustainability Job in Cleveland, Ohio US

Senior Director, Customer Sustainability

Rockwell Automation, Inc. - Cleveland, OH

Posted: 12/16/2025 - Expires: 3/16/2026

Job ID: 292998564

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Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States
United States of America Houston (N. Dairy Ashford Road)
Mayfield Heights, Ohio, United States

Rockwell Automation is a global technology leader focused on helping the world's manufacturers be more productive, sustainable, and agile. With more than 28,000 employees who make the world better every day, we know we have something special. Behind our customers - amazing companies that help feed the world, provide life-saving medicine on a global scale, and focus on clean water and green mobility -our people are energized problem solvers that take pride in how thework we do changes the world for the better.

We welcome all makers, forward thinkers, and problem solvers who are looking for a place to do their best work. And if that's you we would love to have you join us!

Job Description

Rockwell Automation is looking for a Senior Director, Customer Sustainability, to join our global sustainability organization. In this role, you're responsible for developing, leading, and implementing our global customer sustainability strategy and initiative, and leading the team for executing Rockwell's customer sustainability strategy.

Reporting to the Vice President, Sustainability, you will manage meeting business development goals, and internal and external responsibilities and helping communicate priorities with internal and external stakeholders. You will help drive innovation across our internal operations and collaborate on our internal ESG commitments and our ESG strategy for our customers. This will require internal business unit collaboration, influencing product strategy and roadmaps, thought leadership for us and growing Rockwell's revenue in the sustainability market.

You will have experience and ability to strategize and implement high-level program initiatives. This role will be based in a Rockwell office in either Milwaukee WI, Mayfield Heights OH or Houston TX on a hybrid office schedule.

Your Responsibilities:

You will be a forward-thinking and visionary leader, responsible for developing and leading our core and extended customer sustainability organization that builds and drives new sustainable revenue growth.
You will communicate and coordinate with management, shareholders, customers, and employees to address sustainability issues, trends, and disruptions in technical business environment.
You'll work together with the business unit to influence product strategy and roadmaps to develop new and existing sustainability offerings meeting our customers' growing needs.
You will monitor trends and evolving expectations and their impact on RA strategy and priorities Assess markets and opportunities and build long term strategies to accelerate growth - including build, partner, buy analysis, joint value propositions, and go to market plans.
You will work together with GSM to develop the appropriate go-to-market strategies and ensure plans, resources, and findings are secure to execute them.
You will lead active thought leadership in industry consortia and standards

The Essentials - You Will Have:

Bachelor's degree or equivalent relevant experience
Legal authorization to work in the U.S. We will not sponsor individuals for employment visas, now or in the future, for this job opening.
Travel of 30%, including both domestic and international travel.

The Preferred - You Might Also Have:

Bachelor's degree in engineering or related discipline
Minimum of 12 years of work experience and people leadership leadership experience
Advanced degree/MBA
Current or previous industrial automation sales experience, and sales leadership experience
International work experience or leading a global team in sales, sustainability or a combination of both.
Capability to work dynamically and collaboratively across multiple teams and projects in a technical business environment
An external network of sustainability peers in companies, government, academia and the non-profit sector.
Progressive leadership and decision-making experience in a complex multi-stakeholder working environment.

What We Offer:

Health Insurance including Medical, Dental and Vision
401k
Paid Time off
Parental and Caregiver Leave
Flexible Work Schedule where you will work with your manager to enjoy a work schedule that can be flexible with your personal life.
To learn more about our benefits package, please visit at www.raquickfind.com

At Rockwell Automation, we are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive and authentic workplace. So if you're excited about this role but your experience doesn't align perfectly with every qualification in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyway. You may be just the right person for this or other roles.

#LI-Hybrid #LI-MR2 #LifeAtROK

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer including disability and veterans.

If you are an individual with a disability and you need assistance or a reasonable accommodation during the application process, please contact our services team at +1 (844) 404-7247.

Rockwell Automation's hybrid policy aligns that employees are expected to work at a Rockwell location at least Mondays, Tuesdays, and Thursdays unless they have a business obligation out of the office.

Rockwell Automation is an Equal Opportunity Employer – Disability/Veteran.

If you are an individual with a disability and you need assistance or reasonable accommodation during the application process, email our Talent Acquisition representative at RAApplicationsupport@ra.rockwell.com

Job Summary

Employment Type:
Full Time Employee
Job type:
Federal Contractor
Skill Based Partner:
No
Education Level:
Bachelor's degree
Work Days:
Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri
Job Reference Code
85744657
Salary
N/A
Licenses / Certifications:
N/A
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Graphic Literacy: 6

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