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Sr. Field Marketing Manager, SE Asia/Oceania (R5941)

Shield AI

Melbourne · Onsite · Posted Sep 24, 2026

At a glance

Workplace
Onsite
Location
Melbourne

About the role

  • The Senior Field Marketing Manager, Southeast Asia & Oceania will establish and execute field marketing across priority defense, government, and strategic aerospace accounts throughout Southeast Asia and Oceania.
  • This person will drive account-based marketing programs, support strategic capture efforts, and generate measurable pipeline impact in close partnership with regional Sales, Business Development, and Capture teams.
  • Based in Australia and reporting to the Director of Field Marketing, Middle East / Asia, this role will have responsibility for developing and executing field marketing strategy across Australia, New Zealand, Southeast Asia, and other priority markets.

Responsibilities

  • Lead and execute field marketing across priority defense and government accounts in Australia, New Zealand, Singapore, Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand, Vietnam, the Philippines, and other priority Southeast Asian and Oceanian markets.
  • Develop and execute account-based marketing strategies for priority accounts, mapping buying centers and orchestrating multi-touch engagement across executive briefings, targeted campaigns, industry events, and owned customer programs.
  • Engage key ministries, agencies, and defense organizations across the region.
  • Own strategy and execution for major defense and aerospace events across the region, prioritizing high-value account engagement, customer relationships, and executive-level meetings over brand presence alone.
  • Plan and execute owned customer events, private briefings, roundtables, and targeted engagements in partnership with Sales and Capture teams to accelerate opportunity progression.
  • Align marketing programs with regional sales objectives, pipeline targets, account plans, and strategic capture priorities to drive measurable revenue impact.
  • Own Salesforce campaign execution, including creating and managing Campaign IDs, ensuring proper campaign structure, tracking member status, and maintaining data integrity in partnership with Sales.
  • Build and execute programs within Marketo, including campaign flows, audience segmentation, nurture programs, performance tracking, and marketing-to-sales workflow alignment.
  • Establish KPIs aligned to regional government and defense sales realities, including account penetration, stakeholder engagement depth, opportunity influence, pipeline contribution, and deal acceleration.
  • Share regional insights, customer intelligence, and program learnings with the broader global Field Marketing organization.

Requirements

  • 8 to 12 years of experience in field marketing, demand generation, or integrated marketing roles, with significant exposure to government, defense, aerospace, or national security markets across Southeast Asia and/or Oceania.
  • Demonstrated success marketing into government, military, defense, or aerospace organizations in Australia and/or other priority markets across Southeast Asia and Oceania.
  • Strong understanding of defense procurement processes, long-cycle acquisition environments, government stakeholder structures, and multi-stakeholder account development across the region.
  • Proven experience leading and executing account-based marketing programs within complex enterprise, government, or strategic accounts.
  • Hands-on experience with Salesforce CRM, including campaign creation, Campaign ID management, opportunity alignment, required field governance, reporting, and close partnership with Sales teams on CRM hygiene and pipeline tracking.
  • Hands-on experience with Marketo, including campaign build, segmentation, nurture programs, performance tracking, and marketing-to-sales workflow alignment.
  • Experience executing trade shows, industry events, executive briefings, and owned customer programs in defense, aerospace, national security, or adjacent technology sectors.
  • Ability to engage credibly with senior military leaders, government stakeholders, defense industry executives, and technical evaluators across multiple countries and cultures.
  • Strong cross-functional partnership skills with Sales, Business Development, Capture, and Global Marketing teams.
  • Fluent in English, both written and verbal, to collaborate effectively with global teams.

Preferred qualifications

  • Additional language proficiency relevant to Southeast Asia or Oceania is a plus.

Workplace

  • Based in Australia.
  • Willingness to travel extensively across Southeast Asia and Oceania as required.

Skills

  • Salesforce
  • Marketo
  • Demand Generation
  • Integrated Marketing

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Sr. Field Marketing Manager, SE Asia/Oceania (R5941)

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