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Channel Manager roles sit at the intersection of sales, partnerships, and strategy, making them a strong fit for OPT students with business or marketing degrees. Most positions qualify as specialty occupations for H-1B visa sponsorship. Your 12-month OPT window, extendable to 36 months with a STEM extension, gives you real runway to prove value and secure sponsorship.
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Location(s):
Tampa, FL, US, 33605
Orlando, FL, US
FUNCTION
Marketing
AUDIENCE
Experienced Professional
WORK ARRANGEMENT
Hybrid
REQUISITION ID
70234
The Channel Marketing Manager, Wholesale is a key leader in the continued transformation of the Doors business following acquisition and organizational change. This role helps shape future ways of working by translating strategy into execution within wholesale channel marketing, converting product and portfolio objectives into channel-ready priorities, and leading the team and partners responsible for execution. Success in this role depends on strong cross-functional influence, customer insight, disciplined operating practices, and the ability to connect channel initiatives to measurable commercial outcomes.
POSITION PURPOSE
Translate leadership direction into actionable priorities, provide coaching and oversight, and drive organizational alignment. Delegate execution to direct reports, agencies, and functional partners while maintaining accountability for quality, timing, adoption, and business results.
PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES
Channel Strategy and Performance
- Develop and lead the wholesale channel marketing strategy in alignment with Doors business, brand, product, sales, and growth priorities.
- Translate product marketing positioning and portfolio priorities into clear channel narratives, launch requirements, enablement plans, and investment decisions for distributors and dealers.
- Use market, customer, partner, and performance insights to prioritize audiences, programs, merchandising, and activation opportunities.
- Establish objectives, KPIs, and review routines that connect channel investments to partner adoption, engagement, influence, and business impact, using results to improve future plans.
- Provide strategic leadership for enterprise and wholesale programs, including dealer and partner initiatives.
Cross-Functional Collaboration
- Influence and align Product Management, Product Marketing, Sales, Category Management, Integrated Marketing, Digital, Customer Experience, Operations, Finance, and other cross-functional partners around channel priorities and requirements.
- Serve as the voice of the channel during commercialization and planning processes, constructively challenging assumptions to improve customer relevance and business outcomes.
- Lead agency and vendor relationships by defining strategy, scope, expectations, and performance standards while overseeing delivery and mitigating risks.
Customer and Partner Engagement
- Build strong marketing relationships with key wholesale distributors, dealers, and sales leaders to understand customer needs, buying journeys, operational realities, and opportunities for mutual growth.
- Guide "to-partner" and "through-partner" marketing strategies that help partners create demand, influence product selection, and win the sale.
- Lead the strategic development of merchandising and showroom programs that strengthen brand presence, support the customer experience, and align with commercial objectives.
- Use voice-of-customer insights and field feedback to continuously improve programs, tools, content, launches, and partner experiences.
Team Leadership and Development
- Lead, coach, and develop the Channel Marketing Specialist by establishing clear priorities, decision rights, performance expectations, and development plans.
- Build team capability and accountability while ensuring work is assigned at the appropriate level and leaders remain focused on direction, oversight, and barrier removal.
- Create clarity during organizational change and model collaborative, adaptable, and results-oriented ways of working.
Operational Excellence
- Own the wholesale channel operating rhythm, including annual planning, prioritization, budget stewardship, resource allocation, status reporting, and risk management.
- Ensure programs, campaigns, product launches, merchandising displays, and partner initiatives are delivered on time, within budget, and to agreed quality standards.
- Build and enhance repeatable processes, governance, measurement practices, and closed-loop learning that improve speed, consistency, and scalability.
- Promote clear documentation, effective decision-making, and accountability across complex cross-functional workstreams.
QUALIFICATIONS
- Bachelor's degree in Marketing, Business, Communications, or a related field, or equivalent combination of education and relevant experience.
- Progressive B2B marketing experience with demonstrated responsibility for channel strategy, partner enablement, commercialization, or integrated marketing program leadership.
- Experience leading people, developing talent, and directing work through others.
- Proven ability to influence across functions and organizational levels without direct authority.
- Strong strategic thinking and business acumen, with the ability to connect customer and channel needs to commercial priorities.
- Demonstrated project and program leadership across multiple stakeholders, priorities, budgets, and deadlines.
- Excellent written, verbal, presentation, facilitation, and executive communication skills.
- Ability to operate with agility, sound judgment, and accountability in a changing environment.
- Willingness to travel as business and customer needs require.
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
- Experience within manufacturing, building products, dealer, distributor, wholesale, or other partner-channel environments.
- Experience with merchandising, showrooms, partner programs, product launches, and "to-partner" and "through-partner" marketing.
- Experience using analytics and performance measurement to evaluate adoption, business impact, and return on marketing investment.
- Experience managing agencies, vendors, and external partners.
- Project Management Professional (PMP) certification or comparable project management training.
WORKPLACE FLEXIBILITY
This role may be based in Tampa, FL; Toledo, OH; or a remote work-from-home arrangement, subject to business needs and company approval. The position requires effective collaboration across locations and periodic travel for customer, partner, team, and business meetings as needed.
About Owens Corning
Owens Corning is a branded building products leader with three complementary market-leading businesses providing roofing, insulation, and doors primarily for residential markets in North America and Europe. The company operates with an integrated go-to-market strategy and a unique set of OC Advantages™ – including its iconic brand, unparalleled commercial strength, leading technology, and winning cost position – to help customers win and grow in the market. Owens Corning is committed to helping build better and achieve more through winning partnerships, leading performance, and engaging people. Founded in 1938 and headquartered in Toledo, Ohio, Owens Corning is listed on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE: OC).
Owens Corning is an equal opportunity employer. Except in limited circumstances such as formal apprenticeship programs, Owens Corning does not employ anyone under the age of 18.
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LOCATION
Location(s):
Tampa, FL, US, 33605
Orlando, FL, US
FUNCTION
Marketing
AUDIENCE
Experienced Professional
WORK ARRANGEMENT
Hybrid
REQUISITION ID
70234
The Channel Marketing Manager, Wholesale is a key leader in the continued transformation of the Doors business following acquisition and organizational change. This role helps shape future ways of working by translating strategy into execution within wholesale channel marketing, converting product and portfolio objectives into channel-ready priorities, and leading the team and partners responsible for execution. Success in this role depends on strong cross-functional influence, customer insight, disciplined operating practices, and the ability to connect channel initiatives to measurable commercial outcomes.
POSITION PURPOSE
Translate leadership direction into actionable priorities, provide coaching and oversight, and drive organizational alignment. Delegate execution to direct reports, agencies, and functional partners while maintaining accountability for quality, timing, adoption, and business results.
PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES
Channel Strategy and Performance
- Develop and lead the wholesale channel marketing strategy in alignment with Doors business, brand, product, sales, and growth priorities.
- Translate product marketing positioning and portfolio priorities into clear channel narratives, launch requirements, enablement plans, and investment decisions for distributors and dealers.
- Use market, customer, partner, and performance insights to prioritize audiences, programs, merchandising, and activation opportunities.
- Establish objectives, KPIs, and review routines that connect channel investments to partner adoption, engagement, influence, and business impact, using results to improve future plans.
- Provide strategic leadership for enterprise and wholesale programs, including dealer and partner initiatives.
Cross-Functional Collaboration
- Influence and align Product Management, Product Marketing, Sales, Category Management, Integrated Marketing, Digital, Customer Experience, Operations, Finance, and other cross-functional partners around channel priorities and requirements.
- Serve as the voice of the channel during commercialization and planning processes, constructively challenging assumptions to improve customer relevance and business outcomes.
- Lead agency and vendor relationships by defining strategy, scope, expectations, and performance standards while overseeing delivery and mitigating risks.
Customer and Partner Engagement
- Build strong marketing relationships with key wholesale distributors, dealers, and sales leaders to understand customer needs, buying journeys, operational realities, and opportunities for mutual growth.
- Guide "to-partner" and "through-partner" marketing strategies that help partners create demand, influence product selection, and win the sale.
- Lead the strategic development of merchandising and showroom programs that strengthen brand presence, support the customer experience, and align with commercial objectives.
- Use voice-of-customer insights and field feedback to continuously improve programs, tools, content, launches, and partner experiences.
Team Leadership and Development
- Lead, coach, and develop the Channel Marketing Specialist by establishing clear priorities, decision rights, performance expectations, and development plans.
- Build team capability and accountability while ensuring work is assigned at the appropriate level and leaders remain focused on direction, oversight, and barrier removal.
- Create clarity during organizational change and model collaborative, adaptable, and results-oriented ways of working.
Operational Excellence
- Own the wholesale channel operating rhythm, including annual planning, prioritization, budget stewardship, resource allocation, status reporting, and risk management.
- Ensure programs, campaigns, product launches, merchandising displays, and partner initiatives are delivered on time, within budget, and to agreed quality standards.
- Build and enhance repeatable processes, governance, measurement practices, and closed-loop learning that improve speed, consistency, and scalability.
- Promote clear documentation, effective decision-making, and accountability across complex cross-functional workstreams.
QUALIFICATIONS
- Bachelor's degree in Marketing, Business, Communications, or a related field, or equivalent combination of education and relevant experience.
- Progressive B2B marketing experience with demonstrated responsibility for channel strategy, partner enablement, commercialization, or integrated marketing program leadership.
- Experience leading people, developing talent, and directing work through others.
- Proven ability to influence across functions and organizational levels without direct authority.
- Strong strategic thinking and business acumen, with the ability to connect customer and channel needs to commercial priorities.
- Demonstrated project and program leadership across multiple stakeholders, priorities, budgets, and deadlines.
- Excellent written, verbal, presentation, facilitation, and executive communication skills.
- Ability to operate with agility, sound judgment, and accountability in a changing environment.
- Willingness to travel as business and customer needs require.
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
- Experience within manufacturing, building products, dealer, distributor, wholesale, or other partner-channel environments.
- Experience with merchandising, showrooms, partner programs, product launches, and "to-partner" and "through-partner" marketing.
- Experience using analytics and performance measurement to evaluate adoption, business impact, and return on marketing investment.
- Experience managing agencies, vendors, and external partners.
- Project Management Professional (PMP) certification or comparable project management training.
WORKPLACE FLEXIBILITY
This role may be based in Tampa, FL; Toledo, OH; or a remote work-from-home arrangement, subject to business needs and company approval. The position requires effective collaboration across locations and periodic travel for customer, partner, team, and business meetings as needed.
About Owens Corning
Owens Corning is a branded building products leader with three complementary market-leading businesses providing roofing, insulation, and doors primarily for residential markets in North America and Europe. The company operates with an integrated go-to-market strategy and a unique set of OC Advantages™ – including its iconic brand, unparalleled commercial strength, leading technology, and winning cost position – to help customers win and grow in the market. Owens Corning is committed to helping build better and achieve more through winning partnerships, leading performance, and engaging people. Founded in 1938 and headquartered in Toledo, Ohio, Owens Corning is listed on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE: OC).
Owens Corning is an equal opportunity employer. Except in limited circumstances such as formal apprenticeship programs, Owens Corning does not employ anyone under the age of 18.
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Get Access To All JobsTips for Finding OPT Sponsorship as a Channel Manager
Target companies with established partner ecosystems
Large software, SaaS, and technology companies maintain formal channel programs that require dedicated managers year-round. These employers have the infrastructure and legal teams to process H-1B visa sponsorship, making them far more likely to sponsor than smaller distributors or startups.
Frame your degree as a specialty occupation match
Channel Manager roles typically require a degree in business, marketing, or a related field. Lead with your degree alignment in every application. Employers and immigration attorneys need to demonstrate specialty occupation status, and your academic background is the foundation of that argument.
Start the H-1B conversation before your OPT expires
H-1B cap-subject petitions must be filed in April for an October 1 start date. Map your OPT end date against that calendar early. If your OPT expires before October, ask your employer about cap-gap coverage or whether they qualify for cap-exempt filing.
Quantify partner revenue and pipeline contributions
Sponsoring your visa is a business decision for the employer. Channel Managers who can show measurable results, such as partner-sourced pipeline growth or reseller onboarding metrics, give hiring managers a concrete return-on-investment case to bring to leadership when requesting sponsorship approval.
Pursue STEM OPT extension if your degree qualifies
If your undergraduate or graduate degree is in a STEM field, such as information systems, data analytics, or computer science, apply for the 24-month extension before your initial OPT expires. This extends your authorized work period to 36 months total, giving you two additional H-1B lottery cycles.
Ask directly about sponsorship policy during interviews
Many channel-focused companies sponsor but do not advertise it. During the offer-stage conversation, ask whether the company has sponsored H-1B visas for similar roles in the past. A clear yes with examples is a reliable signal that your sponsorship request will be taken seriously.
Channel Manager OPT: Frequently Asked Questions
Does a Channel Manager role qualify as a specialty occupation for H-1B sponsorship?
Channel Manager positions generally qualify as specialty occupations because they typically require a bachelor's degree or higher in business, marketing, or a related field. The key is that the employer's job description must specify a degree requirement tied to the role, not just list a degree as preferred. Roles where any unrelated degree satisfies the requirement can face USCIS scrutiny, so the job posting language matters.
Can I work as a Channel Manager on OPT right after graduation?
Yes, F-1 students can work as a Channel Manager on post-completion OPT for up to 12 months after graduation, provided the role is directly related to your field of study. A business, marketing, or communications degree typically satisfies this requirement. Your DSO must authorize OPT and your EAD card must arrive before you start working. Browse open Channel Manager roles on Migrate Mate to find employers actively hiring OPT students.
What happens to my OPT authorization if I change employers mid-authorization?
OPT is not employer-specific, so you can change Channel Manager employers without USCIS approval, as long as your new position still relates to your degree field. However, you must report the change to your DSO within 10 days, and your SEVIS record must reflect current employment. Gaps between jobs count against your 90-day unemployment limit, so time the transition carefully.
Which industries hire the most Channel Managers willing to sponsor OPT students?
Technology and SaaS companies sponsor at the highest rates for Channel Manager roles because they operate formal partner and reseller programs that require ongoing headcount. Enterprise software, cloud infrastructure, and cybersecurity firms are particularly active. These companies are more likely to have in-house immigration counsel and established H-1B filing processes, which simplifies sponsorship logistics for both sides.
Does a STEM degree help when applying for Channel Manager roles on OPT?
Yes, in two ways. First, a STEM degree may qualify you for the 24-month OPT extension, giving you 36 months of authorized work in total and additional H-1B lottery chances. Second, technology-focused Channel Manager roles at software or hardware companies often prefer candidates with a technical background. If your degree is in information systems, computer science, or a related STEM field, emphasize it in your applications.