Digital Marketing Acceleration Manager

Cincinnati, OH (Hybrid)

$115K/yr – $130K/yrSenior Level10+ years expFull time

Posted 7 weeks ago

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Job Summary

Own multi-market brand growth with clear ownership of acceleration, governance, and scalable ways of working across AEMEA.

  • Own brand acceleration and squad rhythm across AEMEA with clear outcomes.
  • Align missions and governance with global teams to set timelines and measure success.
  • Build scalable playbooks and adoption tracking to speed learning and delivery across markets.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Lead the brand portfolio acceleration strategy, brand selection process, and squad operating rhythm across AEMEA.
  • Align with Global Brand Teams on missions, success measures, and governance; ensure clarity of outcomes and timelines.
  • Drive high-impact acceleration plans and ensure disciplined execution, learning, and iteration across markets.
  • Build scalable ways of working: playbooks, capability uplift, and adoption tracking that improves speed and quality.
  • Executive stakeholder management: communicate progress, impact, risks, and investment needs with clear business rationale.
  • People and delivery leadership: coach managers, set standards, and build a culture of curiosity, ownership, and partnership.

Requirements

  • University level education or equivalent
  • 10 years+ experience in digital marketing, electronic commerce, brand growth, or digital transformation
  • 5+ years leading multi-market programmes or leading teams delivering growth against clear targets
  • Strong experience partnering with global teams and influencing senior stakeholders
  • Demonstrates strong brand growth leadership with a proven ability to deliver measurable business results through strategic thinking, innovation, and effective execution.
  • Strong analytical judgement and decision-making capability, able to navigate ambiguity, prioritise resources effectively, and focus on the highest-impact opportunities grounded in data and evidence.
  • Proven ability to design and implement operating models that accelerate delivery, learning, collaboration, and continuous improvement across teams and markets.
  • Excellent stakeholder management, executive communication, and influencing skills, with the ability to build trusted relationships and align stakeholders across global, regional, and market teams, including close collaboration with regional/global headquarters and teams in Japan.
  • Strong programme management and prioritisation capabilities, ensuring effective coordination, accountability, and delivery in complex and fast-paced environments.
  • Strong people leadership mindset, fostering coaching, clarity, trust-building, and accountability to develop high-performing teams and partnerships.
  • Growth-oriented, curious, and proactive, with a commitment to innovation, experimentation, and continuous improvement while maintaining a strong focus on business value and outcomes.
  • High level of Powerpoint and presentation skill required
  • University level education or equivalent

Nice to have

  • Advanced experience in brand growth leadership, digital commerce, or transformation preferred

Benefits

  • amazing benefits that are available to you on your first day of employment (healthcare, 401(k) plus company match)
  • 36 total days off (vacation + holidays + sick)
  • hybrid work environment
  • flexible working
  • competitive salaries, health and wellbeing offers, pension schemes, insurance options, and more
  • Learning and development opportunities
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Kao EMEA & Americas

3.7 Glassdoor

This is the official account of Kao in Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) and the Americas region with our main hubs in London (UK), Darmstadt (Germany), Amersfoort (the Netherlands) and Cincinnati (USA). We focus on our Beauty Care business with premium brands in three business sectors: Consumer Care, Salon and Molton Brown.Our Consumer Care business represents iconic skin and hair care brands that are recognized for their innovation and quality across the globe, including John Frieda, Guhl, Bioré, Bondi Sands, Curél and Jergens.Our Salon Business is committed to unleashing the creativity of stylists, salons and consumers around the globe. With our brands Goldwell, Oribe, KMS Hair, Kerasilk and Varis, stylists have everything in their hands to create beautiful show-stopping hair representative of the individuality of their clients.Our London-based luxury brand Molton Brown, offers fragrance, body and bath products found only in our exclusive Molton Brown stores, high-end department stores and travel retail, as well as five-star hotels around the world.All three business sectors are driven by the same values and beliefs: We strive to create a Kirei life for people, society and the planet through creation and innovation that enables more sustainable lifestyles. The Japanese word kirei, meaning “clean, well-ordered, and beautiful,” reflects our purpose.And because our people are our greatest asset, we foster an environment where everyone can grow, flourish and help us make life beautiful.Globally, Kao has strived to deliver value to the life of people everywhere in the world since the company's founding in 1887. As a Japan-based manufacturer of personal care and household products, cosmetics, and specialty chemicals, Kao creates high-value-added products and services that provide care and enrichment for the life of all people and the planet.

Tokyo, Tokyo, JPN
3.8K employees (517 in marketing)
68% recommend to a friend
96% CEO approval

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
1.4M
Traffic Source Mix
Search
69.2%
Direct
23.2%
Referral
5.4%
Social
1.2%
Paid
0.9%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~3.8K

Marketing Team

Marketing Team Size
411 (11% of company)
Marketing Roles Posted (Last 30 Days)
2

Funding

Last Raise
Seed, 2 years ago

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