Responsibilities

• Develop and implement the long-term brand strategy and annual operating plan for a category-leading brand/portfolio to deliver growth, market share gains, and stronger brand health.
• Own the brand P&L and deliver annual and long-term top- and bottom-line financial commitments, proactively anticipating and addressing key performance drivers.
• Partner with Brand Experience to develop, execute, and optimize holistic integrated marketing campaigns across digital, social, commerce, and traditional media.
• Translate consumer, category, cultural, competitive, and customer insights into clear strategies, compelling brand positioning, and decisive business actions.
• Partner with Innovation and Research & Development to develop a multi-year innovation pipeline linked to the brand strategy and evolving consumer needs.
• Own innovation launch strategy and commercial execution, ensuring launches deliver against consumer, customer, and financial expectations.
• Partner with Sales to develop channel and customer strategies that grow the brand, business, and category. Represent the brand in key customer meetings to understand opportunities and challenges, influence joint business plans, and strengthen commercial execution.
• Identify and deliver margin expansion opportunities through portfolio optimization, cost reduction, value engineering, and supply chain partnership while protecting the consumer experience.
• Build strong, collaborative, and trusting relationships across a highly matrixed organization, balancing brand, business unit, and Company priorities.
• Coach, develop, and motivate a high-performing team, fostering a culture of strategic clarity, creativity, inclusion, collaboration, accountability, and speed to action.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree required; Master of Business Administration preferred.
• Minimum of 10 years of brand marketing experience, including significant experience in consumer packaged goods; food, beverage or pet experience is preferred.
• Proven track record of delivering top-line growth through demand creation, brand building, innovation, and strong commercial execution.
• Experience developing long-term strategies and annual business plans for a large, established consumer brand or portfolio of brands.
• Demonstrated experience owning a P&L, managing a significant marketing budget, and making trade-offs that improve profitable growth.
• Strong understanding of financial drivers, including pricing, trade, commodities, operations, supply chain, and demand generation.
• Proven ability to develop, inspire, and activate high-performing teams to deliver best-in-class results.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, including the ability to craft a compelling story and influence at all levels inside and outside the Company.
• Highly collaborative mindset and demonstrated ability to build alignment across cross-functional teams and external partners.
• Ability and willingness to travel within the United States approximately 20% of the time.

Preferred

• Sets a high standard for performance and pursues goals with purpose, sound judgment, and a sense of urgency.
• Leads with a General Manager mindset and balances creativity and entrepreneurship with strategy, discipline, and accountability.
• Comfortable with ambiguity and able to envision future opportunities, make decisions with incomplete information, and adapt quickly.
• Persistent through setbacks and skilled at gaining acceptance for ideas and rallying teams behind a shared vision.
• Deep curiosity about consumers, customers, culture, and the competitive landscape.
• Passion for taking initiative, simplifying work, and driving constructive change.