Senior Director of Global Marketing

Watsonville, CA (On-site)

$190K/yr – $260K/yrDirector/Executive10+ years expFull time

Posted 5 months ago

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Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Global Brand Strategy & Development
  • Develop and execute the Driscoll’s global brand strategy: purpose, positioning, brand architecture, identity, experience principles, and long-term brand roadmap to achieve Driscoll’s global objectives
  • Establish global brand frameworks and playbooks that provide clear guardrails while enabling smart local freedom
  • Steward brand equity growth, distinctiveness, and long-term brand value creation across all regions
  • Marketing Centre of Excellence (Build the Operating System)
  • Build and lead a best-in-class Global Marketing COE that raises marketing capability across all regions
  • Own the enterprise marketing operating system: governance forums, decision rights, briefing standards, creative development process, campaign excellence routines, and effectiveness frameworks
  • Develop and manage the global agency and production ecosystem, including partner selection, performance management, and modern content and production models

Requirements

  • The successful candidate will bring 15+ years of senior marketing and brand leadership experience with a proven record of building global brands and elevating marketing capability across multiple markets.
  • They possess deep expertise in brand strategy, communications, content, and marketing effectiveness, combined with strong commercial acumen and experience operating in complex, matrixed organizations.
  • This leader has demonstrated success in building and running a Marketing COE, managing global agency ecosystems, and driving transformation in marketing ways of working.
  • Exceptional strategic thinking, communication, and influencing skills are essential, as is a strong track record of managing and developing high-performing teams
  • Willingness to travel globally (approximately 40%) is required
  • FMCG or Fresh Produce experience a plus
  • English fluency essential, Spanish and/or Mandarin a plus

Benefits

  • comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage
  • life insurance
  • disability coverage for positions working more than 30 hours per week
  • 401(k) with employer match
  • profit-sharing participation
  • paid sick time
  • paid vacation
  • paid personal and family care leave
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Driscoll's

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Driscoll’s is the global market leader for fresh strawberries, blueberries, raspberries and blackberries. With more than 100 years of farming heritage and hundreds of independent growers around the world, Driscoll’s is passionate about growing great tasting berries. Driscoll’s exclusive patented berry varieties are developed through years of research using only natural breeding methods – that means no GMOs. A dedicated team of agronomists, breeders, sensory analysts, plant pathologists and entomologists help grow baby seedlings that are then grown on family farms. Our independent berry growers then work with Mother Nature, using experience and know-how to get the very best out of each strawberry, blueberry, blackberry and raspberry plant.Driscoll’s is serious about yummy berries! Driscoll’s is the trusted brand for Only the Finest Berries TM.

Founded in 1944
Watsonville, California, USA
3.9K employees
89% recommend to a friend
91% CEO approval

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256.2K
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21.1%
Direct
29%
Referral
15.3%
Social
3.1%
Paid
0.2%

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Current headcount: ~3.9K

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