Senior Manager, Category Marketing

Boston, MA (Hybrid)

$147K/yr – $167K/yrSenior Level7+ years expFull time

Posted 22 hrs ago

Job Summary

Own category growth plans and GTM execution across emerging categories in close partnership with Category Management, Consumer Insights, Measurement, Promotions and Channel teams.

  • Lead a repeatable Category Growth Playbook and quarterly reviews to align market readiness and measurement.
  • Partner with Analytics and Channel teams to drive performance visibility and category growth outcomes.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Build go-to-market and growth marketing plans for emerging categories in close partnership with Category Management, Consumer Insights, Measurement, Promotions and Channel teams
  • Partner directly with Category GMs to align marketing strategies with category growth goals, serving as a strategic partner and trusted check-and-balance to ensure investment goes to the right categories with the right customer messaging at the right time
  • Partner with Analytics and Channel teams to build performance visibility, monitor core business metrics, and connect marketing efforts directly to category growth outcomes
  • Codify a repeatable Category Growth Playbook that establishes clear criteria for market-readiness, campaign launch, and measurement across new categories
  • Present marketing strategy, test agendas, performance learnings, and forward-looking plans at category Quarterly Business Reviews
  • Coach and mentor a high-performing team of analysts responsible for operational execution, testing, and performance analysis

Requirements

  • 7-10 years of experience in marketing strategy, category management, general management, or management consulting
  • 3+ years of direct management experience, with a track record of coaching team members and building a collaborative culture
  • Strong stakeholder management and executive presence, with proven ability to influence senior business leaders and navigate competing priorities
  • Commercial and strategic mindset, with experience translating business goals into targeted growth initiatives
  • Analytical fluency, including comfort working with performance dashboards, collaborating with data science partners, and using data tools like SQL to extract insights
  • Adaptability and problem-solving skills, with comfort operating in ambiguous environments and building structure where none exists

Benefits

  • Full health benefits available (Medical, Dental, Vision, HSA/FSA) on day one for eligible employees.
  • No-cost access to 2nd.MD, a virtual expert medical consultation and navigation service.
  • Global Traveler Health Insurance through GeoBlue.
  • 24/7 access to mental, financial, physical and emotional wellbeing support, plus an enhanced offering of therapy and coaching.
  • Automatic enrollment into Basic Life and Accidental Death & Disability Insurance.
  • 401(k) matching with immediate vesting.
  • Paid Parental Leave, Surrogacy & Adoption Reimbursement and Caregiver Services.
  • Tuition Reimbursement.
  • Wayfair Employee Discount.
  • Gym/Fitness Discounts (Wellhub and varying regional memberships).
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Wayfair is the destination for all things home: helping everyone, anywhere create their feeling of home. From expert customer service, to the development of tools that make the shopping process easier, to carrying one of the widest and deepest selections of items for every space, style, and budget, Wayfair gives everyone the power to create spaces that are just right for them.

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Senior Manager, Category Marketing

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