Director, Media - LATAM

Miami, FL (Hybrid)

$172K/yr – $210K/yrDirector/Executive10+ years expFull time

Posted 3 months ago

Top 1% of applicants do these two things.

The other 99% submit and hope. You're about to do something different.

Job Summary

Drive regional media strategy and execution for LATAM Growth Markets across social, video, and performance channels with a global-to-local alignment.

  • Own regional media strategy development and cross-market activation for LATAM Growth Markets.
  • Must-have: 10–15+ years in global or multi‑market media strategy and planning.
  • Standout: Proven ability to build global-to-local frameworks and lead agency partnerships.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Lead regional media strategy development and cross-market activation for LATAM Growth Markets.
  • Create cross‑region media playbooks, templates, and operating frameworks that enable rapid and repeatable planning.
  • Develop and maintain country-level marketing strategies and budgets, balancing global priorities with local market realities.
  • Partner with regional and distributor marketing teams to co-develop localized plans that reflect cultural nuances, market maturity, and commercial potential (specific markets across LATAM).
  • Translate commercial and brand goals into clear, actionable media briefs for regional teams and agency partners.
  • Ensure media plans align with global priorities while reflecting local nuance and market realities.
  • Lead media transformation initiatives that improve speed, agility, automation, and measurement maturity.
  • Oversee planning, activation, and optimization across digital, social, OLV/CTV, OOH, and emerging channels.
  • Guide markets on budget allocation frameworks, ensuring investments maximize ROI and support quarterly forecasts.
  • Review weekly performance data across media mix, creative, and pacing; provide direction to optimize in real time.
  • Triangulate insights across analytics, MMM, brand lift, and in‑platform metrics to refine strategies and build learning agendas.
  • Serve as the senior media partner for Growth Markets—collaborating with Brand, Creative, IMC, Social, Performance Media, Insights, Amazon/Retail, and Market GMs.
  • Build bridges between global and regional teams to ensure connection, consistency, and shared learnings.
  • Lead global and regional agency relationships—overseeing briefing, performance reviews, optimizations, and quarterly business updates.
  • Partner with local teams to ensure media supports commercial plans, distribution timelines, and product launch calendars.
  • Mentor and guide regional marketers, elevating media expertise across Growth Markets.
  • Establish a global‑to‑local media leadership framework that enhances consistency and operational excellence.
  • Act as a key member of the global media leadership team, providing insights and recommendations to senior executives.
  • Present strategies, performance updates, and opportunities with clarity, confidence, and influence.
  • Champion measurement excellence across Growth Markets, showcasing leadership across audience strategy, and incrementality frameworks.

Requirements

  • 10–15+ years of experience in media strategy, planning, and investment across global or multi‑market environments.
  • Proven experience driving full‑funnel media programs in high‑growth consumer categories (tech, appliances, CPG, retail, etc.).
  • Strong analytical mindset with experience leveraging MMM, analytics dashboards, DSPs, platform tools, and audience insights.
  • Demonstrated success managing complex budgets and leading agency relationships.
  • Strong communication, collaboration, and stakeholder leadership skills.
  • Experience in matrixed, multinational environments with the ability to influence without authority.

Preferred

  • Experience in high‑growth consumer brands or multi-category portfolio environments.
  • Demonstrated success driving SKU‑level performance and retailer‑aligned media activation.
  • Oversight of growth or emerging regions (EMEA, Middle East, Africa, LATAM).
  • Familiarity with distributor models, retail media networks and shopper media ecosystems.
  • Experience leading content systems, media transformations, or global playbook development.

Benefits

  • medical insurance
  • dental insurance
  • vision insurance
  • flexible spending accounts
  • health savings accounts (HSA) with company contribution
  • 401(k) retirement plan with matching
  • employee stock purchase program
  • life insurance
  • AD&D
  • short-term disability insurance
  • long-term disability insurance
  • generous paid time off
  • company holidays
  • parental leave
  • identity theft protection
  • pet insurance
  • pre-paid legal insurance
  • back-up child and eldercare days
  • product discounts
  • referral bonus program
SharkNinja logo

SharkNinja

SharkNinja is a global product design and technology company that creates 5-star rated lifestyle solutions through innovative products for consumers around the world. Known for its two billion-dollar brands, Shark and Ninja, SharkNinja has a proven track record of establishing leadership positions by disrupting numerous household product categories, including Cleaning, Cooking, Food Preparation and Other, which includes Home Environment and Beauty.

Founded in 1994
Needham Heights, Massachusetts, USA
3.8K employees (726 in marketing)

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
8.7M
Monthly Google Ads Budget
$106K
Traffic Source Mix
Search
21.3%
Direct
63.7%
Referral
5.5%
Social
8.7%
Paid
0.6%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~3.8K

Marketing Team

Marketing Team Size
543 (14% of company)
Median Career Experience
11.5 years
Median Tenure
3.1 years
Marketing Roles Posted (Last 30 Days)
25

Funding

Total Funding
$1.2B
Last Raise
$638M
Post IPO Secondary, 7 months ago

Funding History

  • Aug 2025
    Post IPO Secondary • $638M
  • Mar 2024
    Post IPO Secondary • $272.1M
  • Dec 2023
    Post IPO Secondary • $286.5M

Recent News