Klondike Innovation Associate Brand Manager

Responsibilities

• This is not a traditional product-development-only role. The ABM will connect long-term brand direction with end-to-end innovation delivery—shaping the product proposition and consumer story, leading commercialization, influencing go-to-market plans and ensuring that each initiative strengthens the Klondike masterbrand. This role is a dynamic mix that combines brand strategy, storytelling, innovation leadership, consumer and cultural insight, and measurable business impact.
• Because Klondike operates with a lean brand structure, this person must be comfortable working with significant autonomy, bringing forward clear recommendations and leading through influence. The role requires both strategic judgment and detailed execution, without implying formal Brand Manager title authority or direct people management.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree and approximately 3–5 years of brand marketing, innovation, commercialization or closely related consumer-business experience; MBA a plus.
• Demonstrated ability to connect consumer insight, brand strategy and commercial reality into actionable recommendations.
• Experience leading complex projects across functions, managing multiple workstreams, deadlines, dependencies and stakeholders.
• Working knowledge of innovation and commercialization, including concept development, business cases, product and packaging development, launch planning and post-launch evaluation.
• Strong analytical skills and comfort using consumer, category, customer and financial information to make decisions.
• Experience briefing, managing and evaluating creative, design, research or communications agencies.
• Strong written, verbal and presentation skills, with the ability to make complex issues clear and compelling.
• Ability to operate with autonomy, navigate ambiguity and make progress without waiting for perfect information.
• Demonstrated ability to influence colleagues and senior stakeholders without direct authority.
• Strong attention to detail, especially across claims, packaging, artwork, financial assumptions and launch-critical timelines.

Preferred

• Experience in consumer packaged goods, food, frozen products or another operationally complex category.
• Exposure to retailer and channel-specific commercialization, including mass, grocery, digital commerce or out-of-home channels.
• Experience with syndicated category data, consumer panels, concept testing and brand-health measurement.
• Experience supporting licensed, co-branded or external-partner innovation.
• Familiarity with pricing, pack architecture, margin analysis, volume forecasting and innovation financials.
• Working knowledge of digital commerce and AI-enabled marketing tools, with the ability to use them responsibly to accelerate insight generation, asset development and workflow efficiency.

Benefits

• Market-competitive pay and performance related rewards
• Flexible ways of working
• Support for health, wellbeing and life outside of work
• Time off to rest and recharge
• Ongoing learning and development opportunities
• Medical, dental and (where applicable) vision coverage
• Health and wellbeing support, including employee assistance programs and wellness initiatives
• Health-related savings and spending accounts
• Retirement savings programs with a competitive matching plan
• Additional employee perks (e.g., corporate discounts, commuter or learning support)