Manager, Media Investment Strategy

Needham, MA (Hybrid)

$110K/yr – $169K/yrSenior Level5+ years expFull time

Posted 2 days ago

Job Summary

Own end-to-end media investment governance, budgeting, and reporting while partnering with Finance, Marketing, and agencies to optimize performance and unlock value across enterprise media initiatives.

  • Own budget tracking, forecasting inputs, and investment reporting.
  • Lead cross-functional governance and stakeholder alignment for global media investments.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Investment Management & Reporting
  • - Own day-to-day tracking, reconciliation, and reporting of the global marketing and media budget across enterprise priorities, seasonal initiatives, and core business drivers.
  • - Operate the global investment governance model, maintaining the processes that enforce transparency, accountability, and performance tracking.
  • - Monitor performance signals and bring recommended in-flight budget reallocations to media leadership with a clear point of view.
  • - Partner with Finance and Commercial teams as the media-side owner of forecasting inputs, monthly reconciliation, and investment reporting.
  • Partnerships & Agency Management
  • - Manage enterprise-level partnerships, including DAAs, JBPs, and strategic platform agreements, through tracking, analysis, and performance reporting.
  • - Manage global agency relationships day to day, holding partners to deliverables, fees, and value-added commitments.
  • - Own and improve the tools, processes, and reporting frameworks that drive investment efficiency and scalability.
  • - Identify and pursue opportunities to unlock incremental business value through media partnerships.

Requirements

  • 5+ years of experience in media investment, media planning/buying, financial planning, or marketing operations—ideally in product technology, CPG, or high-growth consumer categories
  • Experience managing sizable media budgets with strong attention to detail and accuracy
  • Strong analytical and financial skills, including budget tracking, ROI analysis, and performance measurement
  • Working command of agency operations, media buying across digital and traditional channels, and platform partnerships
  • Advanced Excel/Google Sheets skills; experience with reporting or BI tools (e.g., Tableau, Power BI) a plus
  • Strong communication and stakeholder management skills, including the ability to influence without authority in a global, matrixed organization
  • A passion for innovation, a bias for action, and a drive to deliver measurable business impact through media investment
  • Owned budget management and investment reporting at a large or high-growth brand, or within a media agency serving enterprise clients
  • Built or improved investment governance, budgeting processes, or reporting at scale
  • Demonstrated success in driving measurable business impact through media analysis and optimization

Preferred

  • Experience with reporting or BI tools (e.g., Tableau, Power BI) a plus

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
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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)

Salaries

Posted range

$110K/yr – $169K/yr

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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

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Monthly Visitors
8.7M
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$106K
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21.3%
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63.7%
Referral
5.5%
Social
8.7%
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0.6%

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Manager, Media Investment Strategy

SharkNinja · Needham, MA · Hybrid