Marketing Leadership Development Program Associate

Plymouth, MN (Unknown)

$62K/yr – $75K/yrIntern/New GradFull time

Posted 1 day ago

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Job Summary

Own the MLDP experience by guiding multi-rotation marketing roles, mentoring relationships, and program-wide initiatives that build leadership, analytics, and cross-functional collaboration.

  • Lead cross-rotation projects and health-checks across marketing functions
  • Establish and leverage mentor relationships with Polaris leaders
  • Deliver end-of-rotation presentations to senior leaders

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Leadership Development Program Overview
  • The Polaris Marketing Leadership Development Program (MLDP) accelerates career development for recent college graduates who wish to further develop core business, leadership, and marketing competencies.
  • Our unique two-year development program allows you the opportunity to work in roles within marketing to build a solid business foundation and gain leadership and field experience.
  • Through your business rotations, you will be given challenging assignments to accelerate your career development for future positions of significant responsibility.
  • The variety of work gives you an introduction to what working at Polaris is all about and helps you decide where you can best apply your interests to meet the company's needs.
  • During this program, you will also establish mentor relationships with our business leadership that will continue throughout your career with Polaris.
  • Polaris provides the resources, support, and environment you need to achieve both personal and professional success in this role.
  • Program Advantages: Mentorship: you are paired with one of our functional business leaders for mentor support throughout your entire DP journey.
  • Networking: intentional time with peers and leaders at Polaris to build your professional network.
  • Early Talent Summit Week: you participate in our 3-day event in our Wyoming, MN office. This immersive experience brings together all US interns and DPs for professional development, structured networking, a DP graduation event, inspiring executive speakers, and a thrilling team ride on some of your Polaris vehicles.

Requirements

  • A bachelor’s degree in Marketing, Strategic Communications, or other related business degree with an emphasis in Marketing
  • Graduation date between August 2026 and May 2027.
  • Minimum overall GPA of 3.0
  • Must be able to commit to working 40 hours per week starting on one of the following dates:
  • January 11th, 2027.
  • June 14th, 2027.
  • Must be a U.S. person (U.S. citizen, U.S. national, lawful permanent resident, asylee, or refugee) and not require sponsorship for employment now or in the future.
  • Must be willing to travel and relocate between sites for your rotations, as well as be mobile beyond the rotational program to support your career development.
  • Must have reliable transportation for daily commuting to and from the office.
  • Proficiency in Microsoft Office software: Outlook, Excel, Word, Teams, SharePoint.

Preferred

  • Previous Internship/Co-op experience

Benefits

  • Polaris Benefit Highlights:
  • A generous 401K employee contribution matching program.
  • Pay for Performance Company which uniquely allows employees to receive Annual Profit-Sharing bonuses based upon the performance of the employee.
  • Tuition Reimbursement program to support employees who want to further their education.
  • In addition to competitive pay, Polaris provides a comprehensive suite of benefits, including health, dental, and vision insurance, wellness programs, paid time off, gym & personal training reimbursement, life insurance and disability offerings.
  • Through the Polaris Foundation and our Polaris Gives paid volunteer time off, we support employees who actively volunteer their time, efforts, and passions to improve the health and wellbeing of the communities in which they live, play and work.
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Polaris Industries

Polaris Industries Inc. designs, engineers and manufactures powersports vehicles, which include Off-Road Vehicles (ORV), including All-Terrain Vehicles (ATV) and side-by-side vehicles for recreational and utility use; Snowmobiles, Motorcycles and Global Adjacent Markets vehicles, including Work and Transportation and military vehicles. The Company's segments include ORV/Snowmobiles, Motorcycles, Global Adjacent Markets, and Other. Its ORVs includes the RZR sport side-by-side, the RANGER utility side-by-side, the GENERAL crossover side-by-side, the Sportsman ATV and the Polaris ACE. It produces a range of snowmobiles consisting of approximately 40 models. It offers a range of motorcycles under Indian motorcycles and Slingshot brands. The Global Adjacent Markets vehicles include low emission vehicles, light duty hauling, passenger vehicles and industrial vehicles. The Other segment includes business of TAP Automotive Holdings, LLC, a manufacturer of off-road Jeep and truck accessories.

Founded in 1994
Hamel, Minnesota, USA
27 employees

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
2.6M
Monthly Google Ads Budget
$227.4K
Traffic Source Mix
Search
38.1%
Direct
19.4%
Referral
4.9%
Social
3.8%
Paid
28.4%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~27

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