National Director of Category Marketing

Desert Hot Springs, CA (On-site)

Salary Not AvailableDirector/Executive8+ years expFull time

Posted 2 days ago

Job Summary

Owns the vape category demand-generation strategy from consumer insights to execution, leading cross-functional collaboration, measurement, and ROI-driven activations to grow category performance.

  • Translate insights into activation plans and ROI analyses across campaigns, promotions, and retail programs.
  • Partner with Sales, Product, Demand Planning, and Finance to align demand and growth initiatives.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • - Lead the development and application of consumer insights, market intelligence, and brand positioning strategies for the vape category.
  • - Lead the development and execution of the category demand-creation strategy, including campaigns, product launches, promotions, retail activations, and annual activation calendars.
  • - Translate consumer insights into retailer, field marketing, and sales activation plans.
  • - Develop demand-lift forecasts and expected impact models for marketing initiatives.
  • - Develop measurement frameworks and monitor performance across campaigns, promotions, and activations.
  • - Conduct post-campaign analyses and performance reviews to validate demand creation and return on investment.
  • - Ensure brand consistency, messaging alignment, and execution within Jeeter's established brand architecture and standards.
  • - Develop category-specific marketing strategies that drive awareness, trial, loyalty, and repeat purchase behavior.
  • - Provide marketing leadership and support for innovation launches, product introductions, and category expansion opportunities.
  • - Deliver category demand-generation reporting, insights, and recommendations to executive leadership.

Requirements

  • Bachelor's degree in marketing, Business Administration, Economics, Communications, Consumer Insights, or a related field required.
  • Minimum of 8 years of relevant experience in brand management, category management support, shopper marketing, trade marketing, or integrated demand-creation leadership roles.
  • Experience within highly competitive, innovation-driven consumer product categories strongly preferred.

Preferred

  • 10+ years of progressive experience in category marketing, brand management, shopper marketing, trade marketing, or integrated demand-creation leadership roles within CPG, beverage, tobacco, alcohol, cannabis, or similarly regulated consumer products industries.
  • Experience in vape, cannabis, tobacco, beverage, alcohol, or other highly regulated product categories.
  • Leadership experience supporting new product, hardware, device, or format launches.
  • MBA or advanced degree in Business, Marketing, Analytics, or a related discipline.
  • Experience leading multi-state, multi-market, or multi-banner retail activation programs.
  • Expertise in marketing effectiveness measurement methodologies, including Marketing Mix Modeling (MMM), incrementality testing, test-and-learn frameworks, attribution modeling, and consumer analytics.
  • Experience supporting large-scale category growth initiatives, innovation pipelines, and commercialization programs.
  • Formal training or certifications in consumer insights, category management, revenue growth management, advanced analytics, or digital marketing preferred.

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National Director of Category Marketing

Jeeter · Desert Hot Springs, CA · On-site