SR Brand Manager Product Innovation & Brand Management

Fairfield, CT (Unknown)

Salary Not AvailableSenior Level8+ years exp

Posted 3 months ago

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Job Summary

Drive the brand vision and portfolio strategy for Bigelow Tea, leading brand positioning, packaging design, and product innovation from concept to commercialization.

  • Must-have: 8–12 years in brand management or product development with cross-functional leadership.
  • Standout: Hands-on packaging development and portfolio optimization across a consumer goods portfolio.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Serve as a primary guardian of brand positioning and core brand attributes.
  • Maintain and evolve brand standards and guidelines to ensure consistency across all product expressions.
  • Ensure brand standards are consistently applied across packaging, product innovation, and visual identity.
  • Evaluate new product initiatives, packaging concepts, and portfolio changes for alignment with brand positioning.
  • Guide long-term brand architecture and ensure consistency across the full product portfolio.
  • Manage the overall product portfolio to ensure alignment with brand strategy and consumer needs.
  • Evaluate product assortment and identify opportunities for portfolio expansion, renovation, or rationalization.
  • Assess new product concepts and initiatives for strategic fit within the brand.
  • Partner with Sales, Finance and Manufacturing to ensure product offerings support channel strategies and business needs.
  • Provide ongoing recommendations to strengthen the portfolio and address emerging opportunities.

Requirements

  • MBA or advanced degree in Marketing required
  • 8–12 years of experience in brand management, product innovation, or portfolio management within consumer packaged goods
  • Demonstrated experience leading teams and managing cross-functional product development initiatives
  • Strong understanding of brand positioning and brand architecture
  • Experience leading product innovation and commercialization processes.
  • Experience collaborating closely with design teams and managing packaging development
  • Strong strategic thinking and problem-solving capabilities
  • Excellent cross-functional leadership and communication skills
  • Strong analytical and research capabilities
  • Experience using syndicated and panel data (Nielsen/IRI/Circana and Numerator) to inform portfolio decisions

Preferred

  • Experience managing product innovation and development strongly preferred.
  • Experience using syndicated and panel data (Nielsen/IRI/Circana and Numerator) to inform portfolio decisions
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Bigelow Tea

Bigelow Tea was founded by Ruth Campbell Bigelow 80 years ago in 1945. The company continues to be 100% family owned and managed by the Bigelow family with a special blend of pride and enthusiasm. Today the company is one of the nation's leading producers of specialty teas, which includes more than 150 varieties of flavored, traditional, green, organic green, herbal, decaffeinated, and iced teas. One of Bigelow Tea’s most well-known products is America’s number one specialty tea flavor “Constant Comment®” which is flavored with a delicious blend of oranges and spice.

Founded in 1945
Fairfield, Connecticut, USA
228 employees (28 in marketing)

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
83.8K
Monthly Google Ads Budget
$2.5K
Traffic Source Mix
Search
54%
Direct
39.2%
Referral
3.9%
Social
2.5%
Paid
0.3%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~228

Marketing Team

Marketing Team Size
25 (11% of company)

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