Senior Brand Manager, Marketing Innovation & Growth - Away From Home

Location: Chicago, IL, United States. Hybrid office schedule: virtual work is allowed up to two days per week, with in-person work required at the assigned location at least three days per workweek. Moderate travel to customer locations, stores, and manufacturing facilities is expected.

New hire base salary: $141,500–$176,900 per year, plus eligibility for a performance-based bonus.

Company

hirify.global is a consumer goods company focused on branded food products and Away From Home meal solutions.

What you will do

• Lead the multi-year innovation strategy and pipeline for the Away From Home Meal Solutions platform, including Philadelphia, Velveeta, and Kraft Mac & Cheese.
• Guide concepts from ideation and consumer validation through commercialization and product launch.
• Collaborate with culinary, R&D, consumer insights, quality, legal, engineering, operations, sales, and finance teams.
• Develop innovation strategies for Non-Commercial and Distribution channels and lead customer innovation sessions.
• Manage packaging design agencies, consumer validation activities, stage-gate deliverables, prioritization, resourcing, and budgets.
• Transform commercialization processes to improve speed and agility while using syndicated data to generate actionable recommendations.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in business, marketing, or a related field; equivalent experience may be considered.
• 6–8 years of experience, including at least 5 years in marketing, product innovation, or brand management.
• Experience developing, launching, and managing consumer goods products from concept to market.
• Advanced product and brand management experience, including P&L responsibility.
• Experience leading teams and mobilizing cross-functional stakeholders through complex and ambiguous challenges.
• Strong communication, organizational, prioritization, data interpretation, and Microsoft Office skills.

Nice to have

• MBA with a focus on marketing.
• Experience in consumer marketing, new product trends, and innovation.

Culture & Benefits

• Open-workspace office environment with flexible hybrid work arrangements.
• Healthcare coverage, including medical, prescription drug, dental, and vision plans.
• Paid time off, company holidays, leave of absence programs, training, and recognition programs.
• Employee assistance, wellbeing, family support, and learning programs.
• Financial benefits including 401(k), life insurance, accidental death and dismemberment, and disability coverage.