Director of Brand Strategy & Business Growth

Accountabilities

• • Lead and develop the Brand Strategy organization, building a high-performing team with strong accountability for brand health, business performance, strategic rigor, and cross-functional leadership.
  • Coach and develop segment leaders to operate as owners of their businesses while fostering collaboration and ensuring resources are focused on the most significant growth opportunities.
  • Partner with brand leaders to develop segment and portfolio growth strategies informed by consumer insights, category dynamics, marketplace trends, and business objectives.
  • Translate strategic insights into actionable growth plans, identifying key opportunities, barriers, and strategic choices that can shape future business performance.
  • Act as a steward of the brand across Marketing, Media, Commercial, Finance, Operations, Supply Chain, and Innovation, ensuring brand and consumer priorities inform broader business decisions.
  • Develop an integrated brand and business growth agenda that aligns teams around target consumers, brand positioning, competitive opportunities, and priorities for growth.
  • Own a comprehensive view of business performance, including revenue, market share, household penetration, velocity, distribution, repeat, pricing, mix, and profitability.
  • Establish meaningful KPIs, diagnose performance drivers, identify emerging opportunities and risks, and continuously refine segment and portfolio strategies based on results.
  • Partner with senior leadership on high-impact strategic initiatives and special projects designed to accelerate growth, improve organizational effectiveness, build new capabilities, or address critical business opportunities.
  • Provide structured problem-solving, strategic analysis, and leadership to move complex initiatives from insight and concept through execution.
  • Serve as a trusted thought partner to senior executives and a connector across the organization, strengthening strategic thinking, commercial acumen, and growth-management capabilities.
  • Lead cross-functional alignment around priorities and use data, consumer insights, and business performance to support effective decision-making.
  • Help ensure the organization remains focused on initiatives capable of delivering disproportionate business impact.

  Requirements

  • 14+ years of experience across brand management, brand strategy, business strategy, commercial strategy, general management, growth leadership, or related disciplines.
  • Demonstrated experience developing and executing brand, portfolio, or business growth strategies with measurable commercial impact.
  • Experience working across Marketing, Media, Sales, Finance, Operations, Supply Chain, Innovation, and other cross-functional functions.
  • Strong understanding of forecasting, demand planning, annual business planning, and portfolio management processes.
  • Ability to connect consumer insights, brand health, commercial performance, and financial results to inform strategic priorities and business decisions.
  • Strong commercial and financial acumen, with the ability to assess business performance and translate analysis into actionable growth opportunities.
  • Proven ability to influence senior leaders, build organizational alignment, and create shared accountability around a common vision and growth agenda.
  • Demonstrated success leading, coaching, and developing high-performing teams and fostering strong ownership and strategic thinking.
  • Ability to move seamlessly between long-term strategic planning, complex problem-solving, and detailed business analysis.
  • Proven ability to lead ambiguous, cross-functional initiatives and drive high-impact projects from initial insight through execution.
  • Experience in e-commerce and media environments is highly desirable.
  • Strong analytical, communication, presentation, and stakeholder-management skills.
  • Highly collaborative, curious, commercially minded, and action-oriented approach.
  • Ability to operate effectively in a fast-paced environment while balancing multiple strategic priorities.
  • Candidates must be authorized to work in the United States without sponsorship.

  Benefits

  • Competitive base salary aligned with experience and qualifications.
  • Annual bonus opportunity.
  • 100% employer-paid employee-only medical, dental, orthodontic, and vision insurance premiums.
  • Four weeks of paid time off.
  • Paid holidays.
  • 12 mental health days per year.
  • 100% paid parental leave.
  • Fertility and adoption benefits.
  • 401(k) plan with employer match.
  • Hybrid work, wellness, and cell phone stipends.
  • Free company products.
  • Remote work arrangement within the United States.
  • Approximately four company offsite trips per year.
  • Opportunity to work with an intelligent, collaborative, and highly motivated team.
  • Professional growth opportunities through leadership, strategic initiatives, and cross-functional exposure.