Brand Marketing Manager - Ninja Kitchenware

Our purpose is to positively impact people’s lives every day in every home around the world! We work very hard to provide our consumers with high quality, exciting 5-star products that make life easier. We thrive on passion and innovation, and are looking for great people, with great ideas, who want to build the next big thing and develop while they do.

This role is based in our Needham, MA headquarters and is hybrid with 2-3 days per week onsite

Position Overview Lead the development and execution of all GTM (Go-to-Market) plans for Ninja Kitchenware across a growing number of product categories. Collaborate with cross-functional teams to build holistic marketing plans for our new and core products. Ensure sales readiness and launch excellence to deliver high rate of sales for our brands.

Key Responsibilities

• Identify gaps and opportunities in market and regularly pressure test teams to deliver extraordinary results (IE assortment, pricing, content)
• Work with media partners to create comprehensive media plans, ensuring right allocations of spend against right products to drive category success.
• Become a category expert, understanding price, positioning, competitive landscape, and market needs. Translate category insights into marketing actions.
• Drive a consumer first mentality to develop relevant messaging and assets that deliver clear consumer understanding of products and brand and that will drive high purchase intent.
• Serve as liaison and support for international teams, communicating the value proposition of our products and developing the marketing tools to support our products globally.
• Collaborate with consumer insights to identify the right validation path for our messaging, story and assets and leverage those insights to deliver best-in-class messaging.
• Rally cross-functional partners behind the goals of the category, helping teams translate ideas and insights into actionable plans and assets.
• Own in-market performance, tracking performance over time and leveraging key learnings to continuously improve and provide recommendations to the business.
• Oversee the execution of photo shoots, packaging, web content, digital and social advertising, influencer campaigns, PR, SEM, CRM, in-store displays and more.

Key Functional Skills/Knowledge

• Team player who can walk through walls and make friends along the way.
• Comfortable presenting to all levels of the organization.
• Strong research and analytical skills, to be able to draw conclusions.
• Strength in influencing, conflict resolution, and creative problem as team.
• Developing strong cross-functional relationships to include: creative services, commercial analytics, media, content, product development, culinary, strategic sales, category management, international.
• Ability to synthesize complex data into compelling consumer benefits and stories.
• Project management and ability to prioritize multiple projects at once.
• Capacity to think at a holistic and strategic level across the global business.
• Biased toward action.

Requirements:

• Experience leveraging consumer insights to develop effective marketing programs.
• Bachelor’s degree in marketing, or equivalent field required. MBA preferred.
• Global/international marketing experience preferred.
• 3-5 years of prior consumer product marketing experience required, preferably with direct responsibility of brand strategy, messaging, and commercialization strategy and execution.
• Experience in creative strategy development, advertising and launching new products.

At SharkNinja, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion is vital to our global success. Valuing each unique voice and blending all of our diverse skills strengthens SharkNinja’s innovation every day. We support ALL associates in bringing their authentic selves to work, making an impact, and having the opportunity for career acceleration. With help from our leadership, associates, and our community, we aim to have equity be a key component of the SharkNinja DNA.
YOUR ROLE in leading our SUCCESS DRIVERS & representing our UNIQUE MINDSET

• Be clear and honest, “COMMUNICATING FOR IMPACT”
• Use your knowledge of our consumer, understand that “DETAILS MAKE THE DIFFERENCE”
• Lead us to be “RARELY SATISFIED”
• Make things better each day; “PROGRESS OVER PERFECTION”
• Deliver something great; “WINNING IS A TEAM SPORT”

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