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VP Brand Marketing

VP Brand Marketing

Wellness PetBurlington, MA, US
30+ days ago
Job type
  • Full-time
Job description

Vice President of Brand Dog & Whimzees

At Wellness Pet, we believe pets and pet parents thrive together through shared wellbeing. As the Vice President of Brand Dog & Whimzees, you'll act as the general manager of these business units, owning strategy, performance, and brand health from every angle. You'll lead with a challenger mindsetthinking fast, pushing boundaries, and shaping the future of pet nutrition.

This is a highly strategic, cross-functional leadership role for someone who thrives on building brands people talk about and businesses that grow.

Key Responsibilities

Business Unit Leadership

  • Lead the overall vision, health, and performance of the Dog and Whimzees businessesowning short-term execution and long-term growth
  • Set and manage revenue, margin, and share goals
  • Define pricing strategy across channels and formats to ensure competitiveness, premium positioning, and profitability
  • Build robust annual and multi-year brand plans that align with enterprise strategy and deliver category growth
  • Oversee product lifecycle management including renovation and rationalization strategies, ensuring portfolio clarity and effectiveness
  • Collaborate with Sales to identify white space, support retailer-specific strategies, and lead swap strategies in key accounts
  • Establish KPIs, track performance, and adjust course with agility to meet or exceed goals
  • Act as the internal and external face of your business units, sharing updates with executive leadership and partners

Brand Strategy & Execution

  • Own and evolve brand positioning, architecture, and naming strategy to build brand equity and consumer love across all sublines and innovations
  • Set the strategic foundation for new product development, defining unmet needs, and consumer tensions
  • Lead pricing and pack architecture strategy to ensure clarity, value communication, and consistent tiering across the portfolio
  • Be the organization's go-to expert on the competitive landscapeincluding white space threats and opportunities
  • Translate consumer insights, data, and trends into compelling brand strategies that connect emotionally and drive action
  • Develop clear brand guardrails and communication frameworks that drive consistency across touchpoints
  • Balance Masterbrand and sub-brand priorities in a way that fuels long-term brand equity and short-term performance

    • Cross-Functional Collaboration & Commercial Strategy

  • Be a best-in-class business partner to Sales, Innovation, Consumer Insights, R&D, Integrated Marketing, Creative, and Supply Chain, aligning teams around a clear vision and priorities
  • Work closely with Finance and Sales to drive smart pricing, promo, and pack strategies
  • Ensure all brand activities support key customer strategies and meet the needs of eCommerce, National, and Independent retail partners
  • Bring the voice of the pet parent to every internal discussionchampioning what they need, want, and value most

    • Collaboration within Marketing

  • Partner with Integrated Marketing, (Media, PR, Social) and Creative to co-create breakthrough consumer campaigns and activation plans that move at the speed of culture
  • Shape the strategic direction for campaigns, launches, and brand storytellingensuring consistency with brand positioning and business goals
  • Collaborate on packaging strategy and visual identity development with CMO and Packaging teams, ensuring brand fit and shelf breakthrough
  • Actively contribute to the ideation and refinement of go-to-market strategies, ensuring they are bold, clear, and grounded in consumer insights

    • Who You Are

  • A brand-led business driver with 15+ years of progressive experience in CPG brand management or marketing leadership
  • Proven track record of delivering strong commercial results and brand growth through strategic brand management and full P&L accountability
  • Expert in brand strategy and architecture, pricing, positioning, and product lifecycle strategy
  • Strong financial and analytical acumen with the ability to connect data to decisions
  • Inspirational team leader and people developer, with experience managing high-performing marketing teams
  • Highly collaborative with a track record of influencing cross-functional and executive stakeholders
  • Culturally curious and creatively ambitiousalways thinking about how to break through with today's consumers
  • A challenger at heartdriven to raise the bar for how we show up and how we grow

    • Why You'll Love The Role

  • You'll shape the future of two high-potential categories in a fast-paced, purpose-driven company
  • You'll work with people who are passionate, driven, and deeply connected to pets
  • You'll have the freedom to think big, act boldly, and make a lasting impact on our brands and our business
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