Director, Global Product Marketing (Drunk Elephant)

Primary Duties & Responsibilities:

•    Manage innovation calendar and product marketing strategy including product architecture, and product launch process 
•    Develop global product strategies for 3-year innovation plan development for new product launches, key core skus and sampling
•    Ensure that innovation planning and core meet business objectives and deliver on brand financial plans
•    Partner with Product Development to optimize new launch positioning and key messaging
•    Prepare and submit NPD Product briefs with alignment from senior management
•    Present strategic pricing recommendations, based on competitive pricing analysis and COGs targets
•    Partner with Operations to determine new launch sizing, forecasting, and planning across all regions
•    Partner with US and International teams on local assortments, forecasting, line edits, and pricing recommendations with a focus on US and China
•    Partner with Copy team to develop product copy that reflects messaging priorities and aligns with brand values and tone of voice
•    Partner on artwork proofing and routing – new and existing, to ensure messaging is consistent across the board; be key liaison for artwork routing/proofing 
•    Lead consumer insight studies and analytics in partnership with consumer insights team to inform decision making, understand consumer trends, validate concepts and test new go-to-market strategies
•    Stay up to date with emerging consumer trends and needs in key markets globally

Qualifications & Competencies:

 •   College degree, 8+ years of work experience in marketing
•    Team player
•    Forward thinking, anticipation of needs
•    Strong analytical, strategic thinking skills, ability to structure presentations
•    Strong project management skills, structured, sense of respect of timeline
•    Attention to details, ability to work independently, reliable
•    A strong sense of urgency, ability to manage details and projects while responding to changing priorities and feedback in a fast-paced environment
•    Leadership qualities to motivate and drive peer teams and they direct reports

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