CareerPlan

PFUS Brand Innovation – Marketing Manager

Plano, Texas; Chicago, IllinoisFull-time$111k2026-10-16 → 2026-11-06

Core

Lead innovation strategy and execution for key snack brands, developing new products from concept to scale-up and defining long-term portfolio growth.

Role type

Senior Marketing Manager (Brand Innovation)

Builds

New product concepts, innovation pipelines, and sell-in tools for iconic snack brands.

Domain

Consumer Packaged Goods (CPG) / Snacks

Deliverable

product features

Required skills

Strategic thinking, project management, cross-functional leadership, consumer insight analysis, creative problem-solving, data-oriented decision making, brand building, speed to market execution.

Preferred skills

CPG and/or agency innovation experience, MBA or BBA, understanding of supply chain and R&D functions.

Technologies

PowerPoint, Excel

Responsibilities

Lead execution of innovation projects through stage-gate processes; define and evolve long-term portfolio innovation strategy; balance art and science to drive data-oriented learning agendas; partner with brand and sales teams to create sell stories; collaborate with cross-functional partners (finance, supply chain, R&D, agency).