About the Brand Manager role
A Brand Manager owns how a brand is positioned, expressed, and perceived. They define the brand strategy, shape messaging and visual identity, lead brand campaigns, and make sure every customer touchpoint, from packaging to social ads, tells a consistent story. In consumer goods companies, Brand Managers often run a product line like a small business, with commercial targets attached.
The role differs sharply by industry. In FMCG and consumer brands, it is a commercial role involving pricing, distribution, and P&L responsibility. In B2B and tech companies, it leans toward positioning, messaging frameworks, brand guidelines, and campaign oversight. Decide which version you are hiring for before you post, because the candidate pools barely overlap.
Specify the scope clearly: one brand or a portfolio, whether the role includes budget and P&L ownership, which teams the manager will direct, and whether agencies are involved. Strong Brand Managers ask these questions in the first interview, so answering them in the posting attracts serious candidates and filters out mismatches early.
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Job brief
We are hiring a Brand Manager to decide what our brand stands for and to keep every touchpoint saying the same thing. You will own positioning and messaging, lead the campaigns that carry them, brief and steer our agencies, and watch the brand measures closely enough to know when something is drifting.
This suits somebody who can move between a consumer insight and a media plan without losing either. Success looks like a brand people can describe back to you accurately, and campaigns that can prove they contributed.
Responsibilities
- Develop brand strategy, positioning, and messaging frameworks grounded in market and consumer research
- Plan and lead brand campaigns from creative brief through launch and post-campaign analysis
- Own and enforce brand guidelines across all channels, teams, and markets
- Brief and manage creative, media, and research agencies
- Analyze market trends, consumer insights, and competitor activity to inform strategy
- Track brand health metrics such as awareness, consideration, and share of voice
- Partner with product, sales, and marketing teams to align launches with brand strategy
- Manage the brand budget and report on return from major investments
- Lead packaging, identity, or messaging refreshes when the brand needs them
- Present brand performance and plans to senior leadership
Requirements and skills
- Has owned a brand or a line, as a brand manager or in an equivalent seat
- Can walk through a campaign they led and what it actually moved
- Turns consumer research into positioning and a creative direction others can execute
- Comfortable with brand tracking data and with sales data next to it
- Has briefed and held an external agency to account
- Presents convincingly, up to and including the executive team
- Gets cross-functional teams moving without having authority over them
- A marketing or business degree, or the equivalent in practice
Nice to have
- P&L or budget ownership experience
- Category experience relevant to your market, such as FMCG, tech, or retail
- Experience managing a brand refresh or rebrand end to end
- MBA or postgraduate marketing qualification
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