Senior Brand Manager

Nielsen; Greater London; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Nielsen in London seeks a Senior Brand Manager EMEA to lead brand strategies across audiences and touchpoints, reporting to the Director of Global Brand Strategy. You drive key initiatives and ensure Nielsen’s brand is perceived as the authoritative leader in media and content measurement.

You will manage a brand calendar for Europe, collaborate with Creative, Digital, Sales, Product Marketing, Events and other functions, using local insights to refine positioning.

Qualifications

• 10+ years in brand leadership within the B2B industry and/or global iconic brands.
• Expertise in brand strategy, positioning, messaging, and brand architecture for complex portfolios.
• Experience building and evolving brands in a matrixed environment.

Responsibilities

• Brand leadership across EMEA, developing and executing brand initiatives.
• Collaborate with Creative, Digital, Retention Marketing, Sales, Product Marketing, Events, Social and other global functions to ensure all efforts are on-brand and locally relevant.
• Define success metrics for brand health and connect brand performance to business outcomes.
• Lead cross-functional teams in EMEA and globally on key regional and local brand projects.

Skills

Brand leadership

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in Marketing or equivalent

Advanced degree or certifications preferred

Job description

Company Description

At Nielsen, we are passionate about our work to power a better media future for all people by providing powerful insights that drive client decisions and deliver extraordinary results. Our talented, global workforce is dedicated to capturing audience engagement with content - wherever and whenever it's consumed. Together, we are proudly rooted in our deep legacy as we stand at the forefront of the media revolution. When you join Nielsen, you will join a dynamic team committed to excellence, perseverance, and the ambition to make an impact together. We champion you, because when you succeed, we do too. We enable your best to power our future.

Job Description

The Senior Brand Manager EMEA is a forward-thinking marketing leader responsible for developing and executing brand strategies for Nielsen across audiences and customer touchpoints. Reporting to the Director of Global Brand Strategy, this role drives key brand initiatives in the European markets as part of the integrated marketing process, and ensures the brand is perceived with consistency as the authoritative leader in the media and content measurement industry.

Serve as a leader and representative for Nielsen’s brand initiatives, narratives and relevance across key campaigns in EMEA. Create, manage and execute a brand calendar roadmap for Nielsen in European markets. Drive a customer-centric strategy to address complex global business, customers, and industry opportunities, ensuring the brand initiatives support business objectives. Drive integrated marketing efforts that engage, collaborate and align internal teams and external stakeholders in the EMEA and globally.

Responsibilities

• Brand Management: Develop, drive and execute brand initiatives in EMEA. Use customer local/regional insights and research to continuously refine positioning and messaging.


• Integrated Marketing & Cross Functional Partnership: Collaborate closely with the Creative, Digital, Retention Marketing, Sales, Product Marketing, Events, Social and other global functions to ensure all efforts are on-brand, local/regional customer insight-led, and consistently executed with excellence.


• Measurement & Impact: Define success metrics across brand health and connect brand performance to business outcomes.


• Team Influence and Leadership: Drive cross-functional teams in EMEA and globally for key regional and local brand projects that are critical to Nielsen’s brand and business success.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience in brand leadership roles within the B2B industry and/or global iconic brands.


• Expertise in brand strategy, positioning, messaging, and brand architecture for complex portfolios.


• Proven experience building and evolving brands in a matrixed environment.


• Experience in the EMEA markets and operating at global scale preferred.


• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to present complex strategies to executive-level stakeholders.


• Bachelor's degree in Marketing or equivalent experience required; advanced degree or specialized certifications preferred.

Additional Information

For employees outside India and United States: Willingness to serve as a local internal subsidiary director to represent the entity in country, with full support from corporate teams, in governance matters.