Brand Manager

Standard Wellness; Cleveland (OH); Hybrid; USD 65,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Restaurant d'entreprise

Indemnités de stage/alternance

Job summary

Standard Wellness seeks a Brand Manager to own brand strategy, portfolio architecture, and cross-market marketing initiatives that drive long-term growth. This role defines each brand's role, target consumer, and position, while partnering with sales, retail, operations, and compliance to bring strategy to market.

The candidate will oversee brand storytelling, product launches, and budget management, with some travel across multi-state markets.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Marketing or related field required.
• 4–7 years of brand management or product commercialization experience in regulated industries.
• Experience owning a brand or portfolio from positioning through in-market execution.
• Ability to travel across multi-state footprint and work cross-functionally.
• Strong collaboration with sales, retail, operations, and compliance teams.

Responsibilities

• Own brand strategy and long-term marketing planning across the portfolio.
• Define portfolio architecture, brand roles, target consumer, and product positioning.
• Lead campaign development and cross-market marketing initiatives from concept through launch.
• Partner with field marketing on campaign development and market-level execution.
• Develop product launch strategy and brand storytelling with clear success metrics.
• Plan and support wholesale activations with the sales team.
• Maintain brand messaging across packaging, campaigns, and wholesale touchpoints.
• Coordinate marketing initiatives with sales, retail, manufacturing, and compliance.
• Report brand performance monthly and manage marketing calendar and budgets.
• Ensure compliance with regulatory requirements in all markets.

Skills

Brand management

Portfolio management

Go-to-market planning

Cross-functional collaboration

Data-driven decision making

Travel readiness

Microsoft Office

Marketing platforms

Influence without authority

Education

Bachelor's degree in Marketing, Business, Communications, or related field

Tools

Canva

Adobe

WordPress

Dutchie

Alipine IQ

LeafLink

Job description

Standard Wellness’s mission is to improve quality of life through safe and easy access to cannabis by providing consistent, high-quality product through innovation, vertical integration and aggressive regulatory reform.

We aim to create a new standard in the cannabis industry for quality, care, innovation, and education while still maintaining a focus and conscious understanding of how our decisions within the role effect the social and environmental impact in our community and for our customers.

We’re committed to a research-driven, customer-centric approach in all that we do, and we will work to have a lasting positive impact in our community.

Position Summary:

Reporting to the VP of Product and Marketing, the Brand Manager is responsible for brand strategy, portfolio architecture, and the cross-functional marketing initiatives that support long-term business growth.

This role builds brand equity, drives market positioning, and ensures consistency across campaigns, products, and customer touchpoints in every market we operate.

The ideal candidate is a strategic thinker who can hold a portfolio together - defining what each brand stands for, where it plays, and where it does not - while partnering closely with sales, retail, operations, and compliance teams to bring that strategy to market.

This role is centered on brand growth, portfolio clarity, and long-term market development rather than day-to-day campaign execution. Some travel across our multi-state footprint may be required.

While on-site is preferred, a hybrid/remote arrangement may be considered for the right candidate.

Essential Job Functions:

• Own brand strategy and long-term marketing planning across the portfolio.
• Define and maintain portfolio architecture, including each brand's role, target consumer, and product positioning.
• Establish and enforce brand guardrails, including the rules governing intentional overlap between brands.
• Lead campaign development and cross-market marketing initiatives from concept through launch.
• Partner with the field marketing team on campaign development and market-level execution.
• Develop product launch strategy and brand storytelling, including positioning, messaging, and success measures set in advance of asset development.
• Plan and support wholesale activations across markets in partnership with the sales team.
• Provide creative direction and maintain brand consistency across packaging, campaigns, retail displays, and wholesale touchpoints.
• Oversee customer-facing brand messaging and ensure alignment with approved positioning and regulatory requirements.
• Manage marketing calendar and strategic prioritization across brands and markets.
• Coordinate cross-departmental marketing initiatives with sales, retail, manufacturing, and compliance.
• Conduct market analysis and competitive positioning work; identify category white space and translate findings into portfolio recommendations.
• Develop scalable marketing systems, templates, and processes that allow new brands and markets to launch without rebuilding the approach each time.
• Report brand performance on a monthly cadence, measuring each brand against its defined portfolio role.
• Maintain Marketing budget and track against campaigns and initiatives.

Required Qualifications:

• Must be at least 21 years of age.
• Bachelor's degree in Marketing, Business, Communications, or a related field — or equivalent work experience.
• 4–7 years of brand management, category management, or product commercialization experience; Cannabis, CPG or another regulated category preferred.
• Demonstrated experience owning a brand or portfolio from positioning through in-market execution.
• Experience managing product launches, including positioning, creative development, and go-to-market planning, and brand maintenance.
• Proven ability to manage multiple brands, campaigns, and markets simultaneously.
• Experience briefing and directing internal creative teams, agencies, or vendors.
• Ability to read and act on point-of-sale, wholesale sell-through, and category performance data.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office; familiarity with project management and marketing platforms.
• Ability to travel across the company's multi-state footprint as needed.
• Must be able to pass all background checks and obtain any state-required agent or badge credentials.

Knowledge, Skills + Attributes:

• Strong understanding of brand architecture, portfolio strategy, and consumer segmentation.
• Excellent creative judgment and the ability to write a clear, actionable creative brief.
• Comfortable operating within a highly regulated advertising environment where paid search and paid social are largely unavailable, and where trade, CRM, listings, earned media, and in-store are the primary channels.
• Effective at influence without authority; able to work through sales, retail, and manufacturing teams that do not report to this role.
• Willingness to hold a line - able to decline a product or campaign that conflicts with a brand's defined role, and to explain why.
• Strong organizational and time management skills; able to manage competing priorities in a fast-paced, high-growth environment.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to present brand performance to senior leadership.
• Analytical mindset with the ability to connect marketing activity to revenue, margin, and velocity outcomes.
• Ability to work independently while maintaining strong cross-functional collaboration.
• Strong knowledge of other digital work systems such as Microsoft Office, Canva, Adobe, Wordpress, Dutchie, Alipine IQ, Leaflink, etc.
• Commitment to upholding Standard Wellness' values and fostering a positive impact in the communities we serve.