Category & Menu Strategy Analyst — Equity + Hybrid

Grubhub Holdings Inc.; New York (NY); Hybrid; USD 96,000 - 115,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity

401(k)

Health plan

Paid time off

Parental leave

Discounted meals

Job summary

Wonder in New York is seeking a Senior Associate, Category Management to help shape menu strategies across assigned restaurant brands. You will support category strategy, LTO execution, and concept development with a data-driven approach, collaborating across Culinary, Marketing, Insights, and Finance.

This is an analytically oriented role ideal for someone early in their career who wants exposure to the restaurant business, build dashboards, and grow into a Category Manager role.

Qualifications

• 2-4 years of relevant experience in category management, brand management, strategy, consulting, finance, insights, or a similar analytical role - ideally with exposure to restaurants, food, retail, or CPG.
• Strong Excel and data analysis fluency - comfortable working with large datasets, building models and trackers from scratch, and turning raw data into clear insight.
• Bachelor's degree required.
• Strong analytical skills with the ability to make data-driven recommendations.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to collaborate across departments.
• Ability to prioritize multiple tasks, work under pressure, and meet deadlines in a fast-paced environment.
• Detail-oriented, organized, and proactive - you take ownership of your workstreams and follow through without needing to be chased.
• Curious about food, restaurants, and how menus actually drive a business.

Responsibilities

• Support brand category strategy: Support the category strategy for assigned brands, contributing to menu planning, LTO calendar inputs, and brand-level performance reviews.
• Support LTO execution: Help execute LTOs end-to-end - contributing to briefs, coordinating cross-functional inputs, tracking timelines, and pulling together recap analyses post-launch.
• Support new concept development: Assist on new menu item and concept development workstreams, including supporting concept testing logistics, organizing consumer research inputs, and helping translate findings into next-step recommendations.
• Support menu performance tracking: Build and maintain item- and category-level performance dashboards, surfacing trends in sales, mix, margin, and guest behavior to support menu optimization decisions.
• Stay close to the market: Track culinary trends, competitive moves, and category dynamics, and synthesize learnings into clear, useful inputs for the broader team.

Skills

Category management

Excel

Data analysis

Analytical thinking

Communication skills

Prioritization & time management

Attention to detail

Curiosity about food

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Excel

Job description

Wonder in New York is seeking a Senior Associate, Category Management to help shape menu strategies across assigned restaurant brands. You will support category strategy, LTO execution, and concept development with a data-driven approach, collaborating across Culinary, Marketing, Insights, and Finance.

This is an analytically oriented role ideal for someone early in their career who wants exposure to the restaurant business, build dashboards, and grow into a Category Manager role.