Launch & PMO Lead, Responsible Marketing

Mars Petcare; New York (NY); On-site; USD 119,000 - 164,000; Full time

Job summary

Mars Petcare seeks an Accelerator Responsible Marketing Senior Activity Manager to drive flawless execution of responsible marketing, ensuring Mars Marketing Code compliance across North America. You’ll coordinate across Marketing, Sales, Supply Chain, Finance, and more to meet milestones and launch readiness.

You will manage end-to-end activity plans, govern stage-gates, and champion cross-functional collaboration in a fast-paced transformation.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in business, Supply Chain, Marketing, Engineering or related field.
• 5+ years of experience in FMCG/CPG, marketing commercialization, product innovation, supply chain, or project management.
• Travel up to 25%, primarily domestic NA with occasional international travel.
• Deep understanding of end-to-end Idea-to-Market (I2M) / Stage-Gate lifecycle in physical consumer goods.
• Ability to push timelines, manage cross-functional partners, and deliver with rigor.
• Proven ability to influence stakeholders across a matrixed org and operate with ambiguity.
• Strong analytical and commercial mindset, understanding impact on revenue and launches.
• Structured, detail-oriented, and able to balance agility with process discipline.
• Solid knowledge of consumer goods lifecycle, stage-gate processes, and launch interdependencies.
• Proven track record managing complex, fast-paced cross-functional projects.
• High proficiency in MS Excel and PowerPoint; familiarity with project management/workflow software.

Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end integrated activity plans, milestones, and deliverables for Accelerator brand projects.
• Drive day-to-day execution of Responsible Marketing updates, new product introductions, and pack transitions.
• Coordinate Stage-Gate reviews; ensure business cases, risks, and logs are documented.
• Map cross-functional dependencies to prevent bottlenecks and protect milestones.
• Integrate project deliverables into the 3+3 growth pipeline and manage risk escalation.
• Lead cross-functional squads across Marketing, Sales, R&D, Packaging, Quality/Regulatory, and Supply Chain.

Skills

Project management

Cross-functional leadership

Analytical thinking

Stakeholder management

Influencing without authority

PMO / Agile

Education

Bachelor's degree in business, Supply Chain, Marketing, or Engineering

Tools

MS Excel

PowerPoint

PM software

Job description

Mars Petcare seeks an Accelerator Responsible Marketing Senior Activity Manager to drive flawless execution of responsible marketing, ensuring Mars Marketing Code compliance across North America. You’ll coordinate across Marketing, Sales, Supply Chain, Finance, and more to meet milestones and launch readiness.

You will manage end-to-end activity plans, govern stage-gates, and champion cross-functional collaboration in a fast-paced transformation.