Senior Brand Manager

Kimberly-Clark Corporation; Chicago (IL); Hybrid; USD 150,000 - 230,000; Full time

Job summary

Kimberly-Clark Corporation seeks a seasoned Content & Connections Brand Lead for Pod, driving demand creation and a holistic, consumer-led marketing plan that builds equity and measurable business outcomes.

You will align internal experts and agencies, translating insights into integrated content across key channels, reporting to the General Manager and NA Marketing leadership.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or higher in a related field.
• Deep experience in brand marketing and integrated campaigns.
• Ability to guide cross-functional teams and agencies.

Responsibilities

• Lead brand Demand Creation strategy and in-market execution.
• Orchestrate Pod and Integrated Agency Team to deliver one plan.
• Champion creative excellence with internal teams and agencies.
• Reflect evolving consumer discovery behaviors, including AI/algorithm-driven experiences.
• Strengthen brand relevance and equity across channels and moments.
• Partner with GM and leaders to optimize investment and outcomes.

Skills

Brand marketing

Integrated marketing

Demand creation

Cross-functional leadership

Agency management

Stakeholder influence

Data-driven decisions

Education

Bachelor's degree

Job description

Join the team behind iconic brands like Huggies®, Kleenex®, Cottonelle®, Scott®, Kotex®, Poise®, Depend®, and Kimberly-Clark Professional® At Kimberly-Clark, it's all here for you - innovation, growth, and the chance to make a real impact.

You're not the person who will settle for just any role. Neither are we. Because we're out to create Better Care for a Better World, and that takes a certain kind of person and teams who care about making a difference. Here, you'll bring your professional expertise, talent, and drive to building and managing our portfolio of iconic, ground-breaking brands. In this role, you'll help us deliver better care for billions of people around the world. It starts with YOU.

About You

In one of our professional roles, you'll focus on winning with consumers and the market, while putting safety, mutual respect, and human dignity at the center. Job responsibilities include:

The Content & Connections Brand Lead is the marketing leader for the brand Pod, a cross-functional team of Demand Creation experts embedded in and accountable to the business. The role owns Demand Creation for the brand and is accountable for translating business and brand strategy into a holistic, consumer-led marketing plan that builds brand equity, drives demand and delivers measurable business outcomes.

As the conductor of an orchestra of experts, you will align internal specialists and agency partners around shared priorities, make clear trade-offs, and lead integrated planning, execution, learning and optimization across the consumer journey. You will report through the General Manager and be accountable to functional and North America Marketing leadership.

• Lead brand Demand Creation strategy, annual plans and execution in-market that build equity, drive demand and deliver business outcomes.
• Orchestrate the cross-functional Pod and Integrated Agency Team (IAT) by aligning priorities, decision rights, owners and deliverables, ensuring the collective delivers one connected plan and recommendation to the business. Translate consumer, cultural, category and behavioral insights into integrated, full-funnel content and connections plans across key channels and moments.
• Champion creative excellence by partnering with internal teams and agency partners to develop distinctive, effective work that builds the brand and drives demand.
• Ensure marketing strategies reflect evolving consumer discovery behaviors, including AI- and algorithm-driven experiences.
• Strengthen brand relevance by ensuring the brand shows up meaningfully in culture, builds equity over time and remains connected to evolving consumer needs.
• Partner with the General Manager and business leaders to champion creative excellence, consistent execution and culturally relevant brand-building work. Own and steward the brand A&P investment across national, retail, non-working and owned channels, making disciplined trade-offs tied to business priorities and business outcomes. Use marketing and business performance data to establish measurement routines, optimize in-market activity and scale successful learning.
• Build a high-performing, inclusive learning culture where experts are empowered, feedback is expected and teams adapt quickly to consumer and market needs.

To succeed in this role, you will need the following qualifications:

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or higher.
• 10+ years of professional experience, preferably within the Consumer Goods Industry.
• Progressive experience in brand marketing, integrated marketing, communications, consumer experience or a related discipline.
• Strong marketing and business acumen, including: experience developing brand strategy, positioning and demand-generating plans grounded in consumer, cultural, category and behavioral insights.
• Experience leading integrated, full-funnel marketing planning across the consumer journey with subject-matter experts and agency partners.
• Experience leading agency ecosystems and cross-functional experts to build integrated marketing plans and deliver against shared business objectives.
• Proven ability to influence senior stakeholders, lead cross-functional teams and create alignment without relying on formal authority.
• Ability to use marketing and business performance data to assess effectiveness, manage investment, make trade-offs and optimize against business and financial objectives.

Preferred Qualifications

• Depth of knowledge in one or more Content & Connections disciplines such as media, creative/content, social, commerce, consumer experience, digital or integrated marketing.
• Experience in consumer-packaged goods or another high-volume consumer category, including exposure to retailer dynamics and consumer demand generation.
• Experience operating in or helping implement new capabilities, tools, operating models or other evolving ways of working.
• Experience championing creative excellence and improving the quality and effectiveness of consumer-facing work.

Led by Purpose. Driven by You.

We believe that our employees are our greatest asset, and we're committed to providing them with the resources they need to be successful. If you're looking for a rewarding career with a company that cares about its employees, then Kimberly-Clark is the place for you.

Total Benefits

Here are just a few of the benefits you'd enjoy working in this role for Kimberly-Clark. For a complete overview, see www.mykcbenefits.com

Flex That Works at Kimberly-Clark

We believe great work happens when people come together with purpose. That's why we offer a flexible work model that blends remote work with intentional in-person collaboration - helping you connect, grow, and innovate while maintaining the balance you value.

And finally, the fine print ...

For Kimberly-Clark to grow and prosper, we must be an inclusive organization that applies the diverse experiences and passions of its team members to brands that make life better for people all around the world, which is why we seek to build a workforce that encompassesthe experiences of our consumers. When you bring your original thinking to Kimberly-Clark, you fuel the continued success of our enterprise. We are a committed equal opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, pregnancy, genetic information, citizenship status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

The statements above are intended to describe the general nature and level of work performed by employees assigned to this classification. Statements are not intended to be construed as an exhaustive list of all duties, responsibilities and skills required for this position.

Employment is subject to verification of local policies.

Employment is subject to verification of pre-screening tests which may include drug screening, background check, and DMV check.

Veterans and members of the Reserve and Guard are highly encouraged to apply.

This role is available for local candidates already authorized to work in the role’s country only. Kimberly-Clark will not provide relocation support for this role.

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