Senior Manager, Category Management

Wonder Group, INC; United States; Hybrid; USD 149,000 - 157,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity compensation

401(k) with company match

Medical, dental, vision plans

Paid time off & parental leave

Job summary

Wonder is seeking a Senior Manager, Category Management to lead category and menu strategy across its restaurant brands. You will own the strategic roadmap and drive end-to-end product development from ideation to launch, ensuring alignment with brand pillars and business goals.

Collaborating with Culinary, Marketing, Supply Chain, Operations, and Finance, you will translate insights into scalable concepts for Wonder’s 1P and 3P platforms.

Qualifications

• 6+ years of experience in category management, brand management, menu strategy, or culinary innovation.
• Proven track record leading menu or product innovation from insight to launch (LTOs and new concepts).
• Strong commercial fluency with P&L drivers, pricing, elasticity, and margins.

Responsibilities

• Define and own the strategic roadmap for assigned restaurant brands, with 12–18 month plans.
• Lead end-to-end product development from ideation to launch across items and revamps.
• Identify opportunities from sales data and trends to drive growth in AOV, AIV, and SSS.
• Partner with Insights and Quality for testing, pricing, and feasibility before scaling.
• Monitor performance post-launch and adjust to meet GOV, margin, and satisfaction goals.
• Stay ahead of culinary trends to inform the development pipeline.

Skills

Analytical skills

Excel

Looker

Cross-functional collaboration

Strategic thinking

Project management

Education

Bachelor’s degree

MBA or equivalent experience

Tools

Looker

Excel

Job description

About Wonder Everything’s on the menu at Wonder. Except compromise. Wonder is the mealtime platform built to feed every craving in one order. With Wonder, you can mix and match hundreds of dishes from 20+ exclusive restaurants in a single order, so everyone gets exactly what they’re craving. Enjoy everything from tacos to Thai with $0 delivery fees, plus dine-in or pick up at a Wonder location near you. Each dish is made to order on-site by our culinary team and served hot. Behind the scenes, Wonder owns and operates every step of the dining experience, from recipe development to the technology that powers our experience, allowing us to deliver quality, variety, and consistency at scale. Join us as we work to make great food more accessible.

About the Opportunity

The Senior Manager, Category Management is responsible for leading culinary and category strategies that drive product innovation, sales growth, and an elevated customer experience across Wonder’s portfolio of restaurant brands. This role focuses on identifying business opportunities, developing and launching new menu items, LTOs, and full restaurant concepts, and optimizing existing menus to ensure alignment with each brand’s pillars and Wonder’s overall business goals. The Senior Manager, Category Management partners closely with Culinary, Marketing, Supply Chain, Food Quality, Operations, Procurement, and Finance to bring innovative concepts to life while ensuring successful execution and operational feasibility on Wonder’s platform. This is a high-ownership role on a heavy pipeline of LTOs, new restaurant launches, revamps, and category refreshes — with the opportunity to shape what millions of customers eat next.

The Impact You Will Make

• Lead category and menu strategy: Own the strategic roadmap for an assigned set of Wonder restaurant brands, defining 12–18-month menu and innovation plans grounded in customer insights, sales performance, and competitive landscape.
• Drive end-to-end product development: Lead the development and optimization of culinary products from ideation through launch — across new menu items, LTOs, revamps, and net-new concepts — ensuring each is on-brand, on-strategy, and on-time.
• Identify business opportunities: Translate sales data, customer behavior, and category trends into clear opportunities for growth in AOV, AIV, frequency, and same-store sales (SSS), and build the business cases to act on them.
• Test and validate concepts: Partner with Insights and Food Quality to design product testing, sensory evaluations, and pilots that validate concept, pricing, and operational feasibility before scale.
• Manage performance post-launch: Monitor item- and category-level performance, gather cross-functional feedback, and implement data-driven adjustments to optimize the menu against GOV, margin, and customer satisfaction goals.
• Stay ahead of the market: Stay informed on culinary trends, competitive moves, and consumer behavior to inspire and inform Wonder’s product development pipeline, including emerging formats like bowl-based concepts.
• Operate cross-functionally: Serve as the connective tissue between Culinary, Marketing, Supply Chain, Operations, Food Quality, and Finance, ensuring concepts are not only craveable but commercially viable and operationally executable on Wonder’s 1P and 3P platforms.
• Build the operating system: Improve the tools, templates, and processes that support category management at Wonder — from culinary calendar planning and LTO recap infrastructure to SSS gap-bridges and forecasting tooling.

What You Bring to the Table

• 6+ years of relevant experience in category management, brand management, menu strategy, or culinary innovation, ideally within multi-unit restaurants, food-tech, or CPG.
• Proven track record leading menu or product innovation from insight to launch, including LTOs and new concept development, with measurable impact on sales and guest experience.
• Strong commercial fluency — comfortable with P&L drivers, COGS, pricing and elasticity, mix, and metrics like AOV, AIV, GOV, CAC/LTV, and same-store sales.
• Strong analytical skills with the ability to make data-driven decisions; advanced Excel skills and comfort building tools (forecasts, gap bridges, trackers) from scratch.
• Preference for experience with Looker.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to influence and align cross-functional partners and senior leaders.
• Demonstrated ability to manage a heavy, fast-moving pipeline across multiple brands and project types simultaneously.
• A strong understanding of restaurant operations and how menu decisions land in the kitchen and on the platform.
• Project management experience and familiarity with business process improvement are a plus.
• Bachelor’s degree required; MBA or equivalent experience a plus.

New York: $149,000 - $157,000 per year. Our hybrid model requires 3 days a week in the office. That said, many team members choose to come in more often to take advantage of in-person collaboration and connection. You're welcome—and encouraged—to be in the office up to 5 days a week if it works for you.

#LI-Hybrid Wonder uses geographic-specific salary structures, which means the salary offered may vary depending on where the job is located. The final salary offer will take into account various factors, such as the candidate's skills, education, training, credentials, and experience.

Benefits

• The benefits applicable to this role include a competitive compensation package with equity and a 401(k).
• We also offer a choice of medical, dental, and vision plans, company paid short and long term disability coverage, paid time off including flexible time off for exempt employees, paid vacation for non-exempt employees, and paid sick leave in compliance with applicable law in addition to paid parental leave, discounted meals and exclusive perks across the Wonder family of brands.
• Eligibility, effective dates, and available plan options vary by employment classification and location. To learn more about benefits for this role, visit our Careers page here.

A Final Note

At Wonder, we build the best teams by hiring with an objective lens — evaluating people for their potential while championing diversity, equity, and inclusion. We do not discriminate based on race, color, religion, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, age, military service eligibility, veteran status, marital status, disability, or any other protected class. As part of our commitment to fair and compliant hiring practices, Wonder participates in the federal government's E-Verify program to confirm employment eligibility. If you need an accommodation during the interview process, please let your recruiter know. We look forward to hearing from you! We'll contact you via email or text to schedule interviews and share information about your candidacy.

Wonder is the mealtime platform built to feed every craving without compromise. With options including dine-in, delivery, pickup, and meal kits, Wonder makes every mealtime effortless. Through the Wonder app, customers can combine hundreds of dishes from exclusive, chef-developed concepts in a single order so everyone gets exactly what they’re craving. Wonder’s portfolio of brands includes meal-kit pioneer Blue Apron, leading online food marketplaces Grubhub and Seamless, and Emmy®-winning media company Tastemade. Together, we’re united by a single mission: to make great food more accessible. There has never been a more exciting time to join our world-class team. We’ve brought together people who are changing the way the world eats — with grit, optimism, care, and a little bit of salt, and pepper. And we're just getting started.