Senior Manager, Consumer Insights

Harrys; New York (NY); On-site; USD 148,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical benefits

401k match

Equity in Mammoth Brands

Flexible time off

L&D stipend

Sabbatical after 5/10/15 years

Parental leave

Free products from brands

Job summary

Harry’s is seeking a Senior Manager of Insights to lead consumer learning for the brand from our New York headquarters. You will represent the voice of the consumer and become the expert on category dynamics and competitive landscape to inform growth opportunities.

You will collaborate with brand marketing, innovation, and retail/DTC teams to identify opportunities, translate business questions into research objectives, and deliver actionable learnings on tight timelines.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree required.
• 7+ years of consumer insights experience.
• FMCG/beauty/personal care or lifestyle brand experience preferred.
• Thought leader in consumer insights and learning.
• Curious and asks multi-order questions to uncover insights.
• Creative, scrappy, and able to deliver learning objectives on time.
• Self-sufficient in DIY quantitative and qualitative tools.
• Strong data storytelling and objective consumer voice.

Responsibilities

• Lead consumer learning for the Harry’s brand and inform growth opportunities.
• Define learning roadmap and research objectives; execute multiple projects.
• Synthesize insights and communicate recommendations to brand teams and senior management.
• Partner with brand marketing, innovation, and retail/DTC teams to optimize initiatives.
• Improve insights processes and expand breadth of consumer understanding.

Skills

Insights leadership

Curiosity

Storytelling with data

Cross-functional collaboration

Research methods

Fast decision support

Creative problem solving

Scrappy execution

Self-sufficiency

Education

Bachelor’s degree

MBA preferred

Job description

About Harry’s

Harry’s is a men’s grooming brand that offers high quality shave, body, hair, and skin care products at an exceptional value. Launched in 2013, Harry’s redefined the shaving experience and helped pioneer the earliest era of direct to consumer in the process. Since then, the brand has become the #2 shave brand globally and expanded to offer products for every step in its customer’s routine. Harry’s is also on a mission to ensure guys have access to quality mental health care. To date, the brand has helped connect over 2 million men to quality mental health resources.

Harry’s is part of Mammoth Brands, the modern CPG company behind category-leading brands Harry’s, Flamingo, Lume, Mando, and Coterie. Driven by a mission to “Create Things People Like More,” the company is creating a new model—and home—for brands, founders, and talent looking to solve unmet needs, improve peoples’ lives and ultimately change the status quo. Even as we grow, we take extra care to maintain the small, scrappy, entrepreneurial culture that helped to get us where we are today: a company that people like more, that better serves its customers, employees, and community. Mammoth Brands is committed to making a positive impact and donated over $20 million through our network of nonprofit partners to date.

We build brands that move fast and think big — and we hire people who are curious about AI, willing to experiment with it in their day-to-day work, and excited to accelerate what's possible. We prioritize giving our team the tools, training, and space to build real fluency, so you grow alongside the technology and help shape how we use it.

About the Team

The Centralized Insights & Analytics team at Mammoth Brands works cross-functionally to understand our performance within the context of all that we do – our retail & digital tactics, the marketing investments we make, and how we ultimately serve our customers. The team is focused on providing objective reporting & guidance for the Harry’s, Flamingo, Lume, and Mando brands.

About the Role

We are looking for a creative and curious insights expert to lead consumer learning for the Harry’s brand and help keep us on the leading edge of men’s personal care. As a Senior Manager of Insights, you will represent the voice of our consumers and be the expert on category consumers and the competitive market to inform decisions that unlock brand growth opportunities. This role will be based at our headquarters in New York. You will report into the Sr. Director of Insights.

What you will accomplish:

• Be the expert in understanding our core consumer segments (attitudes, behaviors, values) and emerging trends likely to influence their future habits
• Influence our brand strategy and build a learning roadmap to uncover deep insights, consumer pain points and unmet needs that unlock meaningful innovation and strengthen brand equities to reinforce our competitive advantage
• Partner with our brand marketing, innovation, and retail/DTC teams to identify and optimize initiatives, products, and communications that delight key segments throughout their omni-channel journey
• Translate business questions into clear research objectives and scope projects to deliver actionable learning with positive business impact. Execute and manage multiple primary market research projects simultaneously and deliver high impact results on agreed to timelines
• Effectively synthesize and communicate insights from all work to the brand teams, cross-functional partners, and senior management by distilling results to essential learning and recommendations that enable rapid decisions
• Enhance insights processes and approaches to continuously strengthen the breadth and quality of our insights about our consumers and categories

This should describe you:

• Bachelor’s degree required, Master’s Degree/MBA is preferred.
• 7+ years of progressive experience in consumer insights, with a track record of executing high impact research studies of varying complexity
• Prior experience in FMCG, beauty, personal care or lifestyle brands is preferred
• Insights thought leader – You are the go to when it comes to knowing exactly how to get deep and actionable learning about the consumer, and constantly evaluate approaches that could yield stronger learning
• Curious, nearly to a fault – Your insatiable desire to get beyond surface level learning and uncover true insight is fueled by asking 2nd, 3rd and 4th order questions
• Crafty and creative – You look for creative solutions and aren’t afraid to get scrappy when appropriate. You are focused on delivering against learning objectives and timelines and build research approaches to suit.
• Self-Sufficient - You are comfortable using DIY quantitative and qualitative research tools with strong experience in category, brand, advertising, innovation, and shopper insights
• Skilled data storyteller – You enjoy weaving together disparate sources of information into a holistic story with strong recommendations based on market trends and consumer facts
• Unwaveringly objective – You represent the voice of the consumer in all situations, especially when learning is counter to initial hypotheses or expected outcomes
• You take great pride in your work, but don’t take yourself too seriously

Benefits and perks

• Medical, dental, and vision coverage
• 401k match
• Equity in Mammoth Brands
• Flexible time off and working hours
• L&D stipend
• 4 weeks sabbatical after 5 years, 6 weeks after 10 years, and 8 weeks after 15 years
• 20 fully paid weeks off for parents who give birth, or 16 fully paid weeks off for all other paths to parenthood
• Fun IRL and virtual events including happy hours, team building events, and parties on our rooftop
• Free products from all of our brands

The Mammoth Brands working model is in-office Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday. Our beautiful 70,000 square foot SoHo office is decked out with bagels on Wednesdays and lunch on Thursdays, and fully stocked kitchens with snacks, coffee, and drinks everyday. Can’t forget the free products and the opportunity to have some meetings without Zoom!

We can’t quantify all of the intangible things we think you’ll love about working at Mammoth Brands, like the exciting challenges we tackle, the smart and humble team you’ll get to work with, and our supportive and inclusive culture. That said, our salary ranges are based on paying competitively for our size and industry, and are one part of our total rewards package, which also includes a comprehensive set of benefits and our equity program. The base salary hiring range for this position is $147,500-$160,000, but the final compensation offer will ultimately be based on the candidate’s location, skill level and experience.

Mammoth Brands is committed to bringing together individuals from different backgrounds and perspectives. We strive to create an inclusive environment where everyone can thrive, feel a sense of belonging, and do great work together.

Mammoth Brands is an Equal Opportunity Employer, providing equal employment and advancement opportunities to all individuals. We recruit, hire and promote into all job levels the most qualified applicants without regard to race, color, creed, national origin, religion, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth and related medical conditions), parental status, age, disability, genetic information, citizenship status, veteran status, gender identity or expression, transgender status, sexual orientation, marital, family or partnership status, political affiliation or activities, military service, domestic violence victim status, arrest/conviction record, sexual or reproductive health decisions, caregiver status, credit history immigration status, unemployment status, traits historically associated with race, including but not limited to hair texture and protective hairstyles or any other status protected under applicable federal, state and local laws. Mammoth Brands' commitment to providing equal employment opportunities extends to all aspects of employment, including job assignment, compensation, discipline and access to benefits and training.

We respect the laws enforced by the EEOC and are dedicated to going above and beyond in fostering diversity across our company.

If visa sponsorship is required for work authorization, please note that Mammoth Brands in collaboration with immigration counsel will manage and submit all necessary legal filings on behalf of the candidate.