Associate Brand Manager, Innovation – Degree (US Market)

Unilever • Hoboken, NJ

8d • $86,080 - $129,120

About The Position

As the Innovation Associate Brand Manager, you will play a vital role in bringing big ideas to life. Focused on the U.S. market, you’ll partner across functions to help define and deliver innovations that address unmet consumer needs, channel-specific opportunities, and emerging white spaces. This is your chance to join a high-performing, fast-paced team where your strategic thinking, creativity, and passion for consumers will fuel the next generation of product and brand innovation.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Marketing, Business, or related field (MBA preferred)
• 3+ years of experience in brand marketing, innovation, or related roles (personal care experience a plus)
• Strong project leadership and organizational skills
• Ability to think both creatively and analytically—balancing insight with execution
• A strategic mindset with a passion for consumer behavior and emerging trends
• Collaborative spirit with a bias for action and a drive to make things happen
• Appreciation for aesthetics, design, and attention to detail
• Courage to challenge norms and pursue bold ideas
• A love for brands, innovation, and the beauty of solving consumer problems

Nice To Haves

• MBA preferred
• personal care experience a plus

Responsibilities

• Champion Innovation: Drive end-to-end innovation projects tailored to U.S. market needs—bringing concepts to life across product, pack, positioning, and mix.
• Shape Strategy: Support the development of long-term innovation roadmaps and identify white space opportunities that align with Degree’s U.S. brand vision.
• Collaborate & Influence: Work cross-functionally with R&D, Consumer Market Insights, Customer Development, Performance Marketing, and Design to develop and deploy innovation that delivers impact.
• Elevate Sustainability: Bring a sustainability lens to innovation, ensuring new products reflect our commitment to people and the planet.
• Lead with Insight: Leverage consumer, cultural, and social insights to ensure our innovation is grounded in real human needs.
• Execute with Excellence: Manage projects with agility, accountability, and attention to detail—from ideation through launch

Benefits

• Unilever employees are eligible to participate in our benefits plan. Should the employee choose to participate, they can choose from a range of benefits to include, but is not limited to, health insurance (including prescription drug, dental, and vision coverage), retirement savings benefits, life insurance and disability benefits, parental leave, sick leave, paid vacation and holidays, as well as access to numerous voluntary benefits. Any coverages for health insurance and retirement benefits will be in accordance with the terms and conditions of the applicable plans and associated governing plan documents.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees