Dove Innovation Brand Manager

Unilever • Hoboken, NJ

1d • $103,000 - $154,400

About The Position

With 3.4 billion people in over 190 countries using our products every day, Unilever is a business that makes a real impact on the world. Work on brands that are loved and improve the lives of our consumers and the communities around us. We are driven by our purpose: to make sustainable living commonplace, and it is our belief that doing business the right way drives superior performance. At the heart of what we do is our people – we believe that when our people work with purpose, we will create a better business and a better world. Background & Purpose of the Job The Dove Beauty team is seeking a brand manager to drive our global Beauty & Wellbeing business, with a focus on North America innovation. The immediate focus of the job will be to lead hair innovation deployment for the region as well as serving as general Dove and category expert, building a deep understanding of the market across diverse tools, conducting consumer work to inform the innovation journey, and working in collaboration with cross-functional teammates and other Dove Beauty project leaders to deliver the innovation funnel for Dove. Who You Are & What You’ll Do This role is a strong opportunity for someone who derives energy from beauty, innovation, taking projects from conceptual idea into physical reality, anticipating market and competitive moves, and building a highly successful team across marketing, R&D, SC, finance, artwork, and CMI. The ideal candidate is a crafter and operator combined, who can flex comfortably across senior stakeholder engagement (Hair and Skin Brand Leads in NA, Latam, and Engagement, US & CA Ops and Demand Creation counterparts) and has a passion to deliver brilliant innovation to the market. You will join a broader Dove Beauty and Masterbrand community who holds themselves to high standards and lifts each other up.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree, MBA preferred but not required
• 5+ years of marketing experience preferred
• Passion for Beauty – outside-in thinker
• Highly competitive mindset and spirit to win
• Strong existing mix development & innovation network leadership experience
• Consumer love and passion for learning across new categories
• Experience working with or leading cross-functional teams and agency partners
• Experience with and understanding of US customers
• Strong organizational skills with attention to detail
• A good balance of analytical and creative thinking
• Ability to lead with ambiguity
• Agile thinking and resilience to adapt workplans as opportunities arise
• Curious, courageous
• Self-starter, comfortable with fast paced environment
• Ability to work as part of virtual teams across geographies, cultures, and time zones
• Comfort with Unilever tools and key processes (or ability to learn) including Circana/IRI, Numerator, Power BI, UBS, BLUE, API setting, etc.

Responsibilities

• Deeply understanding market category dynamics to unlock and inform the NA innovation plan
• Leading 2026 and 2027 innovation projects for Dove and Dove Men hair to land in the market for in-year/Q1 TO growth opportunity for the brand
• Working with a global PL on key core innovation projects for 2026/2027/2028 to ensure NA readiness for innovation, including the following possibilities:
• Manage full DMC innovation funnel and capacity
• Limited Edition(s) across Dove and DMC
• Innovation deployment: As US is typically the key Design market for innovations, this PL would partner closely with the global project leader to deliver the innovation post– Start milestone for NA (working with R&D and pack to source, create, optimize, and implement artwork and ensure OTIF). This PL would also own any NA specific innovation end to end.
• Storytelling: Showcasing/presenting innovation and building trade stories relevant to NA retailers
• Strategic pricing analysis: specifically delivering a NA view on competitive PPA for global innovations at Start phase
• Business Case: Assessing and delivering business case assumptions across National and dComm in partnership with Ops, dComm, and demand creation teams. May include investigations on ecommerce first business models and SKU P&L analysis within innovation 12QP setting
• Leading US consumer studies: eg. Influencer co-creations, Beauty Superiority testing inputs, concept testing, Beauty Studio explores, Toluna, Numerator etc.
• Investigating current business performance, tracking and inputting on UBS quarterly
• Budget oversight within specific team
• Specific innovation scope may flex depending on business need

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: 501-1,000 employees