Manager, Trade Promotion Management

Confido

9d•$150,000 - $175,000•Onsite

About The Position

Confido is the AI infrastructure powering modern CPG — the platform that 200+ brands like OLIPOP, Simple Mills, Dr. Squatch, and Tropicana use to run everything from deductions to production planning. Finance, accounting, sales, and operations, unified in one system for the first time. We're growing 5x year over year with a small team in New York City; the people who join now will shape the product, the culture, and the company itself. If you want your work on shelves everywhere — and outsized ownership while you build — we'd love to meet you.

Requirements

5+ years of hands-on trade planning experience at CPG brands, including direct responsibility for planning baselines and trade, executing plans, and reconciling trade yourself
Fluency in the trade mechanics such as baseline planning, trade promotion types, rate base vs lump sum planning, accruals, off-invoice vs. bill-back, and how trade spend rolls up to gross-to-net revenue
A track record of turning operational expertise into product requirements, and comfort working directly with Engineering
Strong customer-facing instincts — you can run a discovery session, defend a design decision, and de-escalate an angry VP of Trade in the same week
Experience representing a product or point of view externally (webinars, conferences, analyst conversations)

Nice To Haves

extra points if you have implemented TPM systems

Responsibilities

Own the trade promotion management roadmap in partnership with Product and Engineering, prioritizing based on what brands actually need to plan, execute, and reconcile trade spend
Translate trade planning processes — sales forecasting, promotion planning, promotion optimization, financial reconciliation, and ROI reporting — into clear, buildable product requirements
Synthesize customer feedback, identify trends, and competitive intelligence into a prioritized set of product bets
Lead discovery and design sessions with customer trade, sales, and finance teams to map how they plan and execute trade spend today, and how it should work on Confido
Guide customers through TPM implementation — configuring promotion calendars, accrual rules, and deduction-matching logic — and train teams on how to run their trade spend operations in Confido
Build the playbooks, SOPs, and internal training that let Sales, Implementation, and Customer Success teams operate without you in the room — your expertise should scale, not bottleneck
Be Confido's voice on trade promotion management with customers, prospects, partners, and at industry events
Partner with Sales and Marketing on discovery calls, deal support, and content that speaks credibly to trade, finance, and sales-ops audiences
Track how brands, retailers, and distributors are evolving their trade spend practices, and turn those shifts into competitive positioning and battlecards for the broader team
Build direct relationships with the retailers, brokers, and industry bodies that shape how trade programs get structured and reported

Benefits

Equity — own a meaningful piece of the company you’re helping build
Fully paid health coverage through Aetna — we cover 100% of employee premiums
Top-tier dental and vision coverage through Guardian
Carrot Fertility Pro — comprehensive fertility and family-forming support
12 weeks of paid parental leave
Unlimited PTO — plus regular 4-day holiday weekends we actually take
401(k) through Vestwell
Paid relocation support — we’ll help you make the move to NYC
Fully equipped workspace from day one — laptop, monitor, keyboard, and a $200 stipend to personalize your setup
Team perks — catered Friday lunches, team dinners, and unlimited coffee + snacks featuring products from the brands we work with