Sr. Manager Media Strategy - Post Consumer Brands

Headquartered in Lakeville, Minn., Post Consumer Brands, a business unit of Post Holdings, Inc., is dedicated to providing people and their pets with delicious food choices for every taste and budget. The company’s portfolio includes beloved brands such as Honey Bunches of Oats®, PEBBLES®, Grape-Nuts® and Malt-O-Meal® cereal, and Peter Pan® peanut butter, as well as Rachael Ray® Nutrish®, Kibbles ‘n Bits® and 9Lives® dog and cat food. As a company committed to high standards of quality and to our values, we are driven by one idea: To make lives better by making delicious food accessible for all. For more information about our brands, visit www.postconsumerbrands.com and follow us on LinkedIn for the latest news.

Post Consumer Brands recently acquired several iconic pet food brands, venturing into a new market while remaining true to our purpose to provide delicious and accessible food that our consumers love. We’re always searching the center store for the next exciting product to add to our portfolio, and right now, we’re growing and need passionate, driven individuals with diverse perspectives to help us reach greater heights. That’s where you come in. Join a team where your voice is not only heard but valued. Make a real impact on brands enjoyed by millions of people and their pets.

At Post Consumer Brands, we take pride in our longstanding legacy of making one of every five breakfast cereals families eat daily. Today, we’re just as focused on our future as we expand our grocery business with different shelf-stable foods, including snacks and peanut butter. We are committed to providing accessible and delicious food for families, and we’re always searching the center store for the next exciting product to add to our portfolio. As we soar to new heights, we need creative, determined individuals from all walks of life to join our team, where your unique perspective and ideas are acknowledged and valued. Be a part of a company that empowers you to make a difference that’s evident on grocery store shelves and families’ tables across North America.

Post Consumer Brands corporate headquarters in Lakeville, Minn. is about 20 miles south of Minneapolis and St. Paul, Lakeville has all the benefits of smaller town living with access to everything a large metropolitan area has to offer. Join more than 400 team members collaborating on the two-building campus to help put breakfast on the tables of millions of consumers in North America. 

Post Consumer Brands is seeking a Senior Media Manager to a lead a team of media experts and support the strategy, build, and execution of data driven marketing programs for PCB’s portfolio of brands. Leading all aspects of media including strategizing, measuring and optimizing media programs across both the pet & grocery categories is a key part of this role. Proven ability to lead a team and drive results.  Being comfortable with data and ambiguity will be important as you are helping shape a new capability.

Responsibilities and Accountabilities

• Leadership
  • Lead a team of 4+ high achieving media experts
  • Direct and develop talent
• Strategic Collaboration
  • Influence and educate cross-functional stakeholders on media investment strategies by brand
  • Work closely with cross-functional teams including brand, sales, marketing communications and insights
  • Partner with brand teams to guide A&C investments and educate teams on media impact to sales and goals
  • Combine brand insights with sales priorities to create media investment scenarios
  • Partner with agency to define campaign KPIs and measurement approach by the consumer funnel
  • Educate PCB leadership on media landscape including linear TV, streaming TV, online video, national display, paid social, retail media, search, OOH, etc
• Media Planning
  • Lead and serve as media point-of-contact for annual planning workstreams across all brands
  • Develop full funnel media campaigns across all brands
  • Plan media budgets across wide variety of channels including TV, OLV, display, paid social, retail media, search and national promotions
  • Present planning milestones and gain approval from key leadership stakeholders
• Media Measurement
  • Set measurement goals for media spend by channel and across the full funnel  
  • Translate data into actionable insights, identifying opportunities and risks
  • Educate and communicate impact of media programs to the broader organization
  • Continuously monitor and analyze programs, improving upon the understanding of our audience and identifying opportunities to increase impact
  • Partner with insights team on annual media mix measurement workstreams and utilize results to inform future plans and optimizations
• Testing Strategy
  • Lead process for creative optimizations & testing strategies, including A/B testing at the channel level
  • Lead process for audience optimizations & testing strategies
  • Lead process for new channel testing

Working Location: Hybrid

• This role is located at the Lakeville, MN Corporate office
• Typical hybrid schedule includes 3 days in-office with remote flexibility up to 2 days a week.  #LI-hybrid

Education

• BA required. Marketing, Communications, or Journalism preferred.

Experience

• 5-7 years marketing, media planning, and/or strategy experience
• 3-4 years leading teams, experience leading people leaders is a plus
• Digital experience on agency or client side required

• Great attitude: realize that the energy and attitude they bring, impacts not only their performance but the performance of their team and those around them
• Transparency: are direct, factual, and straight-forward
• Flexibility: ask questions for greater insight, and make recommendations relative to alternatives, options or other solutions
• Public Speaking: ability to influence cross-functional teams and communicate data to stakeholders
• Critical thinker with strong, proven analytical skills
• Detail oriented with excellent organization skills

• Experience in multiple digital media channels, search, programmatic and social experience preferred
• The ability to successfully partner with multiple stakeholders and thrive in a fluid environment while managing multiple priorities

• Excellent written, communication, and presentation skills