Job Description:
Title: Corporate Brand Marketing Manager
Location: Chicago, IL or McLean, VA
Workstyle: Onsite
Mars does not sponsor visas for this role. This position is not eligible for relocation benefits
The Mars Corporate brand is on a journey to elevate its reputation by growing brand awareness, building trust through storytelling, and increasing association between Mars and its portfolio of brands. The Mars Corporate brand manager will develop marketing strategies and lead initiatives to grow Mars brand foundations and accelerate trust and reputation building.
This role will be part of the central Corporate Affairs global team and report to the Corporate Brand and Purpose VP. This role partners closely with Internal Communications and External Communications Corporate Affairs stakeholders. Additionally, this role needs to develop an extended network to navigate a complex set of internal stakeholders across functions (Corporate Affairs, Marketing, Insights, Legal, etc.), Segments (Snacking, Petcare, Food & Nutrion), and geographies (Global, Regional, Market). This role will manage an external agency team that functions as an extended team
What will be your key responsibilities?
Strategy Development and Delivery: Lead development and execution of annual and long-range brand plans for the Mars Corporate brand, ensuring clear linkage between brand ambition, stakeholder ecosystem needs, portfolio priorities, and business objectives
Campaign and Communications: Develop and deliver integrated campaigns and communications across relevant paid-earned-shared-owned touchpoints that grow brand awareness, elevate reputation, and increase association between the Mars Corporate brand and its portfolio of brands
Insights-to-Action: Analyze business performance, competitive dynamics, consumer insights, and category trends, and translate them into recommendations on strategic choices and opportunities to increase effectiveness of activations and execution
Integrated Leadership: Operate as a high-impact cross-functional leader to drive clarity, alignment, and decision making; Effectively influence a complex set of internal stakeholders across functions, business Segments, and geographies; Lead an integrated-agency team to deliver strategic and creative initiatives
Operational Efficiency: Own budget planning, spend tracking, and optimization to ensure efficient investment across portfolio priorities; Track brand and activation performance to evaluate delivery against KPIs; Champion new methodologies, tools, and AI-enabled approaches to drive efficiencies
What are we looking for?
- BS/BA degree
- 5-10 years of marketing / brand management / communications experience in FMCG
- Strong Presentation and Communication Skills
- Marketing Planning Process
- Campaign Development and Production
- Strategic Analysis
- Project Management
What can you expect from Mars?
- Work with over 130,000 diverse and talented Associates, all guided by the Five Principles.
- Join a purpose driven company, where we’re striving to build the world we want tomorrow, today.
- Best-in-class learning and development support from day one, including access to our in-house Mars University.
- An industry competitive salary and benefits package, including company bonus.
The base pay range for this position at commencement of employment is between the range listed below, however, base pay offered may vary depending on multiple individualized factors, including but not limited to job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. The total compensation package for this position will include variable pay, medical and dental benefits, participation in 401k plan, and paid time off benefits. Details of participation in these benefit plans will be provided if an applicant receives an offer of employment.
The pay range shown is applicable to all US locations listed within the job posting:USD 108,160.00 - USD 148,720.00Skills Required
- BS or BA degree
- 5-10 years of marketing, brand management, or communications experience in FMCG
- Strong presentation and communication skills
- Marketing planning process experience
- Campaign development and production experience
- Strategic analysis experience
- Project management experience
Mars Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Mars and has not been reviewed or approved by Mars.
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Healthcare Strength — The benefits package is positioned as comprehensive, with broad medical coverage and additional protections like life insurance and short- and long-term disability. Mental health support is emphasized, including free mental health services and wellbeing programming under initiatives such as Mars Be Well.
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Parental & Family Support — Paid parental leave is highlighted as market-leading in the U.S., with an example of 18 weeks fully paid for both parents. Additional family-related leave types such as sick time for caregiving and bereavement leave are also described as part of the overall package.
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Retirement Support — Retirement offerings are described as strong, including 401(k) matching (with a 6% match cited) and pension plans in some cases. The broader package also references retirement savings options and contributions aligned to local market practice, supporting long-term financial security.
Mars Insights
What We Do
For more than a century, Mars, Incorporated has been driven by the belief that the world we want tomorrow starts with how we do business today. This idea is at the center of who we have always been as a global, family-owned business. Today, Mars is transforming, innovating and evolving in ways that affirm our commitment to making a positive impact on the world around us. Across our diverse and expanding portfolio of confectionery, food, and petcare products and services, we employ 133,000 dedicated Associates who are all moving in the same direction: forward. With $40 billion in annual sales, we produce some of the world’s best-loved brands including DOVE®, EXTRA®, M&M’s®, MILKY WAY®, SNICKERS®, TWIX®, ORBIT®, PEDIGREE®, ROYAL CANIN®, SKITTLES®, WHISKAS®, COCOAVIA®, and 5™; and take care of half of the world’s pets through our pet health services AniCura, Banfield Pet Hospitals™, BluePearl®, Linnaeus, Pet Partners™, and VCA™. We know we can only be truly successful if our partners and the communities in which we operate prosper as well. The Mars Five Principles – Quality, Responsibility, Mutuality, Efficiency and Freedom – inspire our Associates to take action every day to help create a world tomorrow in which the planet, its people and pets can thrive.
