Senior Manager - Brand Marketing

Job Description – Senior Manager - Brand Marketing

Brand: Johnnie Walker Red Label and Blonde

About us-

With over 200 brands sold in nearly 180 countries, we’re the world’s leading premium drinks

company. Bring your passion and use your curiosity as you explore, collaborate, and innovate to

build brands consumers love. Together with passionate people from all over the world, you’ll test

new ideas, learn and grow, and unlock a brighter, more exciting future.

Join us to create a career worth celebrating.

About the Function-

Our Marketing team are creators, helping to build and nurture some of the world’s most loved brands. We craft amazing connections with people around the world to celebrate our brands’ legacies and reimagine them for the world today, and into the future. Everything we do is underpinned by a deep understanding of our consumers, behaviours, trends, and technologies. Using our genius and creativity, we unlock our brands’ uniqueness, understand their purpose, and put them at the heart of celebrations everywhere. Together, we’re celebrating diversity and challenging stereotypes through our advertising and marketing. Wherever your talents lie, from Design to Consumer Planning, you’ll be celebrated and supported in our inclusive culture.

QUALIFICATIONS

• MBA in Marketing from a Tier I / Tier II institute

EXPERIENCE

• 8–10 years of progressive marketing experience

• Minimum 5 years managing lifestyle, youth-led or culture-driven brands

• Experience across digital-first ecosystems, partnerships, and experiential platforms preferred

KNOWLEDGE & SKILLS

• Strong ability to translate consumer insight and cultural signals into brand growth opportunities

• Demonstrated capability in design thinking and creative evaluation, with high standards of brand expression

• Proven strength in end-to-end execution, with disciplined attention to detail

• Strong analytical skills with the ability to derive insights from data and apply them to decision-making

• Effective articulation and storytelling skills across internal and external forums

• Strong commercial acumen with experience managing performance, scale, and agility

• Ability to brief, guide, and inspire creative, media, influencer, and experience partners

BEST SUITED FOR SOMEONE WHO…

• Thrives in a fast-moving, performance-driven environment

• Is comfortable working with emerging platforms, formats, and partnerships

• Brings a learning mindset and is open to iteration, experimentation, and calculated risk

• Can influence cross-functional stakeholders and align teams behind a shared agenda

• Balances creativity with rigour and accountability

KEY AREAS OF RESPONSIBILITY

WIN THROUGH EXECUTION

• Own the brand growth agenda for Johnnie Walker Blonde, with a clear focus on recruitment, trial, and cultural relevance

• Lead development and deployment of growth drivers as part of MBP planning, supported by ROI frameworks and learning plans

• Ensure high-quality execution across media, content, partnerships, experiences, and customer channels

• Lead brand performance reviews and influence outcomes across internal forums (BPMs, S&OP, etc.)

• Develop and execute the influencer and advocacy strategy in partnership with the I&A team

• Own brand, communication, and packaging architecture, ensuring consistency while enabling distinctive expression

• Partner with Innovation to shape brand-led innovation and renovation aligned to Blonde’s role in the portfolio

SHAPE THE FUTURE

• Build strong working relationships across internal teams and external partners to deliver brand ambition

• Stay connected to youth culture, social trends, and emerging consumption occasions, translating them into scalable brand ideas

• Develop and manage a test-and-learn pipeline, balancing experimentation with performance delivery

• Contribute to defining Blonde’s long-term role in modernizing the whisky category

INSPIRE THROUGH PURPOSE

• Actively connect personal purpose with Diageo’s ambition and values

• Foster collaboration, openness, and constructive challenge within teams

• Build strong co-creation partnerships with COEs and cross-functional stakeholders

• Contribute beyond role remit to broader business and organizational priorities

INVEST IN TALENT

• Encourage a culture of continuous learning and knowledge sharing

• Be inclusive and open to diverse perspectives

• Role-model resilience, adaptability, and accountability

• Lead with integrity and consistency in a VUCA environment

Flexible Working Statement-

Flexibility is key to our success. Talk to us about what flexibility means to you so that you’re

supported to manage your wellbeing and balance your priorities from day one.

Diversity statement-

Our purpose is to celebrate life, every day, everywhere. And creating an inclusive culture, where everyone feels valued and that they can belong, is a crucial part of this. We embrace diversity in the broadest possible sense. This means that you’ll be welcomed and celebrated for who you are just by being you. You’ll be part of and help build and champion an inclusive culture that celebrates people of different gender, ethnicity, ability, age, sexual orientation, social class, educational backgrounds, experiences, mindsets, and more. Our ambition is to create the best performing, most trusted and respected consumer products companies in the world. Join us and help transform our business as we take our brands to the next level and build new ones as part of shaping the next generation of celebrations for consumers around the world.

Feel inspired? Then this may be the opportunity for you.

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