SALARY:  $129,600 - 153,900, bonus eligible and long-term incentive eligible

ROLE SUMMARY: 

The Senior Manager, Portfolio Media Strategy & Investment supports media planning, investment stewardship, and operational excellence across the portfolio. Working closely with the broader media team, cross-functional Connections partners, media agencies, and media partners, this role helps ensure media investments align with business objectives, planning best practices, and portfolio priorities.

This individual serves as a key resource for the broader media team, helping drive process improvements, share best practices, and support efficient planning and investment decision-making across brands. The ideal candidate is highly organized, detail-oriented, and comfortable managing multiple projects simultaneously while bringing strong media planning, digital media, and commerce media expertise.

JOB RESPONSIBILITIES

Portfolio Media Support

• Support portfolio-level media planning and investment initiatives across brands.

• Assist in the stewardship, tracking, and optimization of media investments across the portfolio.

• Monitor media marketplace developments and share relevant trends, opportunities, and implications with stakeholders.

• Identify opportunities to improve media effectiveness and investment efficiency.

• Support relationships with media partners and industry contacts.

Commerce Media Support

• Partner with agencies and brand teams to support commerce media planning, execution, and performance management.

• Assist in developing retailer-specific recommendations, investment frameworks, and performance reviews.

• Support day-to-day planning and optimization discussions with agency partners.

• Consolidate learnings and recommendations across brands to inform future commerce media investments.

Process & Operational Excellence

• Help streamline media planning processes, tools, and ways of working across brands.

• Maintain planning templates, trackers, calendars, and investment documentation.

• Identify opportunities to improve collaboration, efficiency, and consistency across teams.

• Support portfolio-wide planning cycles, presentations, and reporting requirements.

Capability Building & Best Practices

• Serve as a resource for media planning and investment best practices.

• Support training and education efforts across the organization.

• Share marketplace updates, case studies, and cross-brand learnings with stakeholders.

• Help identify, evaluate, and scale media innovation opportunities, including influencer partnerships, emerging platforms, and audience-first approaches that support growth among younger and high-potential consumer segments.

• Promote consistent media planning approaches while accommodating unique brand needs.

JOB QUALIFICATIONS

• 5+ years of experience in media planning, strategy, investment, or activation.

• Media agency experience strongly preferred.

• Strong knowledge of digital media, social, video, streaming, commerce media, and traditional media channels.

• Experience managing agency deliverables and planning processes.

• Strong organizational and project management skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities.

• Excellent communication, stakeholder management, and collaboration skills.

• Experience supporting large media budgets and performance reporting.

• Ability to synthesize information, connect learnings across brands, and identify opportunities for process improvement.

• Deep understanding of media planning and investment fundamentals.

• Strong digital and commerce media expertise.

• Highly organized, proactive, and detail-oriented.

• Comfortable managing multiple projects and stakeholders simultaneously.

• Collaborative and relationship-oriented.

• Able to translate complex media concepts into actionable recommendations and best practices.

• Passionate about improving processes and helping teams operate more effectively.

BENEFITS:

• Health benefits including Medical, Dental, Vision, Wellness and Tax-Advantaged Savings and Spending Accounts

• Life Insurance and Disability Income Protection

• Generous Parental Leave and FMLA policies

• 401(k) Retirement Savings options with a company matching contribution

• Chance to work in a fast-paced environment among a company of owners

• Free Beer!