Heinz is seeking a Director, Brand Communications for the iconic Philadelphia brand. You will inspire and elevate creative strategy, leading the team and agency partners to drive brand love and loyalty. This role acts as a strategic steward, connecting consumer-led approaches to business goals.

What You'll Do

Push and empower the team to think bigger, faster, and more creatively to develop breakthrough ideas.
Mentor all levels of team strategists, from analysts to Senior Brand Managers, focusing on professional development.
Lead and own all aspects of the creative journey for owned categories from creative strategy through execution.
Inspire consumer-centric thinking and guide the team to recommend strategic direction for brand amplification.
Inspire the team to adopt a creator mentality and agile ways of working to accelerate speed and breakthrough thinking.
Have significant visibility with North American leadership teams, owning strategic discussions and recommendations.
Promote collaboration between the Creative Factory, Platform teams, and external agencies.
Manage the creative journey cross-functionally with internal teams and partner agencies to increase cultural relevancy.
Support agency relationships by inspiring trust, driving clarity, and enabling speed of decision making.
Manage team on Agency Briefings and coach on Agency Management and delivering clear feedback.

What We're Looking For

Proven experience in marketing for a CPG company or experience supporting on the agency side (advertising, consulting, media).
Track record of driving award-winning creativity demonstrated through past brand work on local or global level.
Models resiliency in a dynamic, fast paced work environment with simultaneous project management.
Strong critical thinking skills with a drive for results inclusive of campaign plan development across varied consumer segment needs.
Strong communication, influence and relationship building skills and creativity.
Experience in cross-functional team management both internally and externally to inspire change.

Team & Environment

This role reports into the Vice President of Philadelphia and leads the Brand Communications team. Marketing is at the core of our world and at the heart of where we make our decisions. We believe our office environment fuels our collaboration, connection & community as an organization and allows our employees to grow toward greatness.

Benefits & Compensation

Compensation: $184,800.00 - $231,000.00 + equity: Eligible for additional compensation in the form of equity.
Medical, Prescription Drug, Dental, Vision, Screenings/Assessments
Paid Time Off, Company Holidays, Leave of Absence, Flexible Work Arrangements, Recognition, Training
Employee Assistance Program, Wellbeing Programs, Family Support Programs
401k, Life, Accidental Death & Dismemberment, Disability

Work Mode

This role is hybrid, based at the Chicago/Aon Center location.

Kraft Heinz is an Equal Opportunity Employer that prohibits discrimination or harassment of any type. All qualified applicants are considered for employment without regard to race, color, national origin, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity or expression, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.