Senior Product Marketing Manager

Location: Chesterton

Position Title:

Senior Product Marketing Manager Position Type:
Temporary - Full-Time

Requisition  Senior Product Marketing Manager. About McCain. At McCain, we're feeding the world: from French fries to Smiles, we contribute to the important role food plays in people's lives. That's why we're dedicated to ensuring our core values-Family, Authentic, Trusted, and Quality-shine through every day. As a privately owned family company with over 60 years of experience, a presence in more than 160 countries, and a global team of 22,000 people, our values and culture are at the heart of everything we do.

We believe that we can work together, along with our business and community partners, to bring sustainable growth and positive change today, tomorrow, and for generations to come. Join us and see how you can MAKE IT at McCain! Why join the McCain family. Your Life - we're here to help you fulfil your potential, flourish, and thrive in work and life.

Your Success - This is a place where ambition meets opportunity - whether you're building expertise or stepping into leadership, your growth matters to us. Your Impact - we want you to make a meaningful, lasting impact for you, for your colleagues, and for the business. About the role. In every role, McCainers are ambitious, curious, and interested in helping each other create good work experiences.

We think about the customer and make doing business with McCain easy. Today, we remain the category leader - but we're not standing still. With ambitious growth plans, we're expanding beyond the potato into new occasions, categories and channels across Retail, Food service and QSR. We're now looking for a Senior Product Marketing Manager - a strategic marketing leader ready to help us write the next chapter.

This is a fixed-term contract for up to 12 months . In this role, you'll take ownership of a dynamic product portfolio, driving growth through sharp consumer insight, bold strategy and flawless execution. You'll bring curiosity, creativity and commercial acumen - combining a deep understanding of people with the discipline of data. From shaping brand strategy and leading cross-functional teams, to working with world-class creative agencies and delivering innovation to market, you'll play a central role in strengthening our brands and unlocking new opportunities.

This is a role for a marketer who thinks big and thrives on making things happen. You'll be as comfortable leading strategic conversations with senior stakeholders as you are digging into consumer trends, analysing data or inspiring agencies to create award-winning campaigns. Above all, you'll bring energy, imagination and a genuine passion for connecting brands with people. What you'll do:
Shape and deliver breakthrough brand strategies rooted in consumer insight. Manage and grow your portfolio with a sharp eye on profitability and performance. Drive pricing, promotion and portfolio strategies that create lasting commercial impact. Partner with creative, media and PR agencies to deliver compelling, insight-led communications. Lead cross-functional teams in developing and launching innovations that excite consumers and customers alike.

Leadership Principles. Our principles, each with related practices, guide our actions across the organisation. Together, they address how McCain interacts with our customers and employees, and how we work as individuals and collectively to find success. While each role adheres to the Leadership Principles, individual roles may focus more on a specific principle or principles. We are customer obsessed. Customers are our starting point.

By understanding their needs and leveraging data and consumer insights, we drive mutual success. We think big and plan ahead. Through ambition, curiosity, and smart risks, we can accomplish goals, refine processes, and innovate to scale success. We bring out the best in our people. We create safe spaces for our people so that trust and empowerment come naturally. Inclusion is about listening first, showing humility, and working together.

We act like owners. Together, we clear obstacles and do the work that makes us all successful and proud to be part of McCain. Accountabilities. Experience & Knowledge Proven experience within an FMCG marketing team, having held a Product or Brand Manager role - Essential Previous people management experience - Desirable Degree level education or equivalent - Essential Strong grasp of consumer data sources (EPOS, Shopper Panel) - Essential Understanding of consumer research techniques - Essential Skills Proficient PC skills, particularly Excel - Essential Excellent communication and presentation skills - Essential Creative, curious and commercially minded - Essential Analytical, with strong numerical capability - Essential Confident project management skills - Essential Location.

Being in the office every single day is a thing of the past. Here at McCain, we champion hybrid working. This means we don't have a set…