Manager, Social Media Strategy

As a member of the Marketing team, the Manager, Social Media Strategy will lead the social media function across GTI's portfolio of brands. This role is responsible for setting the vision, strategy, and operational excellence of the social media discipline while building and developing a high-performing team. They will oversee the social media ecosystem across multiple brands, empowering Social Media Managers to own strategy and execution for their respective businesses while ensuring alignment to overarching brand and marketing objectives.

Reporting to the Director of Events & Experiences, the Manager, Social Media Strategy will directly lead a team of Social Media Managers, an Influencer & Affiliate Manager, and a Community Manager, serving as both a people leader and the organization's social media center of excellence.

This role will drive cross-functional social strategy and alignment with Brand, Creative, Compliance, Events & Experiences, Communications, and Marketing Leadership teams. They will establish channel, audience growth, engagement, storytelling, and content strategies; oversee social performance and reporting; manage budgets and resources; and translate consumer, cultural, and platform insights into actionable recommendations for the broader marketing organization.

We're seeking a strategic, creative, and commercially minded leader who can inspire high-performing teams, shape the future of social media across a diverse portfolio of brands, and successfully navigate the complex cannabis and hemp regulatory landscape. The ideal candidate combines leadership excellence with deep platform expertise and a proven ability to build innovative social strategies that drive engagement, brand affinity, and business results.

• Lead, coach, develop, and inspire a high-performing social media team, including Social Media Managers, Influencer & Affiliate Manager, and Community Manager, while fostering a culture of accountability, creativity, collaboration, and continuous learning.
• Develop and execute the long-term vision, strategy, and roadmap for the social media function, ensuring alignment with brand, marketing, and business objectives.
• Develop and own the overarching social media strategy across GTI's portfolio of brands, ensuring each brand has a distinct social presence while supporting broader business objectives.
• Establish clear social priorities, channel strategies, audience growth plans, engagement strategies, and storytelling approaches across all brands within the portfolio.
• Develop the strategic capabilities of Social Media Managers, empowering them to independently lead brand strategies, make data-informed decisions, and grow as future leaders within the organization.
• Establish team goals, performance expectations, development plans, and succession planning for direct reports.
• Serve as the social media subject matter expert and lead cross-functional strategy and alignment with Brand, Creative, Compliance, Events & Experiences, Communications, and Marketing Leadership teams.
• Establish social strategy and priorities for major campaigns, launches, partnerships, and other high-priority business initiatives.
• Partner with Creative to develop compelling social storytelling, creative briefs, content strategies, and differentiated social identities across brands.
• Own the social planning process and ensure content calendars align with broader brand, campaign, and business objectives.
• Establish performance measurement frameworks, oversee reporting and optimization efforts, and ensure insights are translated into strategic recommendations that drive measurable business impact.
• Regularly present social performance, strategic recommendations, opportunities, and key learnings to marketing and senior leadership.
• Own the social media budget, including annual planning, resource allocation, budget management, and optimization across brands, channels, and initiatives.
• Build and manage relationships with agencies, creators, influencers, and external partners as needed.
• Develop comprehensive influencer and affiliate strategies in partnership with the Influencer & Affiliate Manager.
• Oversee community strategy and ensure community insights and engagement inform broader social and brand strategies.
• Continually improve social performance through testing, learning, cultural intelligence, platform expertise, and innovative creative approaches.
• Develop unique strategies to navigate social media platform restrictions, advertising…