Senior Brand Strategy & Campaigns Manager

Drive evolution and refinement of global brand strategy, positioning, and narrative in partnership with leader. Translate audience insights, competitive dynamics, and product strategy into clear brand frameworks and messaging systems. Develop strategic narratives that ladder from corporate brand story to product-level value propositions. Ensure brand principles and guardrails are reflected in campaign briefs and initiative strategies. Contribute to development and evolution of brand identity systems with in-house agency and Brand Design leadership.

Deep understanding of the brand and edges to bring strategies to the table that execute into authentic storytelling that drives the business. Design campaign architecture for Avast overall and for key initiatives—defining strategic platforms, messaging hierarchies, audience segmentation, and campaign interactions. Establish structured frameworks that align upper-funnel brand storytelling with mid- and lower-funnel conversion objectives. Develop out of the box ideas to drive upper funnel storytelling that can scale all the way down to performance marketing.

Partner with creative team to develop strategic campaigns and content series for paid and organic customer acquisition. Build scalable campaign toolkits and playbooks that enable cross-channel and cross-geo execution, in a modern AI-first way. Ensure campaign prioritization and sequencing align with annual brand and business objectives. Lead strategic campaign development for high-priority launches, seasonal campaigns, and growth initiatives. Author comprehensive campaign briefs grounded in audience insight, product differentiation, and measurable business goals.

Define launch positioning, core messages, audience targets, and strategic KPIs in collaboration with Product Marketing and Acquisition teams. Ensure initiative strategies integrate seamlessly across paid, owned, earned, lifecycle, web, partner, and regional channels. Champion bold, insight-driven creative thinking—pushing beyond category norms to develop breakthrough campaign platforms and brand moments that differentiate Avast and the freemium brand portfolio in market and in culture.

Generate and shape new, high-impact ideas for key initiatives and launches, translating strategy into compelling creative territories that inspire teams and drive measurable brand and business results. Partner closely with in-house agency teams to ensure concepts are not only innovative and brand-elevating, but also performance-oriented—designed to drive awareness, engagement, conversion, and long-term brand equity. Partner closely with Go to Market teams to ensure product positioning aligns with brand narrative and campaign architecture.

Collaborate with Acquisition Strategy and Media & Performance teams to ensure campaign structures support both brand lift and acquisition impact. Align with Regional Marketing teams to ensure global strategy can scale and localize effectively. Facilitate cross-functional alignment meetings to drive clarity, sequencing, and strategic consistency across initiatives. Define success frameworks for major initiatives, connecting brand health metrics with performance KPIs.

Partner with Analytics to embed learning agendas into key campaigns. Leverage AI tools to accelerate insight synthesis, audience segmentation, messaging iteration, and campaign scenario planning. Identify opportunities to continuously modernize campaign development processes to increase speed and strategic clarity.

• 10+ years of experience in brand strategy, integrated marketing, or campaign planning roles.
• Proven experience leading strategic development for large-scale brand campaigns or major product launches.
• Strong expertise in brand positioning, messaging architecture, and integrated campaign systems.
• Experience balancing long-term brand building with short-term business and growth goals.
• Demonstrated ability to translate research and insights into clear strategic direction and high-quality campaign briefs.
• Strong understanding of full-funnel marketing and GTM integration.
• Experience working within complex, global, matrixed organizations.
• Strong…