Director, Marketing Strategy

Job ID: 264264
Location Name: CA-FSC SF Off (0174)
Address: 350 Mission St, 20th Floor, San Francisco, CA 94105, United States (US)
Job Type: Full Time
Position Type (Regular/Temporary): Regular
Job Function: Marketing
Is This Position Eligible for Remote? : Hybrid Schedule

Your role at Sephora... The Director, Marketing Strategy role functions like a "chief of staff" for the Chief Marketing Officer at Sephora. He/she/they will help identify, refine, and communicate our marketing priorities and help the team action against them, and be an active participant in the Marketing Leadership Team's staff meetings. This highly integral role reports to the US CMO and offers a birds-eye view of our team and helps ensure coordination against our strategic goals.

• Executive Support & Strategic Leadership (50%)
  • Serve as a trusted advisor to the CMO, providing recommendations and insights on key decisions impacting marketing initiatives, budget allocation, and resource management.
  • Partner closely with the CMO to define and refine the overall marketing strategy, ensuring alignment with company goals and objectives.
  • Provide high-level strategic direction and input for marketing strategic initiatives, campaigns, and client engagement initiatives.
  • Identify and recommend key market opportunities and areas for growth, innovation, and differentiation.
  • Manage and prioritize the CMO's initiatives, ensuring alignment with broader marketing team and organizational goals.
  • Work with cross functional partners across the organization, especially finance and tech, to drive marketing initiatives forward.
  • Oversee the planning, tracking, and reporting of key marketing projects, ensuring proper allocation of resources and successful execution.
• Budget orchestration and management (30%)
  • Facilitate the annual marketing mix allocation with the marketing leadership team and aligns submission to Divisional Marketing Presentation.
  • Work closely with Finance BP&A to submit marketing mix budget and key budget stories for Marketing Divisional.
  • Work with individual budget holders to ensure accurate forecasts.
  • Work closely with Finance BP&A to monitor and report how marketing spends its money against its goals.
  • Manage CMO budget lines and supports CMO in distribution and payment of key projects and initiatives.

• Marketing strategy presentation development (10%)
  • Work with key marketing team members to develop Marketing Divisional Presentation, Marketing Strategy, Brand Sumit and Store Leadership Conference presentations to engage OpCom, store teams and our brand community.
  • Manage the agenda for quarterly Marketing Town Halls, which serve to update our teams on the business and engage in key priorities.
  • Support ad-hoc strategic presentation requests as needed.

• Special Projects and Marketing department coordination (10%)
  • Manage the agenda for Marketing Leadership Team meetings and ensure connectivity amongst CMO Directs Leadership Team.
  • Manage the agenda for quarterly Marketing Town Halls, to update our teams on the business and engage in key priorities.
  • Dive into special topics as required.
  • If needed, may play an operating role on a handful of these projects.

• Demonstrate our Sephora values: Passion, Innovation, Expertise, Balance, Respect, Teamwork, and Initiative.

We would love to hear from you if you have the following:

• Possess a blend of hands-on marketing experience and marketing consulting or strategy training
• You are grounded in consumer-facing marketing. Note this is not a corporate strategy or corporate innovation role.
• Outstanding Excel skills are mandatory; strong detail orientation is essential.
• Fluent in telling business stories through documents and PowerPoint.
• Ability to interact and collaborate with all levels in the organization and cross functionally with confidence and composure, especially during high-pressure situations.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in marketing, Business Administration, or a related field. An MBA or advanced degree is a plus.
• A minimum of 10 years of progressive experience in marketing strategy, with at least 5 years in leadership roles.
• Proven track record of success in leading strategic marketing initiatives, brand development, and customer engagement across multiple channels.
• Strong experience in managing large, cross-functional teams and driving alignment between departments.
• In-depth knowledge of marketing technology, data analysis, and performance tracking.
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to present complex ideas clearly and effectively to C-suite executives.
• Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, high-pressure environment and manage multiple projects simultaneously.
• Strong problem-solving skills, with a strategic mindset and a data-driven approach to decision-making.
• Demonstrated ability to influence without authority and drive change across an organization.

While at Sephora, you'll enjoy...

Beauty & Beyond: Every day we reimagine beauty, discover new brands, and influence positive change. Together we inspire our clients, empower people, and help them become the best versions of themselves. We think this is beautiful.

Endless Evolution: You will learn with innovators, artists, and experts in every field. As our business evolves, so will you. Here, you're empowered to choose your own path, accelerate your growth, and be your best. As part of our family and the LVMH community, your options are endless.

Creativity Unleashed: At Sephora, you're encouraged to explore, innovate, and have fun while working with diverse clients, teams, and leaders. You won't just partner with iconic brands; you'll help build them. We value your curiosity, your drive for success, and the emotional connections you make. Together we're defining the future of beauty.

Bold Authenticity: Being bold and different has made us a global beauty and retail leader. At Sephora, we celebrate diversity, embrace your unique and winning spirit, and believe that real beauty is being authentically you. You are what sets us apart.

Diversity, Inclusion & Belonging: We pledge to create a beauty community where everyone's uniqueness is celebrated, respected, and honored. We will drive diversity, equity, and inclusion in all aspects of our business-ensuring that our employees, brand partners, suppliers, and our clients feel a sense of belonging in store, online, and in our workplaces. We believe in demonstrating our values with action!

Meaningful Rewards:Sephora offers comprehensive medical benefits, generous vacation and holiday time off, commuter benefits, "Summer Fridays" for FSC (half-days every Friday between Memorial and Labor Day), an employee discount, free beauty product gifts from brand partners, and so much more. Details about our company benefits can be found at the following link: https://jobs.sephora.com/USA/content/Our-Perks/?locale=en_US.