Senior Brand Manager

Location: Remote

Who We Are: Banza reimagines your favorite comfort foods, like pasta, pizza, mac & cheese and rice, using chickpeas. Why? Because we know chickpeas aren’t just delicious, they’re also one of the most nutritious and sustainable foods. Yet 80% of the country isn’t eating enough of them. Our mission is to inspire people to eat more chickpeas and other beans, making a positive impact on human health and the environment. Banza is the fastest-growing pasta brand in the country, and our products are available in over 21,000 stores nationwide. We’ve been named one of TIME Magazine’s Best Inventions of the Year, Adweek’s Best Food Brand, and are proud to have fans at Good Morning America, The New York Times, Food & Wine, Bon Appetit, and more.

Your Mission: Banza has been one of the fastest-growing pasta companies in the country for the last five years – and as we mature, we want that growth to accelerate! Banza has an exciting opportunity for a new brand management leader who will spearhead and coordinate efforts across our sales, field, product, operations, manufacturing, and finance teams to achieve the best possible business results. Success means improving our product positioning in the market to win versus the competition and bringing it to the people who will love it most. You’ll own the P&L, collaborate with sales on account management, and work with the executive team to shape strategy.

What You’ll Do:

• Build a great business at Banza, including management of our dry product line P&Ls and strategy setting for our product lines (pasta and mac & cheese)
• Help execute our product line strategy throughout the year and lead the monitoring and coordination of how we’re tracking against our goals
• Develop, maintain, expand, and communicate Banza’s strategy on how to grow our dry categories across key retailers, focusing on Distribution, Merchandising, Shelving, and Pricing 
• Collaborate with sales on developing a plan by account that includes brand growth, expansion, and trade strategy
• Dig deep into the data to understand trends in your categories and analyze the root causes of any impacts on sales
• Own our product line profitability, understand customer-level and product-level dynamics and lead the discussions on how to enhance our financial performance
• Identify opportunities across Product, Operations, Ecomm, and Manufacturing to improve the line’s overall performance, growth, consumer appeal, and profitability
• Work closely with executive leadership and cross-functionally across the organization to drive growth and bring Banza to millions more people

Who You Are:

• 7-10 years of work experience, including significant experience in CPG/food
• Experience in a brand management role with P&L ownership
• Experience/understanding of P&L dynamics, financial statements, and quantitative analysis
• Entrepreneurial with experience scaling a rapidly growing business or product line – an analogous role at a successful CPG startup or a fast-growing line within a larger CPG is ideal
• Cross-functional leader, experienced in operating within and across sales, category management, analytics, and product
• Skilled in working with sales to win over retailers and execute to an ambitious plan
• Able to both ruthlessly prioritize and amicably communicate
• Able to sell a vision to those around you while being willing to change your mind when new information comes to light
• Passionate about what Banza’s doing!

To Apply: Write a cover letter describing why you want to join Banza and why you would be an excellent fit for this role (yes, we actually read every cover letter!) and then apply directly to this posting. If you have any questions, please email [email protected].

We're aware of the research showing that historically underrepresented groups are less likely to apply for a job if they don't believe that they meet all of the criteria. Do you hesitate to submit an application because you believe you need to check every box? Please apply anyway with a thoughtful cover letter! We would love to hear from you to discuss how you can help us build a great team at Banza.

Compensation: 

Our salary ranges are based on verified market data and our philosophy of paying competitively for our size and industry. Individual pay rate decisions are based on a number of factors, including qualifications for the role, experience level, skillset, and balancing internal equity relative to peers at the company.  We expect the majority of the candidates who are offered roles at our company to fall healthily throughout the range based on these factors. The salary band for this role is $115,000 - $145,000. The range is for the expectations as laid out in the job description, however, we are often open to a wide variety of profiles, and recognize that the person we hire may be less experienced (or more senior) than this job description as posted. If that ends up being the case, the updated salary range will be communicated to you as a candidate.

Perks and Benefits: 

• Equity in Banza & an additional equity incentive bonus
• Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance starting day 1: Banza pays 80% of the monthly premiums for employees and 70% for dependents
• One Medical Membership
• Short Term Disability and Life Insurance  
• Flexible Spending Account 
• Commuter Benefits 
• 401(k) 
• Paid Time Off: 20 vacation days, 10 holidays, 6 sick days, 2 personal days, a birthday day off, and a 7+ week sabbatical after 5 continuous years of employment.  
• Extended Leave: Short-Term Disability, Parental Leave, and other Paid Family Leave. Support provided by our end-to-end leave management partner, Sparrow.
• New Parents: 12 weeks of paid parental leave plus additional optional leave time to add, and 4 weeks of flexible return to work arrangements. 
• Breast milk shipping service for traveling team members provided by Milk Stork
• Monthly fitness, internet and phone stipends 
• Monthly lunch stipend to encourage team member connection
• Annual education stipend 
• Home office set-up stipend 
• Unlimited Pasta, Rice & Mac
• $500 annual stipend to purchase our pizza and waffles, wherever it's sold
• Quarterly snack box for remote employees 
• Lively NYC office stocked with snacks and beverages 
• Quarterly in-person and remote events 

Our Commitment: Banza is committed to a diverse and inclusive workforce. To achieve our mission of inspiring people to eat more chickpeas and other beans, we greatly benefit from a range of perspectives, which comes from diversity of all types, at all levels of the organization. Facilitating diversity and inclusion is the smart thing for our business. So we strongly encourage women, veterans, people with all abilities, people of color, and gender nonconforming candidates to apply.

Banza is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of an individual's sex, age, race, color, creed, national origin, alienage, religion, marital status, pregnancy, sexual orientation or affectional preference, gender identity and expression, disability, genetic trait or predisposition, carrier status, citizenship, veteran or military status and other personal characteristics protected by law. All applications will receive consideration for employment without regard to legally protected characteristics. Banza will consider qualified applicants including those with criminal histories consistent with legal requirements.

Banza participates in E-Verify to confirm the identity and employment eligibility of all persons hired to work in the United States. As a participating employer, we provide the federal government with Form I-9 information to verify work authorization. For more information about E-Verify, please visit www.e-verify.gov.