US Marketing Lead

Life at Elvie; Meaningful work, Exceptional People 

We’re Elvie. We create smart products, new solutions, and a fair few taboo-busting conversations while we’re at it. Founded by Tania Boler in 2013, we develop extraordinary innovations designed to improve women’s lives. It’s a fascinating and challenging area that requires us to solve problems that no one else has ever tackled before.

At Elvie, you’ll be surrounded by people who want to improve everything and everyone around them. People who are passionate about our mission. People who are driven to solve problems and constantly consider the best ways to improve the health and wellbeing of women.

Find out more about life at Elvie here.

We’re deeply proud of our values, which are intrinsic to the way we behave every day. We take them seriously because we want our culture to thrive:

• We make an impact: We’re mission-driven and not afraid to break boundaries. We relentlessly focus on going the extra mile to solve problems.
• We’re fearless innovators: We are passionate, curious, and data-driven. We continuously embrace change and innovation.
• We’re in it together: we fail and learn fast — always as one team — and have fun along the way. We stay authentic and embrace our differences.

Did you know?

In some regions our amazing products are considered to be medical devices. This means we maintain our Medical Device quality management system in compliance with ISO 13485:2016, to support the development of our groundbreaking products

About the role: 

Okay, we’ve waffled long enough. So let’s get to the good bit: You.

As the US Marketing Lead, you will be responsible for leading the delivery of integrated marketing plans to drive awareness and engagement with the Elvie brand, whilst supporting our commercial strategies and targets for our biggest revenue market.

Reporting to and working closely with the US General Manager, you will be the lead market advocate for the US, developing and driving go-to-market strategies and full mix campaigns from briefing through to execution and evaluation. Using your experience of both disruptive brand building and product focused comms, you will deliver campaigns that drive incremental sales growth, share gains and positive brand attributes.

Location: Remote but candidates will ideally be based in Northeast as the team regularly get together. Due to working hours with a UK team, we are unable to consider West Coast candidates.

Employment type: Permanent (please note, you must have the right to work in the US)

What you’ll be doing at Elvie:

Lead and execute clear and compelling marketing plans for Elvie US, which will drive incremental sales growth, share gains and positive brand attributes:

• Own the US marketing strategy for Elvie, iterating as needed to maintain market share, relevance, and achieve growth.
• Be accountable for the overall US marketing budget
• Develop innovative and non-traditional ways to go to market to support brand objectives, including campaigns, experiential, and partnership activations.
• Work with Global Brand team to develop long-term vision and growth for categories
• Collaborate with internal and external partners to execute go-to-market plans including new product launches, advertising creative, media planning, public relations, in-store execution, point of sale, promotions etc.
• Collaborate regularly with the Global Brand team to ensure alignment
• Deliver against P&L goals and objectives, owning full scope of US marketing budget
• Conduct routine business analysis including monthly business reviews and recommendations, as well as ad-hoc analysis of opportunities, best practices, customers and strategy.
• Own KPI measurement, tracking and timely reporting of marketing activity on weekly/monthly or quarterly basis with post-mortem reporting
• Directly partner with the Category & Sales team to maximize and support retailer and healthcare opportunities and activations.
• Lead holistic planning across paid owned and earned channels with a focus on audience and cultural lead approach

Lead strategic marketing initiatives aligned to the objectives of Elvie and its categories by elevating compelling insights about culture, trends, innovation and our consumers from across the company:

• Develop a deep understanding of all our current and potential customers
• Conduct strategic analysis for the US market landscape, competitive intelligence of target markets and have finger on the pulse of industry topics
• Provide feedback in terms of platform trends, positioning, competitive activities, price tiers and consumer trends to better assess the impact this will have on our business
• Identify strategic opportunities and customer demands to maximize returns on marketing investment in pursuit of Elvie financial and brand goals

Manage the US marketing team:

• Line manage, coach and develop the US marketing team, which includes 3 Marketing Managers who oversee Trade, PR, and Integrated Marketing.

What we are looking for:

• An experienced, analytical commercially savvy marketer,  ideally a minimum of 6-8 years of experience in marketing
• Extensive, demonstrable campaign management experience
• Strong cross-functional project management skills
• Commercially driven, with an understanding of the P&L and budget management experience
• Confidence in managing a complex stakeholder networks and experience working in a global/local market structure
• Experience working with internal creative teams as well as managing agency relationships
• Willing to jump in and get things done, problem solving as you go
• Line management experience, with proven interest in mentoring and leading teams

The benefits you’ll get:

We’re on an exceptional journey. And we can offer you a genuinely purpose-led career with a culture built on trust, autonomy, and flexibility. In addition, we’ll give you:

• Lots of flexibility: whether it’s working from home, doing the school run, or life admin, we understand that flexibility is essential, and we trust you to do the right thing for you and us
• Every other Friday off – our full time employees work 9 days in every 2 weeks, with every other Friday as a non-working day for you to spend as you wish!
• Share options: we want everyone to have a stake in our success
• Annual bonus (subject to company performance)
• An annual discretionary bonus scheme
• 20 days’ annual leave, plus 10 sick days, plus national holidays
• 8 extra life leave days; getting married, moving house, menopause or just things that you can’t put a label on that matter to you
• 5=10 leave: 10 days’ additional leave on your 5th and 10th years of service!
• $100 contribution to your home working set up to spend as you see fit
• An annual personal development allowance of $200 and unlimited access to our learning and development platform, Learnerbly
• Generous parental leave policies; maternity, paternity/partner, shared & adoption
• Medical, dental and vision plan
• 401k match to 5%
• Travel Assistance with Guardian Globe
• Short term and long term disability insurance
• A free Elvie trainer for you to keep or give away when you join
• Generous employee and friends & family discounts on Elvie products
• Livehealth online & One Medical plus various well-being initiatives throughout the year

What you can expect after you’ve applied:

A member of our recruitment team will reach out to you after they have reviewed your application. You must ensure your application is completed correctly, and we strongly encourage you to add a cover letter or note to let us know why Elvie’s the right fit for you.  We do often receive a large number of applications for our roles, please don’t let visibility of this deter you from applying. We review and aim to respond to every application.

We would like to get to know you through your background, attitude, experience and understand your motivation to work with us. Our interview process varies depending on the position, but it typically looks like this:

• 30-minute video call with one of our recruiters
• 30-45 minute video call with the hiring manager
• 45-60 minute video interview (some positions may require you to complete a task/presentation)
• For some positions, there may be an additional interview with one of our senior leadership team

This is an exciting time to join Elvie. You’ll have a voice, make an impact, and have the opportunity to mold your role. So be ready to learn, have fun, and be inspired by our passionate, talented team — and having a sense of humor helps too. 

Belonging at Elvie

At Elvie, we believe having diverse teams in which everyone can be their authentic self is key to our success. We encourage people from all backgrounds to apply and we don’t discriminate based on race, colour, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, marital status, disability or age.

If you need any support with your application, please get in contact with us: elvie@jobs.workablemail.com or 0203 884 7223.