Senior New Product Development Marketing Manager
Cascade Designs · Reno, NV · 2 mo ago
On-siteMarketing$100/hrFull-time
Key Responsibilities
- Own end-to-end marketing delivery for MSR, Platypus, SealLine and Military product portfolios for all artwork components on the product Bill of Materials
- Lead development of Marketing project briefs, timelines, budgets, and milestones
- Drive cross-functional alignment across Product Development, Sales, Operations, and Marketing
- Ensure all deliverables meet supplied regulatory, technical, and brand standards
- Act as primary stakeholder and approver for all product marketing initiatives within assigned brands
- Support product positioning, naming, and messaging development
- Oversee development of: Packaging (multilingual), Product instructions and documentation, On-product graphics, Content for website PDP updates and new product launches (in partnership with Marketing and Ecommerce team)
- Support photo shoots and asset creation (with Creative/Production teams)
- Elastic/Digital Workbook Ownership
- Lead planning and execution of global sales enablement initiatives, including: Military workbook (annual), Elastic Custom Collections Outdoor Brands workbook (2x annually)
- Own overall project timeline, coordination, and delivery
- Ensure alignment of product information, messaging, and assets across all materials
- Partner with NPD Marketing Manager, Sales and Product teams to gather inputs
- Cross-Functional Leadership
- Partner closely with: Full Marketing and Customer Experience team, Product Development and Product Line Managers, Global Sales teams, Operations and Configuration Control to ensure timely release of final artwork and assets
- Provide global tradeshow support for assigned brands
- Provide strategic input into global sales enablement initiatives to ensure alignment with brand priorities
- Team Leadership & Resource Management
- Directly manage the NPD Marketing Manager
- Set team priorities and balance workload across initiatives
- Identify resource gaps and support staffing solutions as needed
- Process Development & Vendor Management
- Drive process improvements and workflow optimization within project management systems (e.g., Monday.com)
- Develop and refine workflows for creative and production processes
- Manage relationships with external vendors (translation, print, creative)
- Ensure projects are delivered on time, on budget, and to quality standards
Qualifications / Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Marketing, Business, or comparable experience in related field
- 7–10+ years of experience in product marketing, project management, or related field
- Experience working with technical or regulated products (e.g., outdoor equipment, consumer goods, industrial products)
- Proven ability to lead complex, cross-functional projects from concept through execution
- Demonstrated ability to balance multiple high-priority initiatives and drive prioritization decisions
- Strong understanding of product development processes and working with engineering teams