Senior Strategic Marketing Manager

Who We Are

Spot & Tango is an innovative pet health & wellness brand that delivers personalized meal plans on a subscription basis. Our recipes are developed by leading animal nutritionists and are made with only real human-grade ingredients... and nothing artificial! We have lofty goals (to make every dog in the country healthier and every pet parent happier!) and we are looking for the right people to help us get there. This is an exciting opportunity to join a VC-backed high-growth e-commerce startup and have an outsized impact in an extremely fast-paced environment. Plus you get to think about dogs all day!

Who You Are

We’re looking for a Senior Strategic Marketing Manager who thrives at the intersection of marketing growth and business development. This is a highly entrepreneurial role for someone who’s equal parts analytical thinker creative problem solver and operational doer.

You’ll be responsible for identifying testing and scaling new ways to build awareness acquire customers and unlock growth—working cross-functionally and independently to develop initiatives that sit outside our core paid channels. This could include everything from building partnerships to shaping field programs expanding our community footprint or activating underutilized organic levers.

This role is ideal for someone with a background in consulting finance or high-growth environments who’s ready to roll up their sleeves and own high-impact initiatives from strategy through execution.

Responsibilities:

• Develop and lead strategic initiatives that drive brand visibility and customer growth beyond paid media
• Identify assess and launch new awareness channels and growth levers — such as partnerships field activations SEO programs or expert communities
• Work closely with internal teams (Growth Creative Product Ops) to bring ideas to life and measure impact
• Own project management timelines and cross-functional coordination for new initiatives (e.g. product launches events brand partnerships)
• Build and maintain relationships with external partners collaborators and advisors
• Analyze performance report on key metrics and iterate based on learnings
• Bring a self-starter mentality and “founder’s mindset” to everyday problem-solving

Qualifications: 

• 5–8 years of relevant experience in integrated marketing growth consulting
• A strategic thinker with an analytical approach and strong business acumen
• Proven ability to ideate and execute scrappy high-impact programs with limited direction
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills
• Strong project management and organizational chops — you get things done
• Comfortable navigating ambiguity and testing into new growth opportunities
• Passion for brand-building and customer experience
• Bonus: experience in eCommerce partnerships SEO or field marketing
• Must love dogs 🐶

This is a hybrid position.

You must be able to commute into our office in Midtown Manhattan Monday Wednesday and Thursday.

What We Do

Here at Spot & Tango we are on a mission to make your pet healthier and happier simplifying your role as a pet parent along the way. Put simply: we exist to create more happy days with your dog. Since 2018 we’ve been cooking up fresh whole ingredient meals personalized for dogs at prices humans can afford. We even created an entirely new category with UnKibble the only Fresh Dry™ food for dogs. That’s how much we believe in the benefits of real food for our loyal companions. Our recipes are made with only whole vegetables fruits grains and meats that we’d eat too. Plus every vet-formulated meal plan is delivered directly to your door and completely customized to your dog’s weight age activity level and health goals.

Why Work With Us

At Spot & Tango we know that we're only as good as our people. We look for candidates who ask the right questions have an entrepreneurial spirit and learn at light speed. While we value experience we also appreciate (and seek out!) fresh perspectives.

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