Senior Brand Manager – Royal Salute (FTC until Dec 2026)
Your manager: Head of Brand Architecture & Activation – Royal Salute & Midleton
Team: Marketing
Location: Chiswick, London
We operate a hybrid working approach, which allows you to manage your time between home and office.
Pernod Ricard is a leading global spirits company with a portfolio of premium brands.
Responsibilities
- Lead the High End Collection (HEC) Restage (RS30, RS32, RS38)
- Own the new box design development for RS30/32/38, ensuring artwork delivery is on track for Q3 FY27 dispatch
- Align HEC toolkit requirements (KVs, hero video, media materials) with key markets and oversee delivery
- Coordinate existing stock depletion timelines with key markets throughout the restage process
- Nurture the 62 Gun Salute Limited Editions Platform
- Oversee the development of new limited editions for the 62 Gun Salute platform (NPD)
- Support roll‑out of permanent collection in key markets by conducting an audit on performance and propose action plan
- Lead the Coronation of William NPD
- Align product positioning and strategy for the William edition
- Lead artwork and design sign‑off, ensuring product reaches golden sample and Gate 3 milestones
- Maintain commercial stage‑gate momentum and market alignment throughout the development process
- Business Continuity & Cross‑functional Collaboration
- Manage the marketing budget across the three project workstreams
- Oversee P&L and stage‑gate processes for the NPD pipeline
- Maintain strong alignment with global markets, GTR, and cross‑functional teams throughout the cover period
- Support and develop the Brand Manager, ensuring team continuity and momentum during the cover period
Internally, you’ll work with Brand Managers, Consumer Insights, Commercial teams, and cross‑functional colleagues.
Externally, your contacts will include creative agencies, production partners, and brand ambassadors.
Qualifications
This position could be right for you if you are:
- An experienced brand leader within Prestige consumer goods or lifestyle brands
- Comfortable managing complex, cross‑functional projects
- Detail‑oriented yet strategically minded
- Passionate about storytelling, craftsmanship and luxury experiences
- Energised by building brands with cultural relevance and long‑term impact
Benefits
We offer private medical insurance, income protection, comprehensive Employee Assistance Programme, 28 days holiday, pension, share incentive plan, season ticket loans, payroll giving, and more.
Access to gifts & discounts, staff shop, employee discounts from high street retailers.
Regular events at office bar, employee‑run networks, flexibility and trust, and mental fitness resources.
Diversity and inclusion
People are at the heart of everything we do at Pernod Ricard and are the foundation of our collective spirit as ‘Créateurs de Convivialité’.
We promote diversity and inclusion throughout our business and supply chain. In our teams, we proactively foster a diverse workforce and an inclusive culture – an environment where we can truly be ourselves.
We will assess your application for this role based on your skills, experiences and achievements, not your gender, age, ethnic or educational background or any other such factors. Please feel free to leave these off your CV and application form if you so wish.
Similarly, if you would like to discuss opportunities for flexible working or require accommodations or support to complete our application process, please let us know.
Responsible drinking
As ‘Créateurs de convivialité’, we want to turn social interactions into genuine and friendly experiences of sharing and wellbeing.
In our culture, we want to create diverse teams in which our differences contribute to our success. Therefore, all are welcome at Pernod Ricard, regardless of your religious beliefs or personal choices on the consumption of alcohol.
In our business, we work together with industry members, civil society, governments, local authorities and UN bodies to promote responsible drinking.
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