What makes this a great opportunity?
We have an exciting opportunity for a confident and experienced Marketing Manager to work in the global brand team for Laphroaig – the iconic Islay single malt. The role is on a Fixed Term Contract to last at least 12 months, starting in March 2026.
Reporting into the Global Brand Director Laphroaig and as a senior member of the Laphroaig team, you will be passionate, creative, strategic, and agile. You’ll play a key role in ensuring Laphroaig is unforgettable – making it more visible and relevant to more people on more occasions, leading the single malt category in a return to growth.
The Marketing Manager leads on key brand projects, including comms and campaign toolkit development, partnerships, and overseeing the annual and 3yr planning cycles with our colleagues in our priority markets.
More generally, the Marketing Manager supports the Global Brand Director to ensure project goals, timelines, and budgets are adhered to, as well as the smooth running of projects across external agencies, internal teams, and with key markets. This role inspires our local market teams to execute against the strategic objectives and will continually identify opportunities to improve the quality of that execution.
The Marketing Manager is the key day-to-day contact for Laphroaig across priority global markets, and will regularly work with the Digital, Insights, Finance, Innovation, Whisky Making, Prestige, and Distillery teams.
Role Responsibilities
1. Support or lead on strategic Laphroaig projects – e.g. creative comms development, media planning guidance for market investment, reviews of our range architecture, pricing strategy, innovation strategy, serve strategy, advocacy programmes etc
2. Support performance analysis/management process for Scotch Portfolio to identify key issues/opportunities. Assess the ‘what and why’ and make recommendations on actions
3. Lead the 3YR Growth Planning Process for Laphroaig. Ensure brilliant execution through the definition of brand experience guardrails and vision for the different market stages, and measurement of how it is implemented through a thorough review of local growth plans with Priority Brand/Market Combinations
4. Lead development of brand assets to enable excellent market execution of comms campaigns and the broader brand look & feel. Oversee the production of the Brand Experience Playbook, ensuring execution guidance to markets and partner agencies is clear, easily-understood, and actionable
5. Ensure the brand is making best use of its industry-leading Friends of Laphroaig membership programme – recruiting more members, and using it to build the total brand, not just as a route for selling DTC
6. Regular analysis of brand performance to identify key issues/opportunities. Assess the ‘what’ and the ‘why’ and make recommendations for action
KEY RELATIONSHIPS:
7. Scotch & Irish Brand House team members
8. Marketing and commercial colleagues in priority markets across the globe
9. Senior manager stakeholders
10. Digital
11. Insights
12. Finance
13. Innovation
14. Whisky Making
15. Prestige
16. Distillery
17. External agencies: creative, media, design, PR
Qualifications
18. 7+ Years brand management, marketing or creative agency experience
19. Creative and innovative problem-solving skills
20. Proven experience in managing complex projects and influencing senior stakeholders
21. Track record of cross-functional team leadership
22. Experience working with Finance team (and an understanding of P&L dynamics)
Additional experience desired:
23. Experience translating brand strategy into creative communications
24. International experience
25. Strong business acumen and analytical skills
26. Experience within premium/luxury spirits advantageous
ROLE SPECIFIC COMPETENCIES:
27. Strong interpersonal skills – ability to build excellent working relationships and work in teams
28. Can take a strategic approach while managing multiple projects
29. Capable of constructive challenge and influencing the thinking of senior stakeholders
30. Good analytical skills – can analyse data, pull out insight and implications, and suggest action
31. Self-starter, proactive, and motivated – able to work autonomously
32. Comfortable travelling where required – up to 15% of time
While relocation, immigration, and/or tax compliance support are not guaranteed, we may offer assistance to successful candidates depending on factors such as role requirements in accordance with company guidelines. At Suntory Global Spirits, people are our number one priority, and we believe our people grow together in diverse and inclusive environments where their unique insights, experiences and backgrounds are valued and respected. Suntory Global Spirits is committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity, military veteran status and all other characteristics, attributes or choices protected by law. All recruitment and hiring decisions are based on an applicant’s skills and experience.