At MOD, everyone is free to be themselves and has an equal opportunity to pursue their hopes and dreams. We embrace individuality, support human growth, and recognize the value in second chances. To us, pizza is more than just food. It's our platform to make a positive social impact in the lives of our people and the communities we serve.

Be a part of creating a positive social impact in more than 500 communities across North America. Every day and in every store, we create a culture where individuality is celebrated. And as part of MOD, you will be empowered to provide that same experience through world class support of our Squad and stores.

Compensation: $78,000 - $99,700

• Actual salaries will vary based on a candidate's qualifications, competencies, experience, geographic location.

In addition to base pay, MOD Pizza offers a total compensation package including:

• Company and/or individual performance annual bonus
• Medical/dental/vision/life insurance/disability insurance options
• Up to 20 paid vacation days per year and 10 paid holidays
• 401(k) retirement eligibility
• Paid sick leave
• Paid parental leave
• Employees can progress through the pay range by earning performance-based pay increases
• Access to MOD's Employee Assistance Program
• 100% funded educational programs for eligible Squad

Summary

This role will support our category and product management function within the brand marketing department. This person will leverage their strong analysis skills, strategic thinking ability, and experience leading cross-functional teams to deliver outsized value to the organization. This role will be supporting development and positioning of the MOD food and beverage categories and delivering innovation aligned to the business strategy. The person will leverage a wide range of resources to identify opportunities to build the business with specific focus on our secondary categories within our menu, and new white space opportunities. Responsibilities include strategic assessment of market opportunities, trend tracking, white space exploration, concept validation, launching and promoting limited time offers, and leading the innovation process working closely with brand teams to plan a successful launch.

Key Responsibilities

• We are looking for a hands-on candidate with a strong entrepreneurial spirit who is adaptable, strategic, and innovative. The ideal candidate will be able to balance business priorities with brand excellence.
• They will assist in driving revenue growth and implement the processes and structure to evaluate for optimization, innovation, and iteration.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams such as Operations, Finance, Brand, Digital, Supply chain, and Creative to deliver category insights and strategy.
• Revenue management, as well as new concept generation, testing, and commercialization. You will be expected to learn and share culinary trends, category trends and KPIs, and consumer dining preferences and behavior.
• Support brand innovation opportunities for category growth by guiding the culinary concepts pipeline in our secondary menu categories
• Create, optimize, and refine product launches, in collaboration with Culinary, Operations, Supply Chain, and Finance to ensure stores can consistently deliver top rated food with high standard operational metrics
• Ensure projects are delivered on time through constant collaboration, communication, and project management with cross-functional partners - research, creative, culinary, and digital marketing.
• Support delivery of formal category reviews as well as leading ongoing business analyses, tracking and evaluating KPIs to build key learnings

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree
• 4-6 years of working experience in category management, brand management, product marketing, or another related role
• Strong interpersonal, written, and verbal communications skills
• Retail or restaurant experience
• Business acumen and exposure and understanding of the P&L, ability to manage conversations surrounding financial levers and able to articulate impact to project viability and path to market
• Strong organizational, prioritization and time management skills
• Proficient in Microsoft Office including Word, Excel and PowerPoint, Smartsheet

Behavioral Qualifications

• Results-driven team player, keen on collaboration and co-creation
• Possess a bias-for-action mindset
• Ability to work in a fast-paced, changing environment
• High attention to detail
• Strong organizational, prioritization and time management skills
• Comfortable in environments of rapid growth and developing playbooks; we're building this plane while we're flying it
• Passion for furthering MOD's mission

Want to help us spread MODness™? Apply today!

MOD welcomes people from all backgrounds and walks of life, and it's reflected in our largely diverse community of MOD Squaders. MOD is proud to be an equal opportunity employer and is committed to providing equal opportunity for all employees and applicants. MOD recruits, hires, trains, promotes, compensates, and administers all personnel actions without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sex stereotyping, pregnancy (which includes pregnancy, childbirth, and medical conditions related to pregnancy, childbirth, or breastfeeding), gender, gender identity, gender expression, national origin, age, mental or physical disability, ancestry, medical condition, marital status, military or veteran status, citizenship status, sexual orientation, genetic information, or any other status protected by applicable law.

This Job Description is not intended to be all-inclusive. We all may be assigned other related duties as assigned to meet the ongoing needs of the organization.

MOD Pizza is a second (fair chance employer) and an Equal Opportunity Employer. The full statement is available on the career site.

PERKS

• 50% off your meals at MOD
• Access to employee support & development
• Awesome MOD swag: t-shirts, bandanas, stickers, etc.

COMMUNITY

Giving back is part of the MOD culture.

Throughout the year, you and other MOD Squad members have opportunities to give back to the community - what we call "Spreading MODness." This includes participating in fundraisers, packing meals for families struggling with hunger, and sponsoring other activities in your area.

Bridge Fund

We offer access to emergency support programs to help MOD Squad Members in need. Anyone can apply to access the Bridge Fund, which offers assistance when an unexpected hardship occurs. It's MODs helping MODs.

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