Senior Director Marketing, Canada

Job summary

The Senior Director of Marketing will lead the Canadian marketing function, setting the vision, category strategy, and brand-building agenda to drive commercial growth. They will oversee cross-functional teams, manage agency partnerships, and ensure marketing effectiveness across the entire Canadian portfolio.

Job details

Job Description : About the Function Marketing is where our brands show up in culture and stay there. This is where creativity meets insight. We take a deep understanding of people, culture and trends and turn it into ideas that spark conversation and shape how our brands are experienced around the world. From defining brand strategy to launching campaigns that people remember, the work here influences how we show up in the moments that matter. You’ll be part of a team that’s curious, collaborative and always looking ahead, reimagining our brands for today while building what comes next. ROLE PURPOSE: Lead the Canada marketing function and category/brand growth agenda as the senior marketing leader for the market. The role sets the marketing vision, portfolio strategy, brand priorities, and integrated execution standards required to grow Diageo brands in Canada, strengthen category leadership, and translate consumer, shopper, customer, and channel insights into sustained commercial performance. KEY RESPONSIBILITIES: Set the Canada marketing vision, category strategy, portfolio priorities, and brand-building agenda, ensuring alignment with global and regional brand direction and local market growth opportunities. Lead the marketing organization across brand/category teams, consumer insights, media, sponsorships and events, marketing operations, innovation, RTD, and price pack architecture priorities. Own annual and multi-year brand planning, investment choices, activation calendars, innovation priorities, and performance routines across the Canadian portfolio. Partner with Commercial Strategy & Planning, Sales, Finance, Supply, and Customer Service to translate brand strategy into channel-ready selling stories, AOP building blocks, customer plans, and execution standards. Use consumer, shopper, category, customer, and competitive insights to shape growth choices, portfolio mix, innovation pipeline, and price pack architecture recommendations. Oversee agency, media, experiential, and sponsorship/event partnerships; ensure spend effectiveness, brand health improvement, and disciplined measurement of marketing ROI. Ensure responsible marketing, regulatory compliance, governance, budget discipline, and risk management across all brand and consumer/customer activation activity. Build, coach, and develop the Canada marketing leadership bench, creating a high-performing, inclusive team with strong strategic, analytical, and execution capability. Key Outputs: Canada marketing strategy, portfolio priorities, and category growth agenda. Annual brand plans, activation calendars, innovation roadmap, and investment recommendations. Integrated channel/category selling stories and execution toolkits developed with Commercial Strategy & Planning and Sales. Brand health, market share, innovation, price pack architecture, media, and activation performance reviews. Marketing budget governance, agency/media effectiveness routines, and responsible-marketing compliance outputs. Marketing organization capability plan, succession pipeline, and operating cadence. QUALIFICATIONS/EXPERIENCE REQUIRED: 12 to 15+ years of progressive marketing, brand, category, innovation, portfolio, or commercial leadership experience in CPG, beverage alcohol, retail, or another regulated consumer sector. Proven senior leadership capability across large brand portfolios, marketing strategy, investment choices, agency leadership, and cross-functional execution. Strong executive-level understanding of consumer, shopper, category, customer, revenue growth, innovation, and price pack architecture levers. Experience leading marketing teams through annual planning, performance management, transformation, and market/channel complexity. Demonstrated ability to influence senior stakeholders, partner with sales/commercial teams, and translate strategy into customer- and channel-ready execution. People leadership experience with a track record of developing talent, building inclusive teams, and improving organizational capability. Working with Us Compensation Range: $150.000,00 CAD - $202.500,00 CAD This posting is being published in relation to a currently existing vacancy. Please note that Diageo uses artificial intelligence in the recruitment process as that term is defined under O. Reg 476/24. Flexible Working Statement: Flexibility is key to our success. Talk to us about what flexibility means to you so that you’re supported to manage your wellbeing and balance your priorities from day one. Diversity statement: Our purpose is to celebrate life, every day, everywhere. And creating an inclusive culture, where everyone feels valued and that they can belong, is a crucial part of this. We embrace diversity in the broadest possible sense. This means that you’ll be welcomed and celebrated for who you are just by being you. You’ll be part of and help build and champion an inclusive culture that celebrates people of different gender, ethnicity, ability, age, sexual orientation, social class, educational backgrounds, experiences, mindsets, and more. Our ambition is to create the best performing, most trusted and respected consumer products companies in the world. Join us and help transform our business as we take our brands to the next level and build new ones as part of shaping the next generation of celebrations for consumers around the world. Feel inspired? Then this may be the opportunity for you. If you require a reasonable adjustment, please ensure that you capture this information when you submit your application. Worker Type : Regular Primary Location: Downtown Toronto Additional Locations : Job Posting Start Date : 2026-09-16

What you’ll do

The Senior Director of Marketing will lead the Canadian marketing function, setting the vision, category strategy, and brand-building agenda to drive commercial growth. They will oversee cross-functional teams, manage agency partnerships, and ensure marketing effectiveness across the entire Canadian portfolio.

Requirements

Candidates must have 12 to 15+ years of progressive leadership experience in CPG, beverage alcohol, or a related regulated consumer sector. Proven expertise in managing large brand portfolios, driving innovation, and leading high-performing teams is essential.

Benefits

• Flexible working

Listed skills

• Regulatory Compliance · Preferred
• Brand Strategy · Preferred
• Team Leadership · Preferred
• Stakeholder Management · Preferred

Other relevant skills

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• Brand strategy
• Marketing leadership
• Category management
• Portfolio management
• Consumer insights
• Media planning
• Sponsorship management
• Innovation pipeline
• Price pack architecture
• Budget management
• Stakeholder management
• Team leadership
• Strategic planning
• Commercial performance
• Agency management
• Regulatory compliance
• Marketing Budgets
• Influencing Skills
• Brand Strategy
• Category Strategy
• Consumer Insights
• Curiosity
• Planning
• Category Growth
• Artificial Intelligence
• Aspect-Oriented Programming
• Customer Service
• Regulatory Compliance
• Creativity
• Economic Growth
• Performance Management
• Finance
• Experiential Learning
• Sales
• Selling Techniques
• Governance
• Leadership
• Marketing
• Innovation
• Marketing Strategies
• Risk Management
• Market Share
• Marketing Operations
• Return On Marketing Investment
• Performance Review
• Revenue Growth

Job areas

• Marketing
• Management & Leadership
• Food & Beverage
• Director of Marketing
• Sales and Marketing Managers
• Marketing Managers