National Director of Category Marketing

Job Title: National Director, Category Marketing Department: Field Marketing Master Department: Marketing Reports To: Chief Marketing Officer Effective Date: September 8, 2026 FLSA Exempt Status: Exempt Company Overview: DreamFields is built on a bold mission: disrupting the industry through a lifestyle brand that blends cannabis, culture, and unforgettable moments. Driven by Jeeter, the nation's #1 pre-roll brand, we combine creative excellence with cutting-edge operations to build one of the most loved workplaces in cannabis. As we continue to scale nationally across the USA and internationally in Canada, our growing team is fueling the next chapter of DreamFields' success. Job Summary: The National Director, Category Marketing - Vapes serves as the category's demand-generation leader, responsible for understanding the consumer, identifying market opportunities, and translating insights into measurable revenue growth. This role owns the consumer and brand strategy for the vape category, ensuring that marketing initiatives drive demand at the store level and contribute directly to category performance. The position is accountable for developing activation strategies, forecasting the expected demand impact of marketing programs, establishing clear measurement plans, and validating post-campaign results to determine whether projected demand translated into shelf performance and sales outcomes. Working in close partnership with the Senior National Director, Category Management, this role helps shape the overall direction of the vape category. While the Senior National Director, Category Management owns the integrated category strategy, P&L performance, portfolio decisions, and final business recommendations, the National Director, Category Marketing owns the demand-creation engine that supports category growth. Together, they provide a unified category vision to the organization. As the category's marketing leader, this role serves as a critical stakeholder in category decision-making, providing the consumer, brand, activation, and demand-generation perspective required before category recommendations are presented and executed. Success is measured through consumer engagement, demand creation, activation effectiveness, revenue growth, market share gains, marketing ROI, and the ability to deliver measurable business results from marketing investments. Duties/Responsibilities: Lead the development and application of consumer insights, market intelligence, and brand positioning strategies for the vape category. Lead the development and execution of the category demand-creation strategy, including campaigns, product launches, promotions, retail activations, and annual activation calendars. Translate consumer insights into retailer, field marketing, and sales activation plans. Develop demand-lift forecasts and expected impact models for marketing initiatives. Develop measurement frameworks and monitor performance across campaigns, promotions, and activations. Conduct post-campaign analyses and performance reviews to validate demand creation and return on investment. Ensure brand consistency, messaging alignment, and execution within Jeeter's established brand architecture and standards. Develop category-specific marketing strategies that drive awareness, trial, loyalty, and repeat purchase behavior. Provide marketing leadership and support for innovation launches, product introductions, and category expansion opportunities. Deliver category demand-generation reporting, insights, and recommendations to executive leadership. C ollaborate with the Senior National Director, Category Management to develop integrated category strategies, business recommendations, and growth initiatives that support revenue, market share, and profitability objectives. Collaborate with Sales Leadership and Key Account Teams to drive customer activation plans and execute retail programs. Partner with Demand Planning to align demand-generation strategies with …

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