Senior Product Category Manager

The role

The Senior Category Manager serves as a subject-matter expert on category dynamics, consumer trends, and market intelligence. This role translates data and insights into recommendations for product innovation, portfolio strategy, and business growth.

What you will do

• Serve as the senior authority on category dynamics, consumer behavior, and competitive activity.
• Develop and execute a consumer learning agenda in partnership with Marketing, Product, and Innovation.
• Monitor the health, wellness, nutrition, fitness, and human performance landscape.
• Translate complex market and category data into strategic recommendations for the executive team.
• Support whitespace identification across categories, products, formats, and sales channels.
• Partner with Innovation to shape the portfolio roadmap and product strategy.
• Develop data-backed opportunity assessments for leadership investment decisions.
• Lead the development of market and commercial rationale for new product opportunities.
• Partner with Finance, Innovation, Commercial, and Demand Planning to develop product business cases.
• Lead post-launch category and consumer performance analysis.

Required qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Marketing, Analytics, Economics, or a related field
• 7+ years of experience in category management, consumer insights, market intelligence, analytics, or a related CPG function
• Experience translating data into product, portfolio, and growth opportunities
• Deep knowledge of syndicated market and consumption data, including SPINS
• Strong understanding of CPG category dynamics, consumer behavior, competitive landscapes, and omnichannel market trends
• Experience identifying market whitespace, emerging consumer needs, and product or portfolio growth opportunities
• Experience analyzing performance across multiple channels and categories
• Experience developing data-backed recommendations for cross-functional and senior leadership audiences
• Strong analytical capabilities
• Strong strategic thinking
• Strong stakeholder management skills
• Strong communication and presentation skills

Nice to have

• MBA preferred

Benefits

• Professional development opportunities
• Competitive cash compensation plus employee stock options
• Health/Vision/Dental/Life/Pet/Accident/Disability/Critical Illness
• Fertility benefits, caregiver concierge, and financial planning benefits
• 401k Match
• Unlimited PTO
• Parental Leave
• Finish Line Fridays - finish at 3:00 every Friday
• Generous set of observed holidays (18 days of office closure in 2026)
• $1,000 annual perks program to support a high-performance lifestyle
• Team workouts and lunches
• Access to Momentous products and merchandise

About the company

Momentous is a human performance company offering supplements designed to enhance physical and cognitive well-being. They work with professional and NCAA sports teams to create products based on science and research.