Brand Innovation Manager - Limited Time Offerings
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Panda Restaurant Group
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Brand Innovation Manager
- Limited Time Offerings Rosemead, CA Full-TimeHybrid$115,000
- $120,000 /yr Posted May 18, 2026 Our food / beverage client is seeking a Brand Innovation Manager
- Limited Time Offerings (LTO)!
WHAT YOU'LL DO
- Lead end-to-end limited time offerings (LTO) ideation and development, generating 80 to 100 new menu concepts per cycle and guiding the top ideas through financial viability reviews, test phases, and full-scale launches at 2,000+ locations
- Stay ahead of emerging food trends, cultural moments, and guest behaviors to identify LTO concepts with real buzz potential
- Develop and maintain a strategic LTO pipeline that keeps the brand culturally relevant, builds guest anticipation, and delivers on business goals
- Collaborate cross-functionally with various teams to validate concepts and ensure operational readiness at scale
- Translate trend research and consumer insights into compelling product briefs, concept proposals, and launch narratives
- Identify and evaluate partnerships with brands, chefs, culinary influencers, and cultural tastemakers that can elevate LTO visibility and impact
- Work alongside the digital and social team to provide strategic context for LTO storytelling; surface potential influencer collaboration opportunities where relevant
- Ensure each LTO launch is executed with strong organizational readiness, partnering with Operations and Learning & Development on rollout strategy
- Bring genuine curiosity and passion for food to every stage of the process, you will be actively tasting, evaluating, and providing opinions on new concepts throughout development
WHAT YOU'LL NEED
- Bachelor's degree in Marketing or a related field required; MBA preferred
- 5+ years of marketing experience in a nationally branded retail or hospitality environment, with a preference for QSR or food service
- Demonstrated experience leading the ideation process, not just contributing to it, including taking concepts from initial brief through launch
- Proven ability to work at scale; demonstrated comfort with the complexity that comes with enterprise-level rollouts
- Strong cross-functional collaboration skills with the ability to drive alignment across a variety of teams
- Sharp trend-spotting instincts with the ability to connect cultural moments to menu opportunities in a way that feels authentic to the client's brand
- Data-driven approach to prioritization, with the ability to use consumer research and financial analytics to make the case for a concept
- Strong project management skills and ability to manage a high volume of concepts simultaneously
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite
- Experience with or exposure to influencer or brand partnership strategy is a plus
- A genuine passion for food If you think you're a good fit for this role, send us your portfolio / resume!
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Cross Blue Shield creates and publishes the Transparency in Coverage Machine-Readable Files on behalf of Everforth Creative Circle. About Everforth Creative Circle Everforth Creative Circle matches creative and marketing professionals with hiring managers looking for talent. The above listing is for a position with one of our clients. If you're a good fit for this role or another we're currently working on, a recruiter will reach out to you directly. We only contact the applicants who are the best fit for the position, so if you do not hear back, please take a look at the other roles we have available. Thank you for your interest!Job ID:
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