Senior Manager, PR & Earned Media (Sweets Category)

Location: East Hanover, New Jersey, United States

Are You Ready to Make It Happen at Mondelēz International?

Join our Mission to Lead the Future of Snacking. Make It Matter.

In this role, you will oversee all communications and public and government affairs activities for a specific geography or business unit. You are a business adviser who manages across internal and/or external advocacy and media relations, crisis and issues communications using integrated communications to promote and protect Mondelēz’s International reputation.

How you will contribute

You will drive the communications and government affairs agenda for the area in which you operate for all internal and external communications including media relations, stakeholder and political engagement, and partner with business unit leaders to support internal and external communications and corporate affairs. In addition, you may be responsible for public affairs advocacy, government relations and issues management, by promoting leadership categories through effective external media engagement (including social media management), risk and issues management, best practice engagement systems and empowerment of team members.

You will develop and implement government affairs and/or communication plans to enable the company to meet business objectives and to level the playing field in the industry, implement a local community engagement strategy aligned to global Mondelēz International philanthropic efforts, and ensure activities are delivered within budget.

What you will bring

• A desire to lead the future for our company and accelerate you career with experience and knowledge in:
• Holding a similar position in a fast-moving consumer goods environment in communications, government or corporate affairs
• Working confidently with the most senior stakeholders in a company
• Working easily and confidently with senior external media and stakeholders, some of which may be challenging relationships
• Writing and communications skills
• Taking lone or controversial positions on key issues in the company to drive effective decision making
• Are You Ready to Make It Happen at Mondelēz International?
• Join our Mission to Lead the Future of Snacking. Make It Matter.

How you will contribute

This is a new, dedicated earned media role within our North American Corporate & Government Affairs team. You will be part of a high-performing External Communications team driving earned media, brand storytelling, and reputation management for the Sweet Snacking portfolio, including Oreo, belVita, Chips Ahoy!, Nutter Butter and more.  As the ideal candidate, you will have:

A proven track record driving earned media for consumer or CPG brands at scale

Deep relationships with national consumer, lifestyle, food, and digital media

Expertise in organic earned creator strategy — product seeding, mailer programs, and trend activation that generate authentic conversation

The instinct to spot a cultural moment and move on it in hours, not weeks

Experience working with PR agencies and directing day-to-day execution against earned goals

Comfort operating in a fast-paced, high-performance environment

We're looking for someone who lives in culture — who sees a moment breaking and already knows how to connect it to the brand before anyone else does. You move fast, think editorially, and understand that the best earned media doesn't follow the news cycle — it shapes it.

Earned Media & Brand Storytelling: Support and execute annual earned media strategies, bringing them to life across press, creators, and cultural moments.

Earned Creator Strategy: Drive authentic earned creator conversation through product seeding, new launch activations, and social trend identification.

Earned Authority: Partner across the organization to build earned authority across AI and LLM-driven search.

Brand Reputation Management: Partner with leadership to serve as the brands’ first line of defense. Maintain 24/7 readiness for emerging reputation risks.

Day-to-Day Agency Direction & Reporting: Manage day-to-day agency execution — briefing, reviewing work, and ensuring output ladders to earned goals. Track and report against KPIs including earned media value, share of voice, sentiment, organic creator mentions, and conversion impact.

More about this role — What extra ingredients you will bring:

10+ years of experience in brand communications, PR, or earned media — a mix of agency and in-house experience is preferred

Proficiency with media monitoring and influencer platforms

Experience with AI-powered communications tools — generative AI, sentiment analysis, predictive media monitoring — is a plus

Background in food, snacking, or CPG brand communications is preferred

Brand reputation and crisis communications experience

Bachelor's degree in Communications, PR, Marketing, or Journalism

Salary and Benefits

The base salary range for this position is $140,300 to $192,940; the exact salary depends on several factors such as experience, skills, education and location. In addition to base salary, this position is eligible for participation in a highly competitive bonus program with possibility for overachievement based on performance and company results.

In addition, Mondelez International offers the following benefits: health insurance, wellness and family support programs, life and disability insurance, retirement savings plans, paid leave programs, education related programs, paid holidays and vacation time. Some of these benefits have eligibility requirements. Many of these benefits are subsidized or fully paid for by the company.

No Relocation support available

Business Unit Summary

The United States is the largest market in the Mondelēz International family with a significant employee and manufacturing footprint. Here, weproduce our well-loved household favorites to provide our consumers with the right snack, at the right moment, made the right way. We have corporate offices, sales, manufacturing and distribution locations throughout the U.S. to ensure our iconic brands—including Oreo and Chips Ahoy! cookies, Ritz, Wheat Thins and Triscuit crackers, and Swedish Fish and Sour Patch Kids confectionery products —are close at hand for our consumers across the country.

Mondelēz Global LLC is an Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Persons with Disabilities. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, protected Veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by law. Applicants who require accommodation to participate in the job application process may contact 847-943-5460 for assistance.

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Job Type

Regular

Communications and Public & Government Affairs

Corporate & Government Affairs