Nestlé Health Science

At Nestlé Health Science, we believe that nutrition, science, and wellness must merge, not collide. Here, we embrace the intrinsic connections of these three pillars, harnessing their collective strength to empower healthier lives. Our broad product portfolio includes renowned brands like Garden of Life®, Nature’s Bounty®, Vital Proteins®, Orgain®, Nuun®, BOOST®, Carnation Breakfast Essentials®, Peptamen®, Compleat Organic Blends®, and more. We also have extensive pharmaceutical expertise, offering innovative medicines that aim to prevent, manage, and treat gastrointestinal and metabolic-related diseases.

At Nestlé Health Science, we bring our best for better lives. Our people are challenged to bring fresh, diverse views and make bold moves to empower healthier lives through nutrition. We know brilliant ideas can come from anyone, anywhere. Here we embrace the entrepreneurial spirit and collaborate with teams that champion focused and forward thinking. We are committed to fostering professional growth and celebrating the achievements of our people along the way. We offer dynamic career paths, robust development, opportunities to learn from talented colleagues around the globe, and benefits that support physical, financial, and emotional wellbeing.

Join us to innovate for impact and reimagine the future of health and nutrition for patients and consumers.

POSITION SUMMARY:

Are you fueled by purpose and precision? Join Nestlé Health Science as an Associate Brand Manager, where you’ll serve as a strategic driver across ten key brands within our Medical Nutrition portfolio. Your focus: advancing brand relevance through disease-specific insights that resonate with healthcare professionals (HCPs), caregivers, and patients alike.

This is a cross-functional, cross-brand role at the heart of innovation, education, and impact—designed for a marketing professional who leads with empathy, thinks in ecosystems, and thrives at the intersection of science, storytelling, and operational excellence.

The Associate Brand Manager also leverages digital tools and innovative technologies to enhance brand performance delivery and effectiveness, using data and performance insights to continuously optimize outcomes and ensure programs remain at the forefront of industry standards. They collaborate closely with cross-functional teams to align strategies with business goals, using technologies and analytics to measure impact and drive continuous improvement.

Because nutrition is healthcare. Because science deserves soul. Because you’re ready to shape brands that support not just outcomes, but lives. Here, you’ll join a team rewriting what disease-specific care can feel like—across institutions, homes, and communities.

This position will be a hybrid role (2-3 days per week) based in our Bridgewater, NJ Headquarter office.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Disease Area Leadership: Lead strategic thinking across conditions such as GI intolerance, malnutrition, dysphagia, critical illness, pediatric feeding, and more
• Brand Integration Across Indications: Connect consumer need states, HCP decision-making, and product positioning across ten strategic brands
• Insight-Led Strategy Development: Partner with Medical Affairs and Market Research to uncover clinical truths and emotional pain points that shape patient and HCP behavior and build claims messaging
• Operational Intelligence & Cross-Functional Collaboration: Work closely with Supply Chain, Finance, Sales, Regulatory, and R&D to anticipate complexity, resolve bottlenecks, and ensure strategic plans are executable
• Financial Stewardship: Manage brand-level budgets with P&L accountability, contribute to forecasting, and drive PFME efficiency with a finance-forward mindset
• Creative & Communication Briefs: Build powerful briefs rooted in disease-specific insight for brand campaigns, clinical tools, sampling programs, and medical hub content

REQUIREMENTS:

• Bachelor’s degree in Marketing, Business Administration or related field
• MBA a plus!
• 3+ years in healthcare or strategic brand marketing
• Experience in HCP engagement, medical nutrition, pharma, or life sciences
• Demonstrated ability to translate data into actionable insights, effectively using digital tools and technologies to improve outcomes.
• Strong understanding of emerging digital trends and their relevance in a modern, insight-led workplace
• Comfort navigating scientific data and cross-functional complexity
• Operational agility with basic P&L knowledge and financial fluency
• Experience in the health and wellness industry or dietary supplements
• Familiarity with market segmentation and consumer insights methodologies
• Knowledge of e-commerce platforms and digital advertising strategies
• Background in content creation or copywriting for marketing materials

SKILLS:

• Collaborative energy and a proactive mindset
• Strong skills in insight development, messaging, and storytelling
• A self-starter with a strong sense of ownership and a bias for action
• Strategic, yet scrappy—equally comfortable building the big picture and rolling up your sleeves
• Digitally fluent with a natural curiosity for emerging tech and consumer behaviors
• Strong communicator and collaborator who thrives in agile, cross-functional teams
• Demonstrated leadership presence, negotiation and persuasion skills
• Analytical rigor (research assessment, business performance data, financial assessments)
• Ability to assess, develop and implement innovative business opportunities
• Timeline/critical path management

The approximate pay range for this position is $94,000- $125,000 base. Please note that the pay range provided is a good faith estimate for the position at the time of posting. Final compensation may vary based on factors including but not limited to knowledge, skills, and abilities as well as geographic location.