Director of Marketing, Consumer Goods

Manages a team responsible for growing brand and customer demand for consumer goods.

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Compensation by seniority

Simulated

Median

$158k

Mean

$165k

10th–90th pct

$120k–$218k

Observations

557

Confidence: 34% · based on 557 simulated observations · last updated 7/27/2026

Historical trend & projection

Median total compensation at the typical seniority level for this role, 2021–2025, projected forward under three scenarios.

Simulated

Common skills

People Management

Core

Strategic Planning

Core

Digital Marketing

Process Improvement

Education requirements

Share of postings that require or prefer each level — a signal of typical hiring bars, not a hard rule.

Simulated

Bachelor's Degree

57% require · 22% prefer

Master's Degree

18% require · 27% prefer

No College

13% require · 13% prefer

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Common next roles

Director of Merchandising, Consumer Goods+11.1%Consumer Goods Growth Marketing Manager-48.2%Consumer Goods Marketing Coordinator-49.4%Consumer Goods Merchandising Assistant-51.5%Consumer Goods Category Manager-46.9%

Common previous roles

Consumer Goods Category Manager-88.3%Consumer Goods Growth Marketing Manager-93.0%Consumer Goods Merchandising Assistant-106.0%Consumer Goods Marketing Coordinator-97.6%Director of Merchandising, Consumer Goods+10.0%

Demand snapshot

Active openings (simulated)7,214

Posting growth-15.1%

Median days to fill17 days

Simulated

Employed (US, simulated)131,211

Projected growth0.8%/yr

Simulated

Role characteristics

Remote-friendliness55%

Automation exposure15%

Sources & freshness

Compensation and demand figures on this page are simulated demo data, deterministically generated for this build of CareerAtlas — not verified real-world observations.

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