Job Description

Pathfinder is a brand platform on a mission to acquire, scale, and revitalize exceptional consumer brands in the U.S. Backed by committed capital and led by founders with experience spanning Stanford GSB, Harvard Law, Y Combinator, and Forbes 30U30, we acquire high-potential DTC brands and unlock growth through hands-on operational excellence. Our mission: build a $100M+ portfolio of beloved, performance-driven consumer brands. To get there, we're assembling a team of driven, hungry operators who want to grow fast and take on real ownership.

About the Role
We're hiring an Associate Brand Manager to be the right hand to the Brand Manager of Verb, one of Pathfinder's portfolio brands. This role is operations-first: you'll own the systems, reporting, and coordination that keep the brand running smoothly day to day. But it doesn't stop there. You'll also touch marketing, customer experience, and product, giving you a full-picture

view of how a consumer brand actually operates. Think of this as the number two seat on a small, fast-moving brand team. Your job is to keep things tight, free up the Brand Manager's time for high-leverage decisions, and take real ownership of your work rather than waiting to be told what to do. The right person for this role wants to eventually run a brand themselves. This is how you get there.

What You'll Do

Operations and Inventory

● Track inventory levels and coordinate with suppliers and 3PLs

● Maintain daily and weekly reports on sales, performance, and forecasts

● Flag risks early and keep the Brand Manager informed Project Management

● Own task management and keep internal coordination tight

● Help plan and execute product launches, campaigns, and marketing initiatives

● Make sure nothing falls through the cracks Marketing Support

● Coordinate influencer partnerships and brand collaborations

● Draft social media posts, email content, and creative briefs

● QA landing pages, ads, and website updates Customer Experience

● Respond to support tickets and help drive improvements in customer satisfaction

● Monitor feedback and surface issues related to product or fulfillment

Who You Are

You're hardworking, entrepreneurial, and hungry to learn. You've probably tinkered with e-commerce yourself, maybe tried to start something on the side, maybe sold on Shopify or Amazon, maybe helped run someone else's brand. You don't need a decade of experience, but you need to have gotten your hands dirty and understand how online brands actually operate. You're organized, proactive, and you take pride in your work. You don't wait to be told what to do. You see what needs to happen and you make it happen. Above all, you're the kind of person who wants to grow into running a brand yourself one day. This role is built for that path.

Requirements

● Hands-on e-commerce experience, ideally with Shopify and familiarity across multiple

parts of a brand (ops, marketing, CX, or product)

● Strong written and verbal communication in English

● Extremely organized, detail-oriented, and self-directed

● Entrepreneurial mindset, whether that's a side hustle, a small brand you tried to build, or

just a deep curiosity about how consumer businesses work

● Comfortable working independently and asynchronously in a remote environment

● Smart, coachable, and eager to grow fast

Why Join Pathfinder

● A real seat at the table. You won't be fetching coffee or filling out spreadsheets for

someone who ignores you. You'll be the number two on a real brand, with work that

matters and visibility that comes with it.

● A path to Brand Manager. We promote from within. The people who excel in this role

become Brand Managers, which means full P&L ownership and a seat in the brand CEO

chair. That's not a distant dream here, it's the plan.

● Learn by doing. You'll get broad, hands-on exposure to how consumer brands are built

and scaled, without the fluff. Real operators, real decisions, real growth.

● Grow with a platform that's just getting started. Pathfinder is early and moving fast.

The people who join now will have opportunities that won't exist once we're bigger.

Benefits

● A real seat at the table. You won't be fetching coffee or filling out spreadsheets for someone who ignores you. You'll be the number two on a real brand, with work that matters and visibility that comes with it.

● A path to Brand Manager. We promote from within. The people who excel in this role become Brand Managers, which means full P&L ownership and a seat in the brand CEO chair. That's not a distant dream here, it's the plan.

● Learn by doing. You'll get broad, hands-on exposure to how consumer brands are built and scaled, without the fluff. Real operators, real decisions, real growth.

● Grow with a platform that's just getting started. Pathfinder is early and moving fast. The people who join now will have opportunities that won't exist once we're bigger.
●USD salary $1.8k - $2.5k