Sephora Senior Marketing Manager – Fragrance
- Employment
- Full-Time
- Seniority
- Senior
- Department
- E-Commerce, Digital & Data Analytics
- Posted
- Jul 27, 2026
About Sephora
Sephora is a global prestige beauty leader, renowned for redefining the retail experience through creativity, inclusivity, and expert service. Founded in France and now part of LVMH, the company brings together an exceptional portfolio of beauty brands with a distinctive culture of discovery and innovation. As an employer, Sephora offers a dynamic, customer-centered environment where talent is encouraged to learn, experiment, and grow across retail, digital, merchandising, operations, and corporate functions. Its teams are united by a passion for beauty, entrepreneurship, and belonging, making Sephora a compelling workplace for professionals seeking impact within a fast-moving international brand.
Senior Marketing Manager – Fragrance at Sephora, Neuilly-sur-Seine. Lead European 360° omnichannel activations for beauty, manage complex campaigns across 35 countries.
Role & Responsibilities
- Lead the end-to-end development and deployment of European fragrance activation portfolio, including Holiday campaigns and new product launches, from strategic brief to market implementation
- Define 360° activation strategies aligned with business objectives and customer priorities, translating strategic ambitions into actionable omnichannel plans
- Build and manage project roadmaps to ensure on-time and high-quality delivery (OTIF) across all European markets
- Orchestrate cross-functional alignment across Retail, E-commerce, CRM, Social Media, Media, PR, and Studio teams
- Partner with Category Managers to define product assortments supporting each activation
- Prepare and lead governance meetings, consolidating recommendations and securing CMO validation
- Develop activation guidelines and Marketing Bulletins to ensure consistent execution across European markets
- Act as primary marketing partner for Digital teams, ensuring consistency between strategy and digital execution
- Monitor campaign performance and identify optimization opportunities; organize post-mortem sessions to capture learnings and best practices
- Present campaign results and recommendations to European markets during annual restitution meetings
- Support local teams in deploying European strategy while adapting recommendations to market specificities
- Gather market feedback and integrate local learnings into future strategic planning
Qualifications
- Minimum 5 years of operational and omnichannel marketing experience, ideally in beauty, luxury, or retail
- Proven experience leading complex 360° marketing activations in an international environment
- Strong project management and cross-functional stakeholder management skills
- Solid business acumen and customer-centric approach
- Fluent English (written and spoken)
- Strategic, proactive, and results-oriented mindset
- Creative, curious, and solution-driven approach
- Strong cross-functional leadership and influencing abilities
- Excellent organizational and multitasking capabilities
- Exceptional communication and presentation skills
Skills
Experience
Minimum 5 years of operational and omnichannel marketing experience, preferably in the beauty, luxury, or retail sectors. Demonstrated track record of leading complex international 360° marketing activations with proven success in coordinating cross-functional teams and delivering campaigns on time and within quality standards.
Education
Not specified
Workplace
The successful candidate will be located in Neuilly-sur-Seine, Île-de-France, France, with easy access to Paris.
Benefits
Inclusive and empowering work culture with authentic community, opportunities for personal and professional learning and growth, meaningful work where every action makes a difference in the beauty industry.
Culture
Sephora fosters a dynamic, inclusive workplace where creativity, curiosity, and a passion for beauty are encouraged at every level. As an employer, it is distinguished by its focus on empowerment, continuous learning, and a collaborative retail culture that celebrates individuality and client-centric innovation.
About Cerulean
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