Sr Associate, Merchant Growth Marketing

Wonder

Wonder

Marketing & Communications, Sales & Business Development
Chicago, IL, USA
USD 85k-96k / year + Equity
Posted on Dec 24, 2025

About Grubhub

At Grubhub, we champion restaurants from coast to coast. Restaurants sit at the heart of communities. It’s our mission to strengthen their roots, deepen their connections, and increase the positive impact they have on people and society.

Grubhub, part of Wonder, delivers the best local, authentic cuisine right to diners’ doors—and new customers and billions in revenue to local businesses. Featuring over 375,000 merchants in over 4,000 cities nationwide, our innovative technology, user-friendly platforms, and streamlined delivery capabilities have made us an industry leader in the world of online food ordering.

Since we opened our doors in 2004, Grubhub has been opening doors all across the country. Bakery doors in Hyde Park, jibarito joint doors in Queens, and doors of opportunity all across the country. Join our team and help us open more.

About The Opportunity

The Sr Associate, Merchant Growth Marketing will help bring Grubhub’s enterprise and mid-market merchant partnerships to life through bold, integrated campaigns that drive brand relevance, diner engagement, and order growth.

Reporting into the Associate Director, Merchant Growth, this role balances client management and executional excellence - managing the day-to-day activation of co-branded campaigns and working cross-functionally to ensure every effort delivers against Grubhub’s key company priorities.

The Impact You Will Make

Program Development & Enablement:

  • Develop and operationalize mutually beneficial co-marketing frameworks that enable merchants to seamlessly opt into national growth initiatives with efficiency, consistency, and measurable impact.

Cross-Functional Program Activation:

  • Support the rollout of national tentpole moments and integrated campaigns that showcase merchant participation in differentiated, brand-building ways.

  • Partner with Brand, Growth, and Merchant Network teams to bring strategic merchant programs to life across channels; ensuring initiatives reinforce brand priorities and national growth goals.

Executive & Partner Engagement:

  • Confidently present programs, results, and opportunities to VP-level marketing partners and internal stakeholders; act as an internal and external representative of Grubhub’s merchant marketing evolution.

  • Use account management and communication skills to build credibility and foster collaboration with key partners, emphasizing long-term, scalable marketing alignment over one-off campaign asks.

Thought Leadership & Innovation

  • Surface insights, trends, and creative ideas that evolve how Grubhub and its merchants connect with diners in culturally relevant and efficient ways.

  • Help shape the future of merchant marketing by contributing to the vision for 2026 and beyond: moving from 1:1 activations to high-leverage growth systems.

What You Bring to the Table

  • 3-7 years of experience in marketing, partnerships, or program management, ideally within consumer or digital-first businesses.

  • Experience in sales or account management, with proven ability to influence and build trust with senior-level stakeholders.

  • Strong communicator and public speaker; comfortable presenting in front of VP/CMO-level marketing leaders.

  • Strategic thinker with operational discipline; able to turn ideas into scalable processes.

  • Strong project management and organizational skills; thrives in fast-paced, cross-functional environments.

  • Experience with marketplace or multi-sided platform marketing preferred (food delivery, retail media, e-commerce, etc.).

Our hybrid model requires 3 days a week in the office. That said, many team members choose to come in more often to take advantage of in-person collaboration and connection. You're welcome—and encouraged—to be in the office up to 5 days a week if it works for you.

#LI-Hybrid

New York: $96,000 per year.

Chicago: $85,000 per year.

Wonder uses geographic-specific salary structures, which means the salary offered may vary depending on where the job is located. The final salary offer will take into account various factors, such as the candidate's skills, education, training, credentials, and experience.

Benefits

We offer a competitive salary package including equity and 401K. Additionally, we provide multiple medical, dental, and vision plans to meet all of our employees' needs as well as many benefits and perks that are not listed.

A Final Note

At Wonder, we believe that in order to build the best team, we must hire using an objective lens. We are committed to fair hiring practices where we hire people for their potential and advocate for diversity, equity, and inclusion. As such, we do not discriminate or make decisions based on your race, color, religion, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, age, military service eligibility, veteran status, marital status, disability, or any other protected class. If you have a disability, please let your recruiter know how we can make your interview process work best for you.

We look forward to hearing from you! We'll contact you via email or text to schedule interviews and share information about your candidacy.