Responsibilities

• Marketing Capabilities Strategy & Leadership - Define the vision, roadmap, and priorities for Marketing Operations and Capabilities across North America. - Establish annual objectives, KPIs, and success measures. - Prioritize investments across operational excellence, capability development, and content creation. - Balance resources across brands, enterprise priorities, and transformational initiatives. - Partner closely with Marketing leadership to identify and remove barriers to execution. - Ensure alignment between North America and Global marketing operating models. Marketing Operations & Agency Partnership - Lead governance and optimization of agency partnerships across media, creative, commerce, social, influencer, and production disciplines. - Drive agency performance management and value realization. - Resolve strategic operational challenges and key decision points. - Lead future-state operating model development as capabilities mature. - Identify opportunities to simplify marketing workflows and improve efficiency. - Partner closely with Procurement on agency strategy, scope, and performance management. Cross-Brand Strategic Initiatives - Sponsor and lead enterprise marketing initiatives across future growth programs. - Align stakeholders across Brand Marketing, Media, Commerce, Digital, CBI, and other functions. - Establish governance, decision-making frameworks, and activation roadmaps. - Remove organizational barriers and escalate critical issues. - Ensure insights and learnings are scaled across the organization. Global & North America Capability Integration - Represent North America priorities within Global capability programs. - Influence global roadmap decisions and investment priorities. - Drive adoption of critical global initiatives within the U.S. market. - Share best practices and scale successful programs across regions. - Identify opportunities to pilot and test emerging capabilities. People Leadership - Lead and develop a high-performing team focused on operations, transformation, capability building, and content creation. - Foster a culture of innovation, collaboration, and continuous improvement.

Requirements

• A minimum of a Bachelor's degree required; MBA or advanced degree in Business, Marketing, Communications, or a related field preferred.
• A minimum of 10 years of progressive experience in marketing operations, marketing excellence, capability development, agency management, or commercial transformation roles within a complex, matrixed organization.
• Proven experience developing and executing marketing operating models, governance frameworks, and capability-building strategies that improve organizational effectiveness and business outcomes.
• Deep experience managing agency partnerships, scope planning, resource allocation, and vendor relationships to maximize efficiency, effectiveness, and return on investment.
• Demonstrated success leading and developing high-performing teams, including direct leadership of managers and cross-functional teams.
• Strong track record leading cross-functional initiatives and influencing stakeholders across Marketing, Media, Digital, Commerce, Insights, Finance, Procurement, and other enterprise functions.
• Experience establishing KPIs, performance metrics, and operational processes to drive accountability and continuous improvement.
• Proven ability to balance strategic thinking with execution, making complex decisions that influence organizational priorities, resource allocation, and business growth.
• Excellent communication, leadership, and change management skills with the ability to align diverse stakeholders around a common vision.

Preferred

• Experience leading large-scale marketing transformation, capability-building, or shared-services initiatives across multiple brands, business units, or geographies.
• Demonstrated success designing and evolving agency operating models, content production ecosystems, or marketing resource management processes.
• Experience partnering across global and regional organizations to influence priorities, drive adoption of enterprise capabilities, and scale best practices.
• Strong understanding of modern marketing ecosystems, including content creation, media operations, digital marketing, marketing technology, and data-driven decision-making.
• Experience identifying and scaling cross-brand growth opportunities through collaborative, enterprise-wide initiatives.
• Familiarity with AI-enabled marketing capabilities, workflow automation, and emerging technologies that improve marketing effectiveness and operational efficiency.
• Experience within consumer packaged goods, consumer health, healthcare, or similarly fast-paced, highly matrixed environments preferred.

Benefits

• - Competitive Benefit Package*
• - Paid Company Holidays, Paid Vacation, Volunteer Time & More!
• - Learning & Development Opportunities
• - Kenvuer Impact Networks
• - This list could vary based on location/region
• *Note: Total Rewards at Kenvue include salary, bonus (if applicable) and benefits. Your Talent Access Partner will be able to share more about our total rewards offerings and the specific salary range for the relevant location(s) during the recruitment & hiring process.