Responsibilities

• Business & Portfolio Strategy: Help shape the future of the business by identifying where to play and how to win. You'll evaluate market opportunities, influence portfolio decisions and help prioritize the innovations that will drive long-term growth.
• Product Strategy: Define what makes each product successful. You'll translate consumer and market insights into compelling product strategies and positionings that create meaningful differentiation and strong commercial outcomes.
• Innovation Leadership: Lead the innovation process from concept through launch readiness, partnering cross-functionally to align business objectives, consumer needs and technical feasibility.
• Go-to-Market Partnership: Partner closely with Brand Marketing and Sales to ensure every innovation launches with a clear strategy, compelling product story and strong consumer & customer value proposition.
• Performance & Optimization: Uncover opportunities for improvement and turn consumer and market learnings into recommendations that strengthen future innovation

Requirements

• 7+ years of progressive experience in product marketing, product management, category management or brand strategy within consumer-packaged goods
• Demonstrated success developing product or portfolio strategies that drive innovation, commercial growth and market differentiation
• Strong understanding of consumer insights and market research, with the ability to translate consumer needs into winning product strategies
• Strong commercial and financial acumen, including experience evaluating business opportunities, developing business cases and influencing portfolio investment decisions
• Experience leading products from concept through commercialization hand-off, partnering across Product Development, Marketing, Sales and Operations
• Proven ability to influence cross-functional teams and drive alignment in complex, matrixed organizations
• Experience balancing consumer needs, technical feasibility and business objectives to make strategic product decisions
• Excellent communication, presentation and storytelling skills, with the ability to influence stakeholders at all levels of the organization
• Comfortable working in a fast-paced environment, managing multiple priorities and bringing clarity to ambiguous business challenges
• Bachelor’s degree in Marketing, Business, Engineering or a related field required

Preferred

• MBA preferred

Benefits

• Comprehensive Medical, Dental, and Vision plans
• Generous Paid Time Off programs
• Life and Disability Insurance
• FSA, HSA, and Dependent Care FSA programs
• Paid Parental Leave
• 401(k) with Company Match
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP) and Wellness Programs
• Paid Volunteer Time Off
• Complimentary breakfast and lunch in the Stamford office