Global Innovation Sr Mgr - PCA Skin

No Relocation Assistance Offered
Job Number #167539 - New York, New York, United States

Who We Are

Colgate-Palmolive Company is a global consumer products company operating in over 200 countries specializing in Oral Care, Personal Care, Home Care, Skin Care, and Pet Nutrition. Our products are trusted in more households than any other brand in the world, making us a household name!

Join Colgate-Palmolive, a caring, innovative growth company reimagining a healthier future for people, their pets, and our planet. Guided by our core values—Caring, Inclusive, and Courageous—we foster a culture that inspires our people to achieve common goals. Together, let's build a brighter, healthier future for all.

Job Overview:

We are seeking a strategic, results-driven Innovation Manager with a proven track record of success to join our team. This Innovation Manager will lead new product innovation launches, including upfront and ongoing analysis and tactical execution. Additionally, this person will champion collaboration across business units, with demonstrated cross-functional leadership across marketing, R&D, Operations, Sales, Strategy, Finance, and Legal/Regulatory. This individual is people centric and leverages empathy and creativity to envision new solutions to help people achieve their skin health goal.

What You’ll Do:

• Lead cross-functional teams to develop and execute innovation strategies, launch new products that meet business objectives

• Monitor the domestic and global marketplace for new product innovations, competitor actions, lifestyle trends, consumer and market trend insights, and emerging technologies

• Collide stimulus from the marketplace with consumer, professional, & market research, Syndicated data (IRi or Nielsen), competitive trends and forecasting to recommend new product, category or brand ideas

• Leverage external data and internal cross functional perspectives to define rich territories for innovation with deep grounding in consumer needs, attitudes and behaviors as well as business needs and brand equity

• Collaborate with CPSH sales, consumer insights, brand marketing, and commercial teams to scope and create the business case for prioritizing innovation investments

• Make recommendations regarding product objectives and strategy, positioning, pricing, packaging and product lifecycle

• Develop strategic analyses to assess and measure new product launch success

• Develop early product and category concepts for both professional-use and consumer-use portfolio

• Manage global packaging structure, artwork and claims portfolio

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Marketing/Business or related discipline

• 5+ years of work experience in an marketing innovation role in a consumer-centric business

• Classically trained innovation marketer with skincare and/or CPG experience

• Demonstrated experience in using analysis & insights to create new product business cases aligned to business objectives, comfortable with syndicated data, qualitative and quantitative market research protocols

• Strong working knowledge of product development lifecycle

• Working knowledge of financial planning, forecasting assortment planning and inventory management

Preferred Qualifications

• Master’s degree or MBA

• Strong project management skills and ability to manage multiple innovation projects simultaneously

• Strong leadership, organization, planning, communication, and presentation skills with the ability to influence others both up and across the organization

• Actively seek in-depth understanding of Global markets and Skin Care consumers

• Has proven ability to care and value others, respecting the diverse and unique contributions of individuals through team collaboration

• Has experience in developing and implementing efficiencies across the new product development process

• Is both creative and analytical, with experience in creating and validating new product concepts

Compensation and Benefits
Salary Range $120,000.00 - $176,000.00 USD

Pay is determined based on experience, qualifications, and location. Salaried employees may also be eligible for discretionary bonuses, profit-sharing, and long-term incentives for Executive-level roles.

Benefits: Salaried employees enjoy a comprehensive benefits package, including medical, dental, vision, basic life insurance, paid parental leave, disability coverage, and participation in the 401(k) retirement plan with company matching contributions subject to eligibility requirements. Additional benefits include a minimum of 15 vacation/PTO days (hourly employees receive a minimum of 120 hours) and 13 paid holidays (vacation days are prorated based on the employee's hire date within the calendar year). Paid sick leave is adjusted based on role and location in accordance with local laws. Detailed information regarding paid sick leave entitlements will be provided to employees upon hiring and may be subject to adjustments based on changes in legislation or company policies.

Our Commitment to Inclusion
Our journey begins with our people—developing strong talent with diverse backgrounds and perspectives to best serve our consumers around the world and fostering an inclusive environment where everyone feels a true sense of belonging. We are dedicated to ensuring that each individual can be their authentic self, is treated with respect, and is empowered by leadership to contribute meaningfully to our business.

Equal Opportunity Employer
Colgate is an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin, ethnicity, age, disability, marital status, veteran status (United States positions), or any other characteristic protected by law.

Reasonable accommodation during the application process is available for persons with disabilities. Please complete this request form should you require accommodation.

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