Brand Manager- Innovation

No Relocation Assistance Offered
Job Number #171157 - 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.
 

Scope:

As a Senior Brand Manager- Innovation, you will serve as a key leadership figure responsible for driving the category's long-term innovation strategy. You will lead the ideation, development, and execution of category innovation, setting the vision, assessing early opportunities, and ensuring final market readiness. This role demands exemplary leadership, executive-level strategic thinking, exceptional creativity, sophisticated project governance, and the ability to lead, develop, and influence a multi-disciplinary team, including direct reports.

Key Responsibilities:

1. Strategic Innovation & Pipeline Leadership

• Vision Setting & Portfolio Ownership: Own and develop a comprehensive  3-5 year innovation portfolio and growth strategy, proactively identifying and prioritizing breakthrough white space opportunities, business gaps, and product solutions that directly align with long-term corporate priorities.

• Consumer Advocacy: Maintain a relentless "people-obsessed" focus by monitoring global emerging category trends, competitive activity, and consumer behavior shifts. You will be the ultimate champion and voice of the consumer in all executive-level strategic decisions.

• Cultural Transformation: Embed a high-impact culture of innovation across the organization by championing new global marketing practices, advanced strategic thinking, and transformative technology adoption. Act as an inspiring thought leader and a visible change agent within the company and with external partners.

2. Research, Insights, and Value Creation

• Strategic Insights Governance: Direct the consumer learning agenda by establishing strategic priorities and governance with the Insights team, leading complex global qualitative and quantitative research efforts to unlock new growth vectors.

• Concept Architect: Translate deep research findings and complex consumer "jobs to be done" into transformative, high-value solutions and commercial concepts that generate significant perceivable consumer value and market disruption.

3. Executive Project Governance & Cross-Functional Leadership

• Program Management & Accountability: Lead complex, multi-year innovation programs by establishing governance and orchestrating multiple high-performing, global cross-functional teams (including Sales, Brand Marketing, R&D, Supply Chain, Finance, Legal, Packaging, and Design).

• Executive Flawless Execution: Own and ensure best-in-class execution of the innovation portfolio through the stage-gate process, consistently delivering strong results across a significant number of simultaneous, high-priority initiatives.

• Executive Influence & Buy-in: Design and deliver persuasive, executive-level presentations to influence and secure buy-in from C-suite and senior global leaders. You will be responsible for synthesizing complex project updates, strategic recommendations, and multi-year growth plans.

• External Ecosystem Leadership: Lead high-stakes partnerships with external agencies, start-ups, and vendors to amplify innovative thinking, secure necessary external expertise, and accelerate new opportunities to market.

• Talent Development & People Management: Lead, mentor, and manage a team of Brand Managers and/or Associate Brand Managers. Be accountable for their performance management, career development, and building a high-performance innovation culture within the team.

 

 

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree.

• 10+ years of total progressive commercial experience (e.g., Marketing, Sales, Finance), with at least 5 years specifically in Brand Marketing or Innovation leadership roles.

• Prior experience directly managing, mentoring, and developing direct reports (e.g., Brand Managers, Associate Brand Managers).

Preferred Qualifications:

• MBA or Master’s degree in a relevant field.

• 8+ years of relevant CPG (Consumer Packaged Goods) experience, ideally in a global or multi-market context.

• Demonstrated mastery in creativity, strategic foresight, and complex business acumen.

• Proven track record of driving significant, measurable business results and successfully influencing cross-functional global partners and senior executive leadership.

• Exceptional organizational, program management, and governance skills with the ability to lead multiple complex programs simultaneously while maintaining absolute delivery excellence.

• Demonstrated ability to drive enterprise-level data-driven decision-making, effectively storytelling with complex data, and translating macro-insights into compelling narratives that influence stakeholders and secure multi-million dollar investments.

Compensation and Benefits
Salary Range $ - $ 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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