Behavioral Science Manager, Trends and New Platforms

Conagra Brands•Chicago, IL

1d•$109,000 - $159,000•Hybrid

About The Position

Reporting to our Senior Director of Behavioral Science - New Platforms and Acquisitions, you will play an important role in influencing the future of Conagra with rigorous, forward-looking insights that drive growth. You will lead our consumer trend identification practice, uncover emerging economic, demographic, behavioral and attitudinal trends and help teams translate findings into actionable growth opportunities across portfolio strategy, new product development, marketing, and commercial planning.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree required.
5+ years of experience producing high-quality insights and analytics work within the consumer packaged goods (CPG) industry or related fields.
Experience translating insights and analytics into actionable business recommendations that influence decisions and outcomes.
Experience communicating complex concepts and insights in clear, practical terms to all levels of an organization.
Experience working within a matrixed organization across Brand, Marketing, and Commercial teams.
Experience developing and communicating frameworks, training materials, processes, or capability-building programs.
Experience with Circana, Nielsen, or similar platforms.
Experience working with third-party partners to deliver aligned and impactful outcomes.
Curiosity and passion for understanding consumer behavior and applying evidence-based approaches to business challenges.

Responsibilities

Establish yourself as a strategic partner and trends expert with Demand Science, Brand, Research and Development, Sales, and Marketing teams.
Synthesize insights across a wide variety of data sources including point of sale, syndicated research, and social listening to identify relevant consumer trends, with emphasis on emerging audiences, channels, and categories.
Create reporting, frameworks, tools, and best practices that help teams translate trends into actionable growth strategies.
Lead quarterly trend share-outs with senior leaders to build a shared knowledge base and support consumer-led decision making.
Identify and track performance of emerging brands to inform competitive strategy.
Advise on development of annual operating and strategic business plans as a trends expert and strategic business partner.
Partner cross-functionally to develop and pilot artificial intelligence-enabled approaches to expand the breadth, depth, and speed of trend identification.
Provide ad hoc behavioral science support for New Platforms projects to drive incremental growth with underdeveloped audiences and channels.