Director Strategy & Business Development Personal Care

Essity • Philadelphia, PA

8d • Hybrid

About The Position

As Strategy & Business Development Director within Essity’s Personal Care Business Unit, you will lead the strategic agenda across categories, geographies, and functions. Acting as a trusted partner to senior leadership, you will shape long-term direction while ensuring priorities are translated into clear, executable plans. This role combines high-level strategic thinking with hands-on delivery. You will operate as a central integrator in a global, matrix organization, connecting strategy, execution, and governance. With a holistic view of the business, you will coordinate strategic initiatives, support M&A activities, and ensure alignment across the organization, enabling focus, speed, and disciplined execution.

Requirements

• University degree or background in Business, Economics, Finance, or a related field
• Extensive experience in strategy, business development, or management consulting, including work in global roles within a matrix organization
• Strong analytical and business acumen, with experience across categories, supply chain understanding, and exposure to M&A processes
• Influential and collaborative, with excellent stakeholder management, communication, and change leadership skills, balancing strategic perspective with hands-on execution
• Proven ability to lead and elevate strategy processes in a complex, global organization.
• Structured, results-oriented and able to manage ambiguity
• Fluent in English; additional languages are an advantage

Responsibilities

• Lead the development and continuous evolution of the Personal Care strategy in alignment with Essity’s corporate framework
• Ensure alignment between strategy, execution, and key business processes across categories and functions
• Drive and coordinate strategic projects, including growth opportunities, portfolio development, and new business models
• Support cross-functional initiatives and play a key role in M&A activities, from opportunity assessment to strategic fit and due diligence
• Act as a “chief of staff” style partner to senior leaders, ensuring strategic priorities are well coordinated and clearly communicated
• Drive business risk assessments and partner with key stakeholders to define, track, and follow up on strategic KPIs
• Continuously improve collaboration and ways of working across the global organization

Benefits

• Our purpose, Breaking Barriers to Well-Being, provides meaning to everything we do.
• Join us to improve well-being for people and drive positive change for society and the environment.
• At Essity, you'll feel valued, empowered to grow, and challenged to achieve business results in a collaborative and open atmosphere.
• Innovate for Good | Excel Together | Be You with Us
• We provide a sustainable work-life based on flexibility for both employees and employers.
• We are committed to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in everything we do.
• It is the key to our success in creating an inclusive, collaborative, and caring company culture where you can be you with us.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Director