Manager, Data Strategy & Transformation

Colgate • Piscataway, NJ

10h • Hybrid

About The Position

As the Data Strategy & Transformation Manager/Sr. Manager, you will help advance Colgate-Palmolive’s Global Data Strategy by enabling enterprise AI and analytics to scale through strategic data management. You will help prioritize a focused, measurable portfolio of data products and transformation initiatives that advances analytics and AI readiness by making data more governed, automated, trusted, catalogued, and reusable—accelerating time to insight and supporting an agentic future. You will collaborate cross-functionally with Global IT, Data Governance, Global Functions, Divisions, and Analytics teams to assess and advance the maturity of the company’s data transformation efforts.

The role establishes and manages a consistent intake process to prioritize data initiatives according to enterprise strategy and business value. It maintains an integrated strategic view of Global Data Products and provides transparency into portfolio health, risks, dependencies, and decisions. The position also develops consistent approaches to defining and tracking expected value, and works with business owners and data delivery teams to measure intended outcomes and realized business impact.

In partnership with Data Governance, Data Platforms, and Data Delivery, the role develops an enterprise view of data-transformation health using quantitative and qualitative inputs. It communicates strategy, priorities, transformation health, value, risks, and recommended actions to leadership and other audiences. The position demonstrates Colgate-Palmolive’s values and fosters an empathetic, inclusive, cross-functional environment across global functions and divisions.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in business administration, information management, data and analytics, information technology, strategy, or a related field.
• 8+ years of relevant experience in data strategy, enterprise portfolio management, data and analytics, data or digital transformation, management consulting, product management, or a related discipline.

Nice To Haves

• Master’s degree in business administration, information management, data and analytics, or a related field.
• Experience in the consumer packaged goods (CPG) industry.
• Familiarity with portfolio, workflow, survey, visualization, or collaboration tools used to collect insights and communicate transformation health.
• Relevant certifications in portfolio or program management, product management, data management, or Agile delivery.

Responsibilities

• Establish and manage a consistent intake process that prioritizes data critical to enterprise strategy and tied to business value.
• Assess initiatives based on strategic alignment, business value, urgency, readiness, risk, and potential enterprise impact.
• Maintain an integrated strategic view of Global Data Products, including each product’s business purpose, joint business and technical accountability, target users, expected outcomes, maturity, adoption, governance readiness, and contribution to enterprise priorities.
• Provide transparency into overall portfolio health, risks, dependencies, and decisions required.
• Establish a consistent approach for defining and tracking the expected value of data initiatives.
• Partner with domain business owners and data delivery teams to identify intended outcomes, baseline measures, value indicators, adoption measures, and evidence of realized business impact.
• Develop and maintain an enterprise view of data-transformation health in partnership with Data Governance, Data Platforms, and Data Delivery.
• Use stakeholder surveys, interviews, maturity assessments, adoption measures, operating metrics, and feedback to evaluate progress, identify barriers, and highlight areas requiring leadership attention.
• Develop clear, concise, decision-oriented communications about enterprise data strategy, portfolio priorities, transformation health, value creation, risks, and recommended actions.
• Tailor messaging and executive materials for senior leadership, governance forums, business stakeholders, data practitioners, and broader employee audiences.
• Demonstrate commitment to Colgate-Palmolive’s core values of Caring, Global Teamwork, and Continuous Improvement.
• Lead with emotional intelligence and empathy, fostering an inclusive cross-functional environment where diverse perspectives are valued and teams collaborate effectively across global functions and divisions.

Benefits

• Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision benefits.
• Basic life insurance.
• Paid parental leave.
• Disability coverage.
• 401(k) retirement plan with company matching contributions, subject to eligibility requirements.
• Minimum of 15 vacation/PTO days for salaried employees.
• 13 paid holidays.
• Paid sick leave adjusted based on role and location in accordance with local laws.
• Salaried employees may be eligible for discretionary bonuses, profit-sharing, and long-term incentives for Executive-level roles.

What This Job Offers

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