Senior Manager, Data and Tech Business Partner

Mars • Chicago, IL

28d • $119,040 - $163,680

About The Position

As the Senior Manager, Data and Tech BP for SRM and TPO, you will serve as the strategic technology, data, analytics, and AI partner for Commercial, Strategic Revenue Management, Pricing, Finance, Category Leadership, and Commercial Excellence teams. In this highly visible role, you will shape and deliver the digital capabilities that enable profitable growth through pricing optimization, promotion effectiveness, assortment and portfolio decisions, revenue forecasting, customer profitability analysis, and commercial planning. Acting as a trusted advisor to business leaders, you will translate commercial priorities into scalable technology solutions, analytics products, and data-driven decision frameworks that accelerate revenue growth and margin expansion. Working across business and technology organizations, you will partner with global and regional product teams, data and analytics leaders, engineering teams, and external solution providers to advance best-in-class Strategic Revenue Management and Trade Promotion Optimization capabilities. This role combines strategic business partnership, digital transformation leadership, portfolio governance, analytics innovation, and change management to drive measurable business outcomes and create a more connected, data-enabled commercial organization.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Business, Finance, Economics, Data Analytics, Information Technology, Engineering, or a related field.
• 6+ years of progressive experience in Consumer Packaged Goods (CPG), Revenue Management, Commercial Strategy, Data & Analytics, Digital Transformation, Product Management, Technology Business Partnership, or related commercial technology functions.
• Experience partnering with Strategic Revenue Management, Pricing, Trade Investment, Commercial Excellence, Finance, Sales, or other commercial organizations to deliver technology, analytics, and process improvement initiatives.
• Strong understanding of revenue growth management concepts, including pricing, trade promotion, customer profitability, forecasting, commercial planning, and commercial operating models within a CPG environment.
• Demonstrated success leading complex cross-functional business transformation, data, analytics, or technology initiatives from strategy through implementation and adoption.
• Proven ability to build trusted relationships, influence senior leaders, manage competing priorities, and translate business strategy into scalable digital capabilities and measurable business outcomes.
• Strong communication, stakeholder management, and strategic planning skills, with the ability to effectively engage executive-level audiences.
• Experience with commercial technology and analytics platforms such as Salesforce TPM, Enterra, Trade Promotion Optimization (TPO), forecasting, pricing, revenue management, or commercial analytics solutions.

Nice To Haves

• Preferred experience with AI, machine learning, advanced analytics, syndicated data sources (e.g., Circana, NielsenIQ, Numerator), and Agile product delivery environments.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the primary Data and Tech partner for Strategic Revenue Management, Pricing, Commercial Excellence, Finance, and Sales leadership teams.
• Build trusted relationships with senior stakeholders and provide strategic guidance on technology, analytics, AI, and digital transformation opportunities.
• Develop and maintain a multi-year roadmap that aligns technology, data, analytics, and AI investments with commercial growth priorities.
• Translate business challenges and opportunities into scalable digital capabilities that improve revenue growth, profitability, and decision-making.
• Lead demand management, prioritization, business case development, governance, and value realization activities across the commercial portfolio.
• Enable technology and analytics capabilities across pricing, revenue management, assortment optimization, customer profitability, forecasting, and commercial planning processes.
• Lead the strategy, roadmap, adoption, and value realization of Trade Promotion Optimization capabilities.
• Partner with Sales, Finance, Category, and Commercial teams to improve pricing effectiveness, promotional ROI, customer profitability, and revenue performance.
• Ensure commercial capabilities are scalable, integrated, user-centered, and aligned with enterprise data and technology standards.
• Define and execute the strategy for commercial analytics, insights, and AI-enabled decision support capabilities.
• Partner with Data Science, Data Engineering, and Analytics teams to deliver predictive, prescriptive, and AI-powered solutions that improve business outcomes.
• Advance capabilities that improve price optimization, promotion effectiveness, customer profitability, forecasting accuracy, assortment decisions, and scenario planning.
• Drive adoption of modern analytics platforms, self-service insights, automation, and responsible AI solutions across the commercial organization.
• Oversee governance, prioritization, and investment planning across the Strategic Revenue Management, Trade Promotion Optimization, Pricing, and Commercial Analytics portfolio.
• Partner with global and regional teams to influence product roadmaps, manage dependencies, and optimize business value.
• Facilitate executive governance forums and provide visibility to key decisions, risks, priorities, dependencies, and outcomes.
• Monitor adoption, business impact, and value realization, ensuring continuous improvement and long-term sustainability of delivered capabilities.

Benefits

• company bonus
• Best-in-class learning and development support from day one, including access to our in-house Mars University.
• An industry competitive salary and benefits package
• medical and dental benefits
• participation in 401k plan
• paid time off benefits

What This Job Offers

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