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About The Position

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree required
• 10+ years of experience in consumer marketing, brand strategy, category management, consumer insights, consulting, or related strategic leadership roles.
• Demonstrated success influencing business strategy through consumer, shopper, and marketplace understanding.
• Experience leading complex cross-functional initiatives in a matrixed organization.
• Strong strategic planning and growth strategy capabilities.
• Experience with consumer research methodologies, segmentation, brand health, innovation development, and marketing effectiveness measurement.
• Exceptional communication and storytelling skills with the ability to influence senior leaders.
• Proven ability to translate complexity into actionable business recommendations.
• Strong financial and commercial acumen.

Nice To Haves

• MBA preferred
• Beauty, skincare, health, wellness, OTC, or adjacent consumer packaged goods experience preferred.

Responsibilities

• Lead development of U.S. megabrand strategies for Cetaphil and Differin, translating consumer and market understanding into actionable growth plans.
• Partner with Brand, Commercial, Media, HCP, and Global teams to shape long-range strategic direction and annual business planning.
• Identify portfolio, category, and whitespace opportunities that accelerate penetration, household growth, and market share.
• Serve as a strategic thought partner to Marketing Leadership and the U.S. Leadership Team on key business decisions, growth opportunities, and enterprise initiatives.
• Support strategic assessments of new business opportunities, partnerships, acquisitions, and emerging market trends.
• Lead the U.S. Consumer and Market Insights function, establishing a best-in-class learning agenda that informs brand, innovation, and commercial decisions.
• Translate consumer, shopper, retailer, dermatologist, and category insights into clear recommendations that influence action.
• Oversee foundational learning programs including Brand Health Tracking, segmentation, category architecture, innovation testing, communication development, and claims validation.
• Monitor competitive activity, category trends, and emerging consumer behaviors to identify risks and opportunities.
• Ensure insights are translated into strategic recommendations rather than remaining isolated as research outputs.
• Partner with Brand teams to shape communication strategies, innovation pipelines, positioning frameworks, and go-to-market plans.
• Drive adoption of insights across the organization through compelling storytelling, executive presentations, and clear business recommendations.
• Build frameworks that connect consumer understanding to business performance and investment decisions.
• Lead marketing measurement capabilities including Commercial Mix Modeling, Brand Health, incrementality, media effectiveness, and business performance tracking.
• Establish integrated measurement frameworks that provide a holistic view of brand and business health.
• Translate complex data into actionable recommendations that optimize marketing investments and accelerate growth.
• Serve as a highly collaborative partner across Brand, Commercial, Media, Sales, HCP, Innovation, Finance, and Global teams.
• Align stakeholders around strategic priorities and create clarity in complex business situations.
• Foster an insight-led culture by embedding consumer-centric thinking into business planning and decision-making.
• Mentor and develop team members while building organizational capability in strategic thinking and consumer understanding.

Benefits

• Annual short-term incentive program
• Health insurance
• 401(k) plan with employer match
• Generous paid time off policy
• Hybrid work schedules