Nutrition Director Jobs

About The Position

Requirements

• Advanced degree in Animal Nutrition, Food Science, Pet Nutrition, Veterinary Nutrition, Animal Science, or a related discipline.
• Minimum 10 years of progressive leadership experience in product development, applied innovation, technical services, or pet nutrition.
• Demonstrated success leading global teams and customer-facing innovation organizations.
• Willingness and ability to travel globally up to 30%.

Responsibilities

• Lead the global Pet Nutrition CD&D organization and define strategic priorities.
• Align innovation and development activities with Animal & Pet Nutrition business goals.
• Partner with commercial teams to identify and pursue customer growth opportunities.
• Drive development of differentiated solutions across dry pet food, wet pet food, kibble systems, treats, supplements, and emerging wellness platforms.
• Lead customer innovation workshops and strategic technical engagements.
• Oversee formulation, application, testing, validation, scale-up, and commercialization activities.
• Build global technical capabilities and ensure best-practice sharing across regions.
• Manage innovation portfolio prioritization, resource allocation, and project governance.
• Strengthen ADM's position as a trusted innovation partner through science-based and customer-driven solutions.
• Provide leadership and development for a global team of approximately 30 employees.
• Establish a high-performance culture focused on collaboration, accountability, innovation, and customer success.
• Develop organizational capabilities, succession plans, and talent pipelines while creating an inclusive and engaging work environment.
• Collaborate with Commercial, Marketing, Product Management, Operations, Supply Chain, Regulatory Affairs, Quality, Procurement, and R&D teams to ensure successful product development and commercialization.
• Act as a key member of the Animal & Pet Nutrition leadership team and contribute to broader business strategy discussions.
• Support revenue through innovation projects, create pipeline value through new opportunities, improve commercialization success and speed to market, strengthen strategic customer engagement, develop and retain employees, and contribute to business growth and profitability.

Benefits

• Medical and prescription coverage
• Dental insurance
• Vision insurance
• On-site wellness center access or gym reimbursement, as applicable
• Flexible spending accounts
• Health savings account
• 401(k) with matching contributions
• Cash balance plan
• Discounted employee stock purchasing program
• Life insurance
• Disability coverage
• Workers' compensation
• Legal assistance
• Identity theft protection
• Employee Assistance Program
• Employee Resource Groups
• Colleague Giving Programs
• Paid time off
• Paid holidays
• Adoption assistance
• Paid maternity and parental leave
• Tuition assistance
• Company-sponsored training and development resources, including LinkedIn Learning, language training, and mentoring programs