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About the Role

The Senior Manager, Innovation Insights & Strategy is a leader responsible for driving innovation insights strategy & activation with the Pernod Ricard Global Innovation Marketing team. This person will proactively identify knowledge gaps, uncover insights, create learning plans, and drive learnings to action with senior marketing partners including the head of global innovation. The Senior Manager will be a champion of deep consumer, demand moment, and growth terrain understanding and the “so what” for fast action.

Responsibilities

Continually refine innovation insight capabilities and best practices via learning playbooks with a validated framework and methods for different types of innovations.
Establish annual and long-term learning agendas to advance innovation objectives.
Activate demand segmentation innovation insights, instilling deep empathy on demand moments and growth terrains with business partners
Build project-specific learning plans from development to validation, driving alignment with US, regional, and global stakeholders
Identify unmet needs and trial drivers. Ensure insights are integral to concept, liquid, packaging, and drink strategy, as a key partner in development
Integrate data, trends, and primary research to illuminate consumer opportunities, with a focus on strong storytelling to drive action
Be a thought leader in the innovation and insights communities, including strong relationships with Global Brand Focus Insights and local US CI Team and marketing partners

Requirements

7+ years of insights & strategy experience, with expertise in innovation insights & design thinking.
Experience on both the consulting / client-service side of consumer insights, as well as brand-side preferred.
5+ years leading primary qualitative & quantitative innovation product and/or packaging research with a deep toolkit of research methodologies and preferred way to infuse AI into research and analytics workflows.
Proven success in converting insights into winning innovation launches
Significant experience building holistic learning plans & driving quick alignment
Experience analyzing syndicated shopper (e.g. Nielsen, IRI, Numerator) and industry-relevant syndicated trends data preferred (Datassentials, Technomic, Mintel, etc.)
Ability to influence a diverse set of stakeholders at VP+ level.
Great agility - ability to balance many different projects with competing deadlines at once.
Experience in spirits, alcohol, food/beverages, or other image-based categories preferred
Experience driving insights on global brands and working in a global insights community preferred

Skills

Strategic Vision
Entrepreneurship
Results Oriented
Live the Values
People Development
Team Management
Brand Leadership
Brand Strategy & Planning
Brand Communication
Brand Activation
Consumer Insight
Innovation
Creativity
Analytical Skills
Project Management
Business Acumen
Relationship Building

Location

New York

Work Type

Hybrid
Remote

Experience Level

Senior Manager
7+ years
5+ years

Education Level

Bachelor’s degree required
Master’s degree preferred

Salary/Compensations

$137,000.00 to $171,200.00

Benefits

Great benefits and perks

About the Company

Pernod Ricard is a global premium international champagnes and spirits company.
Working at Pernod Ricard is all about igniting conviviality in all that we do.
Conviviality is energy and spirit with a splash of je ne sais quoi and is a core philosophy around how we live and work at Pernod Ricard.
Guided by our 4 core values: (1) grounded in the real; (2) fiercely authentic; (3) passion for challenge; and (4) connected beyond borders; we are team players, dream makers, trailblazers, movers and (cocktail) shakers.
We have a passion for living life to the fullest, making new friends every day, and realizing our potential as people and as a business!
When you join Pernod Ricard, you’ll experience a workplace that is rich in heritage, driven by our iconic brands and a long-standing commitment to sustainability, safety, and giving back to the people and communities where we work.
We know that happiness at work starts with that feeling of belonging you get from an inclusive culture where being uniquely you is celebrated.
Our values are lived, they drive our behaviors, and it’s what brings our culture to life.
Our work philosophy celebrates the magic of human connection with the flexibility needed to provide one's most meaningful contribution.
We offer a flexible work policy, with most of our positions offering a a hybrid option with flexibility to work remotely 2 days a week.
As a global employer, we understand that not everyone’s working hours are the same, and we empower our employees to work the hours that make the most sense for them and their team’s schedules.

Equal Opportunity

Pernod Ricard USA is an Equal Opportunity Employer. It employs qualified individuals based solely on ability, training, and experience, and does not and will not, discriminate for or against any employee or applicant for employment or promotion based upon actual or perceived race, color, religion, sex, age, disability, national origin, citizenship, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, military service or any other classification protected by law.
Offers will be subject to United States local terms.
Pernod Ricard USA is committed to the full inclusion of all qualified individuals.
As part of this commitment, Pernod Ricard USA will ensure that persons with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodations for the hiring process.
To request reasonable accommodation during the application process, contact us at PR_NA_TalentAcquisition@pernod-ricard.com.