Hybrid Lead, Global Director, PN Growth

at Mars

• Job title: Lead, Global Director, PN Growth
• Job type: Full Time
• Experience level: Senior
• Salary: Not specified
• Degree requirement: Bachelor's Degree
• Location requirements: Hybrid, London, United States

About the role

• Director of Retailer Business Solutions developing and executing a comprehensive product strategy for Data & Analytics in Mars Pet Nutrition. Leading a high performing team and collaborating across regions for data-driven decision-making.

Responsibilities

• Spearhead the D&A delivery of a comprehensive product strategy for the Retailer Business Solutions, aligned with PN overall growth vision, priorities and goals.
• Partner with global and regional ecommerce/ retailer teams on the use of D&A products to collaboratively transform our collective capabilities and maturity, and drive a culture of data driven, informed decision-making.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to design and implement analytics solutions that scale and are aligned with product objectives set out in the roadmap.
• Develop and implement a comprehensive data strategy ensuring effective collection, storage, and utilization of relevant data.
• Contribute to the development of a sound data foundation for all growth initiatives.
• Be laser focused on value creation and exceptional adoption of created capabilities to deliver impact/ results through routine or advanced analytics, identifying opportunities for efficiency improvements.
• Engage with internal and external stakeholders, ensuring alignment between D&A initiatives and business objectives.
• Lead a high performing D&A team, direct /dotted, and partner with other resources, fostering collaboration and skill development.
• Define and track key performance indicators (KPIs) to assess product success and impact.
• Effectively communicate data concepts to non-technical stakeholders and provide training to product teams.
• Identify and mitigate data-related risks, ensuring compliance with data privacy regulations, and with agreed governance practices for data accuracy, interoperability, integrity and security of our data assets.

Requirements

• Proven track record of leading teams to develop and implement data and analytics solutions to drive business value.
• Understanding of digital marketing and ecommerce domain is a must.
• Experience in delivery management of analytical products, including strength in business-to-science translation to enable partnering with Product Teams in bringing analytics products to life at scale.
• Proven ability to integrate data-driven insights into processes and decision-making.
• Strong story-telling skills with ability to educate non-digitally savvy leadership & staff, working across multiple levels.
• Executive stakeholder communications experience is a plus.
• Proven track record to get things done in a matrixed organization – including the ability to influence without authority.
• Experience in building and managing high-performing data and analytics teams is a must.
• Experience in managing relationships with external data vendors and analytics service providers.
• Demonstrated project management skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment.
• CPG and Retailer knowledge, including knowledge of, and experience using key external third-party data sources including, first-party data, and Associates surveys.

Benefits

• 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, including company bonus.