Director, New Growth Innovation
Core
Venture Lead / Opportunity GM responsible for identifying, building, and de-risking Horizon 4 growth opportunities and white-space ventures beyond existing categories.
Role type
Senior IC venture lead / Opportunity GM
Builds
New businesses, consumer products, and service models in white-space markets
Domain
Consumer Packaged Goods (CPG) / New Growth Innovation
Required skills
Venture building, opportunity management, cross-functional leadership, open innovation, financial acumen, strategic partnerships, hypothesis testing, capital stewardship
Preferred skills
MBA, startup/venture experience, M&A exposure, digital/eCommerce background, external network building
Technologies
None stated
Responsibilities
Identify and shape white-space growth opportunities from consumer needs; Build venture theses for new businesses and business models; Lead ventures from thesis through pilot to scale; Run rapid consumer and business-model experiments; Build evidence-based investment cases; Lead cross-functional venture pods; Activate external innovation ecosystems; Evaluate Make/Partner/Invest/Buy pathways; Manage gated funding and stage-gate decisions; Prepare ventures for transition to scale teams.
Seniority
Director, Senior leadership