Signature Career Management | Global Innovation Manager

Are you working across Innovation, Product Management, or Project Management searching for your next career move that genuinely prioritises a hands-on approach—where your contributions are valued and impactful?

Are you working in a global matrix, where there are barriers to overcome between global and local teams, and where aligning on brand and strategy for innovation require lots of stakeholder management and cross functional working to ensure specific business projects are delivered on time?

Look no further; I have the ideal role for you…

This growing Health and Wellness business is seeking a Global Innovation Manager to join a small team of like-minded individuals. This is a new role that will contribute to the expanding team, providing you with the opportunity to leverage your expertise and take ownership of innovation. Of course I don’t have to tell you how to suck eggs when it comes to a global innovation role – there are barriers, challenges, and a lot more to the role than just the innovation pipeline – but here you have the beauty of a scaling business who have been recently acquired and therefore are now a global competitor, but still maintain a structure where you can get shit done! You will have complete autonomy reporting into the Global CMO, where you will lead and develop the long-term innovation strategy and roadmap for the EMEA region, achieving financial goals and strategic outcomes for the business, as well as product innovation, consumer claims and repositioning.

Key responsibilities:

• Lead the development of long-term innovation strategy and roadmap for EMEA.
• Lead the roadmap for the specific categories globally.
• Leverage global innovation
• Develop pipeline including product innovation, consumer claims, and repositioning.
• Develop teams on innovation.
• Prepare and present global and local approvals (concepts, business cases, P&L, forecasting).
• Own product development process end to end.
• Develop global innovation toolkits and handovers.
• Partner with cross functional teams to identify growth opportunities, consumer needs, emerging trends, and technologies.
• Ongoing analysis of business data.
• Work closely with marketing.

This dynamic company is experiencing significant growth with year-on-year sales improvements, and it requires a self-starter to succeed in its fast-paced environment. Established in the B2B market, the company has gained professional support and is now successfully expanding into B2C markets.

Essential skills and qualifications:

• FMCG experience
• Degree
• Significant experience in Marketing and Innovation.
• Track record of developing collaborative inclusive relationships and leading cross functional teams.
• Ability to define a portfolio vision and strategy.
• Excellent in multi-tasking, prioritisation, and commanding presence to influence effectively.
• Market research
• Project management
• Strong analytics and reporting ability
• COMMERCIALLY DRIVEN

This is a great opportunity to join a fast-paced, fun company with a collaborative and energetic team. If you are a self-starter motivated by results, this opportunity is for you!

To apply directly please send a copy of your CV to mike@signaturecm.co.uk or alternatively please apply via the link below.

Whilst we will always endeavour to respond to you, due to the high levels of applications we receive this isn’t always possible. If you are not contacted within 3 working days, you have unfortunately not been shortlisted for this role.

Please note Signature Career Management is acting as an employment agency.