About The Role

Sitting in the Global Growth Office, this role is the Kraft Heinz end to end innovation ecosystem platform owner and leads the team responsible for its development, continuous improvement, roll-out and adoption across regions and functions. The Associate Director sets the platform vision, priorities and governance, working with internal stakeholders and external partners to ensure the ecosystem delivers measurable business value.

The role requires a leader who can operate across business strategy, product ownership, technology delivery, organizational change management and people leadership, while simplifying complexity and influencing senior, cross-functional stakeholders.

Responsibilities

Act as Kraft Heinz platform owner for the end to end innovation ecosystem, setting the vision, strategy, roadmap and governance for the end-to-end Innovation Management Platform
Lead and develop the Global Innovation Technology team across future development, analytics, communications, education, regional adoption and innovation excellence
Drive roll-out, adoption and organizational change management across regions, business units and functions
Own continuous improvement, including intake, prioritization and delivery of feature requests, user feedback, roadmap needs and business requirements
Partner with External and internal technology teams to translate business needs into requirements, validate releases and manage dependencies
Build the operating model for platform support, training, communications, data integrity, release readiness, adoption tracking and performance reporting
Champion consumer-centric and stage-gate disciplined innovation ways of working through the platform, process and learning agenda
Influence senior stakeholders across Marketing, R&D, Supply Chain, Finance, Procurement, IT, Insights, regions and external partners to align priorities and unlock adoption
Measure and communicate impact through adoption, engagement, usage, data quality, project quality, user satisfaction, portfolio visibility and business value metrics

Qualifications

Bachelor’s degree required; MBA or relevant advanced degree preferred
10+ years’ experience in innovation, marketing, transformation, product ownership, digital platforms, program management or related business leadership roles
Strong understanding of end-to-end innovation management, ideally within CPG or a complex global matrix organization
Experience owning or leading a major digital platform, capability build or business transformation from strategy through implementation and adoption
Demonstrated organizational change management experience, including stakeholder engagement, communications, training and adoption measurement
Experience leading teams, creating clarity and momentum in a fast-paced and ambiguous environment
Strong product ownership mindset, with the ability to prioritise needs, define requirements and balance user experience, business value, technical effort and data impact
Ability to influence senior stakeholders and collaborate across Marketing, R&D, Supply Chain, Finance, Procurement, IT, Insights, regions and external partners
Comfortable using data, analytics and performance metrics to inform decisions, track adoption and demonstrate impact
Outstanding communication skills, with the ability to simplify complexity, build compelling narratives and lead through change

Location(s)

Amsterdam

Kraft Heinz is an Equal Opportunity Employer – Underrepresented Ethnic Minority Groups/Women/Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities/Sexual Orientation/Gender Identity and other protected classes .