Director of Innovation
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Location: New York NY 3day Hybrid TTh)
Position Overview: Palm Bay International is seeking a Director of Innovation to lead our innovation pipeline across beverage alcohol and nonalcoholic solutions. This role is crucial for driving organic innovation for our top wine brands and identifying strategic expansion opportunities through joint ventures (JV) mergers & acquisitions (M&A) and white space exploration. The Director will leverage datadriven insights consumer trends and crossfunctional collaboration to bring marketleading concepts to life ensuring timely and successful market entry.
Key Responsibilities:
Develop and manage an innovative roadmap for wine spirits RTDs (and nonalc categories).
Translate consumer and category insights into scalable product concepts.
Collaborate with Marketing to align innovation with brand identity and gotomarket strategies.
Partner with Sales and Finance to forecast volume pricing and margin implications for new product launches.
Ensure feasibility sourcing and operational readiness with Production.
Identify and evaluate potential JVs acquisitions and brand partnerships.
Conduct diligence and develop business cases for strategic opportunities.
Leverage data to identify whitespace and category shifts.
Establish KPI tracking for innovation performance.
Lead crossfunctional innovation taskforces from ideation to commercialization.
Build and lead a nimble innovation team defining workflows and tools for scalability.
Qualifications:
8 years of experience in innovation brand management strategy or product development ideally within beverage alcohol or CPG.
Proven track record of launching successful products.
Deep understanding of consumer behavior category dynamics and commercialization strategy.
Strong business acumen and ability to develop financial models and strategic business cases.
Highly collaborative and able to lead in a matrixed environment.
Entrepreneurial creative thinker with a bias toward action and results.
Experienced in building and scaling teams and workflows from scratch.
Passionate about beverages culture and innovation.
Benefits Overview:
Palm Bay offers a competitive compensation package including medical dental vision life insurance 401(K) paid vacation personal time off and 11 paid company holidays.
Palm Bay International is an equal opportunity employer.
Required Experience:
Director
Employment Type
Full-Time
