Sr. Director, Product Innovation & Optimization

The Senior Director of Product Innovation & Optimization (also known as design to value/DtV) will champion enterprisewide initiatives that enhance product value strengthen brand alignment and create meaningful margin expansion. This role integrates consumer competitive design and cost perspectives to shape and advance a strategic pipeline of opportunities.

You will foster close partnerships across functions and business units guiding both process development and valuebased decisionmaking. You will support capability building nurture inclusive collaboration and shape a shared understanding of value creation across Fortune Brands.

Were looking for someone who can Think Fast by transforming diverse insights into clear timely recommendations; Work It Together by connecting teams and building alignment through empathy and trust; and Make the Hard Call by guiding decisions that balance innovation quality and operational needs.

Position location: This position is eligible for a hybrid schedule based out of Deerfield IL. Effective mid2025 Fortune Brands will transition to a new worldclass campus in Deerfield bringing together associates from across our U.S. offices brands and functions. The campus will offer vibrant workspaces for collaboration along with amenities for dining onsite daycare fitness and recreation.

What you will be doing

• Provide collaborative leadership and overall guidance for enterprisewide Product Innovation & Optimization initiatives.
• Design and maintain an opportunity roadmap ensuring efforts are prioritized sequenced and aligned with brand strategy and business goals.
• Partner across teams to build inclusive transparent communication around goals progress and outcomessupported by dashboards and regular updates.
• Support organizational alignment through consistent stakeholder engagement fostering a holistic timely approach to value optimization.
• Guide and mentor a dedicated team and broader network of crossfunctional contributors including Brand Engineering Insights Supply Chain and Operations.
• Facilitate thoughtful valuecost tradeoff conversations in coordination with a steering committee using a clear fact base.
• Help build a strong community of practice around product innovation and continuous improvement.
• Model open collaborative leadership and a peoplefirst mindset through change and growth.

Qualifications :

• 10 years of experience spanning Product Management Engineering Insights Supply Chain and Business Strategy
• Bachelors degree in Engineering Business Administration or related field
• Experience developing or scaling a product optimization or innovation program with measurable financial impact.
• Record of guiding large complex initiatives with sustained outcomes (e.g. $100M multiyear impact).
• Strong crossfunctional partnership skills with the ability to foster collaboration and shared ownership.
• Comfort navigating complexity and synthesizing insights into cohesive strategies.
• Experience supporting diverse teams and mentoring individuals through change and transformation.
• Excellent communication and relationshipbuilding skills across levels and functions.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• MBA or advanced degree.
• Experience in consumer goods.

Additional Information :

Fortune Brands believes in fair and equitable pay. A reasonable estimate of the base salary range for this role is Hiring Pay Range: $160000 USD $264000 USD. Please note that actual salaries may vary within the range or be above or below the range based on factors including but not limited to education training experience professional achievement business need and location. In addition to base salary employees will participate in either an annual bonus plan based on company and individual performance or a rolebased sales incentive plan.

At Fortune Brands we support the overall health and wellness of our associates by offering comprehensive competitive benefits that prioritize all aspects of wellbeing and provide flexibility for our teammates unique needs. This includes robust health plans a marketleading 401(k) program with a company contribution product discounts flexible time off benefits (including halfday summer Fridays per policy) inclusive fertility / adoption benefits and more. We offer numerous Employee Resource Groups to support inclusivity and our associates feeling of belonging at work.

Fortune Brands is a brand innovation and channel leader focused on exciting supercharged categories in the home products security and commercial building markets. Our portfolio of brands includes Moen House of Rohl Aqualisa SpringWell ThermaTru Larson Fiberon Master Lock SentrySafe and Yale residential.

Fortune Brands is headquartered in Deerfield Illinois and trades on the NYSE as FBIN

Equal Employment Opportunity:

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