VP, Connected Products Business Integration

Do you have a passion for building long-term partnerships and making them highly successful Are you an exceptional collaborator who loves to work across disciplines Fortune Brands Innovations (FBIN) sales and business development organizations generate the revenue needed to fuel our ongoing development of products and services. This in turn helps shape the future of FBINs role as a leading smart home provider.

You are in many ways the face of FBIN to our largest partners. You are here to help businesses transform the way their company works with us our customers and users. To realize this goal you will gain deep understandings of the business partnerships you create and manageat all levels from tactical to strategic. You will create a vision that can inspire customers to transform using Fortune Brands Connected products. You will collaborate closely with internal and external partners to create plans for solutions and new use cases and then help drive the execution of the solution.

Sound interesting Heres what were looking for:

• You have a passion for great products and are an entrepreneur at your core
• FBIN and third party solutions solve complex business problems in simple and innovative ways. You create competitive and breakthrough strategies that shape the future. You do this by asking why and why not both stripping out what is not essential and identifying what is. By doing so you are able to see whats ahead and identify trends that will be critical for growth.
• Youre a dreamer and someone who actively talks and listens through endless possibilities - with customers teammates and your friends. To ensure the most innovative ideas become a reality you recognize perspectives patiently listen to every detail and commit to what is right in order to move us forward.
• You see the world through the eyes of the customer by deeply understanding their business needs challenges and concerns. You obsess over how they experience our products and services.
• No matter the audience you are an expert at presenting. You make the complex simple and you command an audience by bringing them along for the journey. You share your passion for the FBIN story.
• When challenged with complex questions you share your deep knowledge of our company products services and industry.
• You get technology and all of the complexities but know how it relates to products services and customers.
• You bring the highest level of integrity honesty and accountability in all that you do every day. You are a trusted advisor who does what you say youll do and always does whats best for FBIN and our customers.
• Customer and partner needs can often be unique but youre quick on your feet and connect and influence the right people both inside and outside of Deem. Youre a go to person and are trusted and comfortable in tough situations. You can settle disputes negotiations and own the hard calls with minimal noise.
• You know yourself you have strengths and weaknesses - but you also know the people around you. When faced with a challenging opportunity you know who to connect with in order to make the opportunity a reality.

Key Functions:

• Oversee the formation of business partnerships and negotiation of contracts
• Contribute to FBINs planning and execution of strategy to increase customers and sales
• After identifying the right partners for FBIN own the process of moving those partner relationships from initial contact through development of the appropriate relationships throughout the partner organization
• Negotiate and close strategic partnerships integrating FBIN leadership team as needed throughout the process
• Interface with product management engineering marketing and other teams to aid in success of the business
• Track FIBN integration progress KPIs
• Drive new revenue opportunities either through new partnership and/or new technologies
• Maintain meaningful relationships with existing customers and partners
• Attend conferences meetings and industry events

Qualifications :

• Seven to ten years experience as Director or higher in Corporate or Business Development at an ecommerce company
• Demonstrated experience planning executing and closing strategic partnerships with Fortune 1000 companies
• A proven track record of seamless integration with entire organization (e.g. products engineering team marketing) to facilitate successful execution of the strategic partnership
• Proven experience leading small teams preferably of other business development team members
• Creative thinking and entrepreneurial spirit
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• BA/BS degree or equivalent experience required; MBA preferred

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: $190000 USD - $330000 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 addition to base salary employees will participate in either an annual bonus plan based on company and individual performance or a role-based 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 market-leading 401(k) program with a company contribution product discounts flexible time off benefits adoption benefits and more. We offer numerous ERGs (Employee Resource Groups) to foster a sense of belonging for all associates.

Fortune Brands is built on industry-leading brands and innovation within the high-growth categories of water outdoors and security. The Company makes innovative products for residential and commercial environments with a growing focus on digital solutions and products that add luxury contribute to safety and enhance sustainability. To learn more visit our website at .

Equal Employment Opportunity

Fortune Brands is an equal opportunity employer. Fortune Brands evaluates qualified applicants without regard to race color religion sex gender identity or expression national origin ancestry age disability/handicap status marital status protected veteran status sexual orientation genetic history or information or any other legally protected characteristic.

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Remote Work :

No

Employment Type :

Full-time