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Unilever · 8 hours ago

Strategy & Portfolio Lead (Digital & Technology)– Beauty & Wellbeing North America

Hoboken, NJ

Full-time

Onsite

Senior Level, Lead/Staff

$116K/yr - $174K/yr

10+ years exp

Unilever is a leading company in the Beauty & Wellbeing sector, seeking a Strategy & Portfolio Lead for Digital & Technology in North America. This role involves aligning digital priorities, managing portfolios, and facilitating strategic initiatives to drive value and operational excellence within the organization.

ConsumerFast-Moving Consumer GoodsFood and BeverageManufacturingPersonal Care and Hygiene

Culture & Values

H1B Sponsor Likely

Responsibilities

Partners closely with Digital & Technology and Beauty & Wellbeing North America’s senior leadership, to translate the strategic business objectives into transformative digital and technology solutions and programs, while leveraging the scale and specialty of central teams

Serves as the single point of contact between the BG CDIO team and the BU CDIO team, serving as an essential component of helping land B&W’s strategic initiatives for the BU in North America and for the Business Group

Acts as the ‘catch-all’ role, working closely with the Chief Digital and Information Officer, acting as a natural escalation point for the leadership team or others when necessary, while partnering in white spaces of growth and operational excellence

Owns the end-to-end portfolio view and plan to ensure alignment between BU digital strategy and BG digital strategy

Present a comprehensive view of the BG/BUs digital portfolio to all levels of leadership, including cost visibility, timelines and path to value realization

Maintains a view of the stakeholder and delivery portfolio, including KPIs, OKRs, and priorities

Works across teams and stakeholders to prioritize as required to optimize value generation

Facilitates the identification and closing of gaps in the portfolio, bringing people, capabilities and ideas together to mobilize consensus, create strategic solutions and business cases

Develops common approaches and frameworks for the project lifecycle of key CDIO priorities, namely consumer, category operations, supply chain, R&D and operational excellence: from project and program inception to full embedding of capabilities, including regular reporting rituals with senior stakeholders as necessary

Acts as the primary owner and point of contact for new demand and special projects as required, supporting the development of scoping, planning and business case development

Owns areas of the portfolio not currently dedicated to other peers, in whitespace and operational areas in particular, to drive priority growth and efficiency enablers

Act as the community manager, owning communications and collaboration channels within the team

Schedule and organize key meetings, planning sessions, and team events

Build and maintain relationships with key stakeholder groups, including the BG CDIO community, BU CEO community, and partnering functions

Collect BG/BUs digital demands/problems (Po1/Fo5 initiatives) that can leverage technology, data and digital channels to enhance processes, products, or services

Present a view of the D&T Portfolio by BG/BU to the BG/BU CDIO and BG/BU LT, with cost visibility, benefits realisation & deployment timelines

Support BG/BU CDIO, Strategy & Portfolio Owner & Domain Portfolio Lead in determining which BG/BU demands to prioritize

Identify and escalate risks related to digital initiatives to relevant business stakeholders

Support BG/BU CDIO on ensuring effective digital transformation & D&T service delivery for a BG/BU

Track outcomes from now, next, beyond planning with BG/BU LT

Present a view of the D&T Portfolio by BG/BU, with cost visibility, benefits realisation & deployment timelines, to the BG/BU CDIO and BG/BU Leadership Team

Collaborate with Transformation Lead & Domain Portfolio Lead to make decisions on project timings, structure and delivery

Support in defining KPIs for BG/BU digital transformation projects

Track adoption & people dependent ROI of products deployed within the BG/BU

Advocate for User-centric design. Facilitate UAT and drive superior experience

Qualification

Digital transformationPortfolio managementStakeholder managementIntegrated Business PlanningProject managementInnovation mindsetCommunicationRelationship buildingOrganizational skillsTeam player

Required

Bachelor's degree is required

10+ years' of relevant experience

Partnering with Senior Management, navigating and mobilizing consensus within a large, complex organization

An innovation mindset and experience leveraging digital technologies while applying at scale

Excellent communication and follow up skills

Integrated Business Planning experience with an understanding of multi-year plans and Implementations

Preferred

Master's degree preferred

Benefits

Health insurance (including prescription drug, dental, and vision coverage)

Retirement savings benefits

Life insurance and disability benefits

Parental leave

Sick leave

Paid vacation and holidays

Access to numerous voluntary benefits

Company

Unilever

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Unilever produces and supplies food, home care, beauty, and personal care products for daily consumer use.

Founded in 1872

London, England, GBR

10001+ employees

http://www.unilever.com

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