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29 Feb 2024
Full-Time Senior Innovation Manager
Job Description
SENIOR INNOVATION MANAGER
COMPANY SUMMARY (“Who are we?”)
We are The Honest Kitchen. We’re a team of pet-obsessed foodies, who put our heart and soul into our work – making a line of human-grade whole foods, treats, and supplements for dogs and cats. We’re a rapidly growing business that is a proud B Corp, was named one of Outside Magazine’s Best Places to Work for 6 straight years, and certified as a Great Place to Work!
We strive for an inclusive work culture that supports a diverse array of skills, experiences, and perspectives our employees bring to the table. For us, differences are a source of strength. We celebrate strong performance and ethical processes, and we work hard every day to nurture an inclusive culture where all employees can innovate and thrive. Here, you will not only build your career, but you will also uncover new experiences, and collaborate with passionate colleagues.
The Honest Kitchen values a diverse workforce. Women, people of color, people with disabilities, and members of the LGBTQIA+ community are strongly encouraged to apply. The Honest Kitchen believes that an equitable and inclusive work environment and a diverse, empowered team are key to achieving our mission. We’re looking for candidates who can expand our business culture by bringing their whole, authentic selves to work. We strive to provide all qualified candidates with an equitable and accessible recruitment process.
POSITION SUMMARY (“What are we looking for?”)
We have an exciting new position as a full-time Sr. Innovation Manager, reporting directly to the CMO and working closely with the VP of Product at The Honest Kitchen. This role is located at our San Diego, CA head office, but we are open to remote work! You will be responsible for setting the overall innovation strategy for the brand, starting from gathering consumer insights, to concept development, all the way through to commercialization. This position is part of a cross-functional team that owns bringing new products to market and continually improving and evolving the existing portfolio.
Day to day, you’ll be staying on top of consumer trends, analyzing market data, connecting directly with our consumers, and ensuring the innovation roadmap best delivers against our business objectives. You’ll translate “ideas” into tangible concepts that can be validated with consumers for fit and size. You will then take those concepts and position them as actionable projects that you will lead through the stage gate process, working across the organization to validate and then launch.
SCOPE OF POSITION
- Champion the brand’s purpose by bringing healthy products to market that put pets on the path to good health
- Be the voice of the consumer, leveraging insights to shape the innovation roadmap
- Be on top of market trends, emerging ingredients and formats, and overall consumer needs.
- Work collaboratively with cross-functional teams to turn ideas into reality.
- Develop a 3-year innovation roadmap that delivers incremental and profitable growth for the business
- Review existing portfolio and look for ways to drive product improvements
- Develop solid business cases for all innovation, looking at financials and growth assumptions and evolving and sharpening the thinking as the projects move through the Stage-Gate process.
- Working with the Marketing Team, design the launch plans for all new innovations, including the category story and customer selling decks.
EXPERIENCE REQUIRED (“What are we looking for?”)
- Undergraduate degree in Business, Marketing, or related field; MBA preferred or equivalent experience.
- 8+ years’ experience in Marketing roles; with at least 3-5 years’ experience in direct Innovation roles
- Experience working in CPG; Pet Food experience a big plus
- Experience leading an organization through a Stage-Gate Process
- Strong analytical, planning, and project management skills – you love to dig into the data and lead a team through projects.
- Strong written, presentation, and verbal communication skills with strong attention to detail
- You are a strategic thinker with a proactive mindset
- Proven track record in balancing immediate and long-term priorities
- You are comfortable tackling a new problem or situation without all the information
- You are highly performance and results-driven and want to take on a high level of responsibility and work in a fast-paced, high-growth environment
- Growth mindset with a collaborative, influence-driven work style
- Clear commercial acumen and strong general management savvy
- Collaborative team player and team builder who excels at partnering and influencing decision-making at all levels of the organization.
- Visionary, positive, and energetic leader who fosters a unique, diverse, and winning culture.
- Someone who loves pets as much as we do!
BENEFITS OF WORKING FOR THE HONEST KITCHEN (“What do we offer?”)
We offer a competitive compensation package, including salary and robust employee benefits. Some key highlights include:
- Time off: We offer a highly competitive time off schedule, including unlimited vacation and sick time, in addition to a generous company-paid holiday schedule.
- Benefits: Various health insurance plans with generous employer contributions to premiums. We also offer vision, dental, short-term disability, long-term disability, accident, critical illness, an employee assistance program, and an FSA.
- Financial wellness: Enjoy perks like a company 401K with an employer match.
- Mission Driven: Employees can take up to 40 hours of volunteer time a year, and we offer donation matching to non-profit organizations of your choosing.
- Pet Friendly: Pet-friendly offices, zoom calls, discounts on pet insurance, and of course, free pet food!
- Collaborative Team: We offer a fun, team-oriented work environment where you feel like you are making a difference every day.
The salary range for this role is $95,000 – $130,000/annually.
*The Honest Kitchen is an equal opportunity employer. The Company’s policy prohibits discrimination based on race, religious creed (which includes religious dress and grooming practices), color, national origin, ancestry, disability, medical condition, genetic information, marital status, sex (which includes pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding, and related medical conditions), gender, gender identity, gender expression, age, sexual orientation, military or veteran status.
How to Apply
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