Vice President, R&D
Pleasanton, CA - USAAll locationsPleasanton, CA - USAOakland, CA - USA Hybrid
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About the role
The Vice President, R&D BU leads R&D Technical Innovation Capability for the Care & Connection business, translating business priorities into scalable innovation, operational plans, technical rigor and performance-based execution. The role builds and leads a large, multidisciplinary R&D organization, ensuring strong talent pipelines, clear accountability, and scalable capabilities across product, packaging, and process development. In addition to overseeing the capability development for all BU’s within C&C, this role directly leads the R&D innovation program, manages the R&D team and sits on the Leadership team for Glad and Kingsford Business Units.
What you'll bring
- Bachelor's degree or higher in chemistry, chemical engineering, or related field.
- Ability to effectively lead and motivate teams across a variety of functional roles.
- Experience developing and leading deep technical product/process/packaging plans and aligning business strategy and technology delivery.
- Demonstrated experience in developing digital/AI capabilities for R&D.
- Proven change agent and a strong strategic thinker capable of influencing and driving positive transformation within and across functions.
- Track record of clear communication and collaboration with senior leadership stakeholders and cross-functional teams.
- Consumer Centric and Innovative Leader with accomplishments establishing and driving Innovation Roadmaps and leading successful product development from ideation through market launch.
- Strong analytical ability, capable of navigating complex challenges and transforming insights into actionable, innovative product strategies.
- Exceptional leadership and talent-building ability, capable of creating, developing, and motivating a high-performing R&D team.
- Transformational leader who brings diversity of thought, capable of leading conversations with both internal teams and external partners to drive strategic business plans forward.
- Master’s Degree or higher preferred.
- 15+ years of leadership experience in R&D within the Consumer-Packaged Goods Industry preferred including Second Level Management.