Head of D&T US Spirits and Marketing

Which company will you join?

From Arthur Guinness to Johnnie Walker, our business was founded on people of outstanding character, and in 250 years, nothing has changed. We’re the world’s leading premium alcohol company! Our brands are industry icons including Johnnie Walker, Crown Royal, Bulleit and Buchanan's whiskies, Smirnoff, Cîroc and Ketel One vodkas, Captain Morgan, Baileys, Don Julio, Tanqueray and Guinness. Our success is thanks to the strength of our people, in every role. It’s why we trust them with our legacy and why we reward them with the career-defining opportunities that they deserve. Our ambition is to build the best performing, most trusted and respected Consumer Products Company in the world. To achieve these, we need the very best people!

At Diageo, our purpose is to celebrate life everywhere, every day. To do that, you will join an organization that is passionate about customers and consumers, and proud of what they do. Diageo teams constantly set high goals and then try hard to exceed them. We are also an incredibly diverse organization, and we value each and every one’s talent and personality.

Purpose of Role

This role has overall end to end accountability for D&T capabilities within US Spirits and Marketing to improve value for Diageo. By cultivating deep understanding of the business needs through strong local partnerships, you find opportunities for technology-enabled innovation and work multi-functionally to deliver on our commitments. You ensure change is successfully driven and embedded, leverage maximum benefit from existing solutions, and ensure live services are effectively handled. You play a key leadership role in the regional D&T team and have alignment to a functional remit to lead the regional strategic agenda. You play a role in integrating all D&T elements into a coherent view for customers ensuring value for Diageo and represent region up into Global Strategic and Value Stream forums as needed.

Market Complexity

D&T delivers products to all Diageo markets and functions. This role will sit on senior business forums and represent D&T delivery across the spectrum of capabilities. This often includes a portfolio of sophisticated geographic/ functional/ process/ system footprint.

Leadership Responsibilities & capabilities

Working closely with both the wider regional and global D&T teams to ensure optimal strategic and executional delivery of D&T into their market. The role requires a breadth of expertise to ensure proficient accountability and ensure high quality deliver of D&T for the market.

Financial Complexity

The Head of D&T will, depending on the market scale typically have indirect oversight of annual D&T budget of £10m+ systems and resources investment. While not directly accountable for the management of the budget will play a key role as primary customer ensuring the successful utilization of funds to achieve the market goals.

Top Accountabilities

Business engagement and value realization:

• Single face of D&T engagement into the market with a true ‘seat at the table’, accountable for outcomes, make commitments and complete them as one D&T (within a WoW framework)
• Build deep relationships with and win ‘hearts and minds’ of Regional/Market leadership teams, such that he / she is seen as an influential leader in facilitating conversations to drive breakthroughs in business performances and in improving opportunities. The collaboration, partnership and leadership with the other Digital & Technology teams is pivotal to the delivery of vision, commitments, Market & Functional performance.
• Collaborate with market(s) to identify technology solutions that align with their strategic priorities and drive operational efficiency.
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