Associate Director of Marketing - Innovation Accelerator

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Your role at Clorox:

The Innovation Accelerator – Associate Director of Marketing is responsible for driving strategic innovation accelerator projects, by identifying white space opportunities, leading discoveries with consumer & customer-forward big ideas and collaborating with cross-functional innovation internal and external partners.

Exciting opportunity to join the Innovation Accelerator team and impact all Business Units’ innovation funnel, capabilities, and future growth trajectory. The Innovation Accelerator – Associate Director of Marketing reports directly to the same team’s Director of Marketing.

In this role, you will:

• Lead cross-functional teams to ideate, prototype, and launch innovative products and services.

• Collaborate with BU Studios to align innovation efforts with business goals.

• Foster a culture of creativity and continuous improvement within the brand team.

• Build from scratch and roll sleeves to drive innovation.

• Analyze market trends and consumer insights to identify new opportunities for innovation.

Oversee the budget, resources, and timelines for innovation projects

What we look for:

Skills and Abilities:

• Drives Results: Proven track record of meeting or exceeding business objectives

• Strategic Mindset & Thought Leadership:

  • Ability to influence leadership, demonstrated through ability to advance ideas for recommendations to GM

  • Entrepreneurial mindset with a passion for continuous learning and staying updated on industry trends, emerging technologies, and consumer behaviors to identify future possibilities and translate them into executable, breakthrough strategies

• Business Insights & Manages Complexity:

  • Leverage data to be able to inform decision-making and refine innovation strategies based on real-world feedback and performance metrics

  • Strong analytical skills, with experience in forecasting new spaces and budgeting to build business cases to influence decision making and go-to-market choices

• Consumer Focus: Deep understanding of and curiosity for consumer insights and competitive intelligence, with the ability to translate ambiguous findings and data into actionable strategies and white space innovation platforms

• Cultivates Innovation:

  • Experience with agile or lean development tools, process and/or concepts to enable faster, leaner, and consumer-obsessed teams that increase speed of outcomes

  • Generate original and novel ideas that meet consumer needs and stand out from competitors in current, adjacent, and new categories

• Develops Talent, Drives Engagement, Values Differences: Works well with others and leverage the diverse skills and perspectives of their team members. They should create a culture of innovation and encourage feedback, experimentation, celebrate successes and learning.

• Communicates Effectively: Excellent communication (both written and verbal) and presentation skills, with ability to effectively communicate complex ideas to both internal and external stakeholders

• Industry & Skill Experience: Minimum of 5 years in packaged goods industry, with experience of launching and scaling innovative products

• Role Experience:

  • Brand and innovation experience

  • Track record of thinking-out-of-the-box, driving innovation and launching successful initiatives

  • Digitally Savvy and proficient in design thinking and agile methodologies.

  • Strong analytical skills and data-driven mindset.

• Education: Bachelor’s degree in business, marketing, industrial engineering or a related field.

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Workplace type:

Hybrid

Our values-based culture connects to our purpose and empowers people to be their best, professionally and personally. We serve a diverse consumer base which is why we believe teams that reflect our consumers bring fresh perspectives, drive innovation, and help us stay a