Senior Director R&D Strategy and Performance
Job Description:
Senior Director RD Strategy and Performance
The Senior Director, Strategy Performance – Global RD is accountable for shaping and orchestrating the end-to-end RD strategy and performance agenda, ensuring priorities, portfolio, capabilities, resources, budgets and governance operate as an integrated global system in service of enterprise growth.
The role provides senior leadership for the development, translation and deployment of the Global RD strategy, leveraging RD Work Systems to convert strategic ambition into clear choices, operating priorities and measurable execution across the organization.
The role also leads the RD performance engine and global communications agenda, spanning portfolio, resource and budget governance, technical readiness, product stewardship, program delivery and enterprise-wide engagement, while representing RD performance within the End-to-End Enablement operating model.
What are we looking for?
Bachelors degree in science, Engineering or Business; advanced degree preferred.
Minimum of 10 years leadership experience across RD, transformation, operating model design, portfolio and program leadership, consulting, or related CPG environments.
Proven ability to simplify and standardize ways of working at scale, supported by digitization and adoption of common processes.
Proven track record of leading direct and cross-functional teams and delivering complex, high-impact programs.
Experience in performance management, governance, portfolio, budget and resource management, and continuous improvement across global organizations.
Strong stakeholder influence across global and regional teams and enterprise partners, including Digital Technologies and Data.
Experience leading integration and change programs across geographies and functions, translating strategy into coordinated execution.
What would your key responsibilities be?
Strategy, Performance Governance
Lead the Global RD strategy and translate it into clear priorities, performance measures, portfolio choices and investment decisions aligned to enterprise growth ambitions.
Provide senior leadership for strategy deployment through KPIs, governance routines and performance frameworks that create visibility to progress, risks, trade-offs and actions required to deliver strategic objectives.
Oversee budget, resource and portfolio governance, ensuring capacity and investment are directed toward the highest-value opportunities across the global RD organization.
Define governance standards and decision forums that improve alignment, role clarity and decision quality across the Global RD network.
Delivery, Quality Transformation
Lead global PMOs and transformation programs, providing the governance, coordination and executive escalation needed to deliver complex cross-functional and cross-regional initiatives.
Govern technical readiness, product stewardship and brand change processes to protect product integrity, manage risk and support effective commercialization.
Ensure an integrated view of priorities, interdependencies, demand and capacity so leaders can make timely decisions on sequencing, resourcing and delivery commitments.
Drive continuous improvement in operating rhythms, decision forums and leadership agendas to simplify execution and improve organizational effectiveness.
Leadership, Engagement Enterprise Influence
Own the Global RD communications strategy and execution, ensuring a multi-channel approach that elevates the strategy, strengthens engagement and creates alignment across RD associates globally.
Lead and develop a team that includes the RD Communications Manager, while aligning a broader network of regional strategy and performance leads around shared priorities, standards and ways of working.
Represent RD performance and priorities with senior enterprise stakeholders, building alignment, influencing decisions and ensuring RD priorities are effectively advocated in broader business discussions.
Shape effective Global RD leadership team discussions by framing priorities, improving decision flow and focusing leadership attention on the most critical strategic issues.
What can you expect from Mars?
Work with diverse and talented Associates, all guided by the Five Principles.
Join a purpose driven company, where we’re striving to build the world we want tomorrow, today.
A strong focus on learning and development support from day one, including access to our in-house Mars University.
An industry competitive salary and benefits package, including company bonus.
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The base pay range for this position at commencement of employment is between the range listed below, however, base pay offered may vary depending on multiple individualized factors, including but not limited to job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. The total compensation package for this position will include variable pay, medical and dental benefits, participation in 401k plan, and paid time off benefits. Details of participation in these benefit plans will be provided if an applicant receives an offer of employment.
The pay range shown is applicable to all US locations listed within the job posting: USD 192,560.00 - USD 264,770.00