Senior Manager Application and Innovation Enablement

About Kerry

Kerry is the world's leading taste and nutrition company for the food, beverage and pharmaceutical industries. Every day we partner with customers to create healthier, tastier and more sustainable products that are consumed by billions of people across the world. Our vision is to be our customers' most valued partner, creating a world of sustainable nutrition. A career with Kerry offers you an opportunity to shape the future of food while providing you opportunities to explore and grow in a truly global environment.

As a part of Kerry's Global Health & Therapeutics Group, Kerry Therapeutics is Kerry pharmaceutical focused business, delivering critical raw materials enabling our customers to develop and produce lifesaving therapeutics in Small Molecule, Biologics, Vaccines and Advanced Therapies & Medicine Products (ATMP).

The Senior Manager, Application and Innovation Enablement is responsible for leading the strategic development, commercialization, and innovation enablement activities for Kerry's Biopharma portfolio across key therapeutic markets, including Advanced Therapies & Medicinal Products (Cell & Gene Therapy), Vaccines, Biologics, and Small Molecule Pharmaceuticals. This role serves as the commercial and market-facing leader responsible for translating customer needs, market opportunities, and competitive insights into actionable innovation programs and application solutions.

The position owns the development of innovation roadmaps, business cases, and commercialization strategies while acting as the critical bridge between commercial teams, customers, and Technology stakeholders within Kerry.

As a key leader within the Therapeutics EUM RD&A, the Senior Manager will collaborate closely with Marketing, Technology RD&A, Business Development, and Commercial teams to accelerate growth, drive market adoption, and maximize the value of Kerry's capabilities, technologies, and innovation investments. The role will have a strong focus on innovation enablement, application development, sales enablement, marketing deployment, customer advocacy, and commercialization excellence.

Skills & Ability

• Strong communication and presentation abilities across all organizational levels
• Experience developing and executing product launch strategies and go-to-market plans
• Strong analytical and data-driven decision-making capabilities
• Ability to balance strategic thinking with tactical execution
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office suite, especially Excel and Power Point
• Project management skills to coordinate multiple concurrent initiatives
• Customer-centric mindset with deep understanding of market dynamics
• Up to 20-30% of travel required, including international
• Knowledge of relevant scientific/technical domain preferred for specific product lines
• Understanding of quality and regulatory requirements for applicable markets

The typical hiring range for this role is $ to $ annually and is based on several factors including but not limited to education, work experience, certifications, location, etc. In addition to your pay, Kerry offers benefits such as a comprehensive benefits package, incentive and recognition programs, equity stock purchase and retirement contribution (all benefits and incentives are subject to eligibility requirements).