Global Innovation Brand Manager, Holistic Health

Global Innovation Brand Manager, Holistic Health

At Nestlé Health Science, we believe that nutrition, science, and wellness must merge, not collide. Here, we embrace the intrinsic connections of these three pillars, harnessing their collective strength to empower healthier lives. Our broad product portfolio includes renowned brands like Garden of Life®, Nature's Bounty®, Vital Proteins®, Orgain®, Nuun®, BOOST®, Carnation Breakfast Essentials®, Peptamen®, Compleat Organic Blends®, and more. We also have extensive pharmaceutical expertise, offering innovative medicines that aim to prevent, manage, and treat gastrointestinal and metabolic-related diseases.

At Nestlé Health Science, we bring our best for better lives. Our people are challenged to bring fresh, diverse views and make bold moves to empower healthier lives through nutrition. We know brilliant ideas can come from anyone, anywhere. We embrace an entrepreneurial spirit, collaborate with focused, forward‑thinking teams, and celebrate professional growth and achievements. We offer dynamic career paths, robust development, opportunities to learn from talented colleagues worldwide, and benefits that support physical, financial, and emotional wellbeing.

Join us to innovate for impact and reimagine the future of health and nutrition for patients and consumers.

The International Brand Manager (ABM), Holistic Health Innovation, supports the development and execution of innovation and renovation initiatives across the Holistic Health portfolio (Nature’s Bounty, Osteo Bi‑Flex, Nuun, GARD and Pruitans Pride Outside US/CA). The role is responsible for driving data‑informed decision‑making, product renovations, and partnering cross‑functionally and externally with distribution partners to execute innovation projects from concept through launch, and supporting post‑launch optimization.

The ABM drives insight‑led growth across the portfolio by translating market trends and performance into clear innovation priorities. The role is accountable for defining where to play and how to win in international markets, identifying white spaces, and shaping portfolio strategies for both new launches and existing businesses.

• Own ongoing performance tracking across innovation and renovation platforms (consumption, velocity) highlighting distributor performance.
• Collaborate with distribution partners to build business plans for innovation.
• Develop deep knowledge of actionable insights in key markets to inform pipeline prioritization and renovation decisions.
• Seek efficiencies across markets to serve as many geographies as possible.
• Monitor competitive landscape, innovation pipelines, performance, and category shifts in key markets.
• Support post‑launch tracking and optimization recommendations.
• Build executive‑ready reports and dashboards for leadership updates.
• Lead renovation initiatives (formula, claims, packaging updates, flavor extensions) leveraging US work to extend across brands for international markets.
• Drive execution of innovation projects through stage‑gate process (brief development → launch readiness) built upon US base where possible and stand‑alone where cases are robust enough.
• Partner with US brand, insights, digital, R&D, medical, regulatory, packaging, and operations on product development decisions.
• Support concept development, claims & concept validation, and consumer research to ensure international perspective is represented.
• Ensure projects are delivered on time, on budget, and aligned with brand strategy.
• Support development and execution of innovation marketing plans and launch strategies OUS coordinated with global MKT and distribution partners.
• Present commercial assets.
• Partner with US sales/customer development teams on launch planning and customer‑specific needs.
• Ensure alignment between innovation pipeline and integrated commercial planning (ICP) for OUS markets.

• Track and manage innovation/renovation project timelines.

• 5+ years of brand management for a CPG Food, CPG Personal Product, or OTC brand with international experience.
• Strong analytical skills, able to…