Senior Manager, Growth Strategy

Growth Strategy Senior Manager – Richmond, VA

Key Responsibilities:

• Supporting innovation strategy development:
  Contributing to company planning, including financial goals aligned to long‑term growth plans.
• Leading portfolio performance tracking:
  Maintaining and presenting dashboards that provide access to project health, portfolio strength, and organizational priorities for leadership.
• Developing cases and benchmarks:
  Building and updating project arguments and success benchmarks to ensure concepts are financially viable and competitive.
• Collaborating on financial modeling and assumptions:
  Partnering across Pod teams and go‑to‑market functions to ensure cases reflect key inputs, risks, and assumptions.
• Assessing financial feasibility:
  Evaluating BOM, capital, and unit costs with Product Development, Design, Supply Chain, and Commercial teams.
• Developing demand forecasts:
  Working with Marketing to model investment required to scale new brands or categories.
• Modeling distribution strategies:
  Partnering with go‑to‑market teams to evaluate commercialization pathways.
• Supporting stage‑gate transitions:
  Ensuring smooth transitions to operating companies with clear success criteria.
• Leveraging test market insights:
  Incorporating incubation market findings into financial models and defining key performance metrics.
• Supporting risk assessment:
  Helping identify and evaluate project risks as new findings emerge.

• Bachelor's degree in Finance or Accounting; MBA is a plus.
• 10+ years in Finance Leadership and Financial Analysis, with 5+ years in CPG innovation.
• 5+ years of leading a team and developing a high‑performance cross‑functional organization with strong communication skills.
• Strong financial proficiency, ideally with experience owning or having accountability to the P&L and in modeling out financial scenarios.
• Experience working in consumer brands to design and model innovation that built categories or disrupted categories.
• Experience conducting financial analysis and case development across various business model types (Make, Partner, License, etc).
• Experience developing innovation programs and assessing early‑stage validation of its projects.
• Strong ability to guide and coach financial concepts to cross‑functional partners and peers of all levels.
• Hands‑on experience with Agile innovation: defining critical questions, testing hypotheses, and making recommendations based on results to strengthen the portfolio and focus limited resources.
• Experience navigating ambiguity and adapting learning, forecasting, and landscaping as new information emerges.

Salary Range: $ – $. This position is not eligible for sponsorship.

• Flexible and remote options available.
• 15 days of paid time off, 13 paid holidays, 2 floating holiday days, and a 37.5‑hour workweek.
• Annual merit increases and performance bonus.
• 401(k) matching from day one; plus deferred profit sharing, an annual company contribution equal to 13%–17% of base salary.
• Student loan repayment assistance, conference attendance, and professional development stipends.
• Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage for you and your family.
• Paid parental and bonding leave.
• Wellness programs that support overall well‑being.
• Paid volunteer days and community engagement opportunities.