Global Brand R&D Lead – Mucosolvan

Salary Range:

€89200,00 - €118933,33

All Compensation Will Be Determined Commensurate With Demonstrated Experience.

Global Brand R&D Lead – Mucosolvan - Bisolvon

You’ve built experience, now use it where bold ideas meet real impact. At Opella, we’re challenging how self-care works for millions of people and need leaders and experts ready to shape what’s next. As a Global Brand R&D Lead, you’ll bring your skill, your curiosity and your drive to make health simpler, smarter and more human.

About the job:

The Global Brand R&D lead will be accountable for the end-to-end ideation to launch and for ensuring sustainable growth for their brand globally. It is expected that the candidate will be a science partner for their respective brand innovation lead and Innovation Project Management to create a pipeline and portfolio for their respective brand as well as ensure that base business is protected. They will act as the representative and single point of contact for the science hub for their brand and will ensure that the right science hub expert & partner is engaged as needed to drive brand growth. They will lead the strategic direction of brand innovation and ensure that there is strong technical feasibility to deliver differentiated products to market and ensure that there is clarity on resources in the country/region needed to deliver prioritized opportunities. The job holder will be a strong technical leader with strong business acumen, who can translate science & technology to meet relevant consumer needs. It is expected that they influence a broader science hub community to reach go/no go decisions and to accelerate brand led opportunities.

• Lead initiatives that advance our brands and strengthen our reputation worldwide.
• Mentor and uplift emerging talent while pushing your own growth and influence.
• Put purpose into practice — embedding sustainability, access and social impact into every decision.
• Model the challenger mindset: question complexity, act with integrity and make things radically simple.
• Help shape a culture that’s ambitious, collaborative and serious about recognition and belonging.

Main responsibilities:

In this role, you will collaborate with Global and Regional Science teams; Technical development teams/ Development centers; Platforms, External Licensing, Growth Hub (Commercial) /key countries/Marketing; Portfolio & PM, Packaging Innovation, as well as M&S.

In this position you will:

• Be the representative of the brand to represent science hub and act as single point of contact for a strategic overview of what is needed from science hub to be successful.
• Work closely with the Global Brands R&D Head, Brand Innovation lead, GM, and science teams within the Science Hub.
• Align with Brand Innovation lead and Brand Head to make sure that all innovation initiatives are suitable to drive growth and deliver health in the hands of our consumers.
• Influence and advise key stakeholders and the leadership team on industry trends and new opportunities for their brand.
• Build a consolidated view of all projects for their brand, identify cross-fertilization / scale-building opportunities, and prioritize budget and resources between projects to deliver the ambition (in close collaboration with portfolio management). Collaborate closely with the countries (Marketing) to identify their needs based on clear consumer insights.
• Collaborate closely with other R&D functions (platforms, external innovation, consumer science), science departments (Medical & Regulatory affairs), legal/IP, brand marketing & regions.
• Evaluate innovations (external or in-house) for their global brand.
• Utilize decision making criteria, recommend innovation investment allocations for the brand and assist in clear communication of decisions across the organization to ensure aligned execution.
• Support and execute regular innovation reviews to pressure test strategic areas of focus in the country/region for the global brand.

About You:

• Experience: FMCH/FMCG is required with proven delivery to brand. Knowledge of pipeline building and data (timing/milestones, financials, and consumer value propositions) to enable concise executive level communication of critical insights, decision-making aids, and recommendations to senior management. Management of product innovation in OTC or Food Supplements category. Ability to partner and influence across a matrix environment with strong communication skills. Ability to apply a variety of analytical techniques to derive insights from a set of objective and subjective data inputs. Experience in Cough/Cold brands and category is a plus.
• Education: Degree in Science with Masters or Higher degree (Ph.D.) or relevant Academic qualification is desirable.