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# Director Professional Mkt and Innovation

- **Company:** Colgate Palmolive
- **Location:** New York, NY, United States
- **Salary:** $220,000.0 - $244,000.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Artificial Intelligence, Data Analysis, EHealth
- **Published:** August 21, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.manhattanjobs.com/job.asp?id=3361178595&tx=FJ6562FFI&pt=1&aff=0B19D771-A501-4A5E-8338-2A822B784D54&utm_source=Job%20Feed&utm_medium=textkernel&utm_campaign=DE&utm_term=0B19D771-A501-4A5E-8338-2A822B784D54

## About the Role

* Bachelor's degree
 * 12+ years of working experience with marketing roles, management or entrepreneurship, or adjacent experiences with a public, major multinational company
 * Experience with innovation around regulated/drug products
 * New product innovation and business model development
 * Strong business acumen
 * Experience in managing within a global, matrix organization
 * Business partnership experience working with senior business leaders to influence strategy and business decision making
 * Creative thinking, problem solving skills, and a never-ending desire for learning
 * Experience leveraging AI models, * Master's Degree
 * Excellent communication, presentation, and collaboration skills with both business and technical professionals
 * Digital health and pharma experience
 * Consumer Goods industry experience

## Description

In this absolutely critical role, you will lead key meetings and workshops with multidisciplinary regional teams to communicate the Professional Strategy and provide guidance to ensure it is flawlessly executed. You will provide guidance to the Marketing teams on how to adjust and implement the strategies at a local level, lead global scope projects leveraging the 4CP framework, and actively participate in global multifunctional meetings to provide the essential Marketing perspective and drive impactful decisions that shape our future., * Development and Leadership of a Global Professional Products Grid, working in close synergy with the H2/3 innovation teams.

 * Lead Professional content development, collaborating with Scientific Affairs, R&D, Agency, and key Division partners.
 * Develop the professional content principles, ensuring global adherence and seamless accessibility/diffusion.
 * Provide transformative strategic guidance to the operating Divisions. Partner with the Global Finance, Insights and Analytics functions to build existing and identify new business opportunities.
 * Set objectives for the R&D function for new technology development and align with the global supply chain on critical capital expenditures, strategic sourcing decisions, and cost optimization opportunities.
 * Elevate growth engines to Senior Management, proactively identifying regional initiatives that demand to scale up.
 * Provide Senior Management with visibility on the strategy and main projects that can be scaled up.
 * Identify key business challenges with global impact and boldly recommend a decisive course of action.
 * Create new Professional tools for Divisions.
 * Consolidate and update Innovation Grids across all markets to keep communication and best practices flowing throughout the organization.
 * Provide a compelling global vision and strategically help prioritize initiatives that will deliver the biggest impact on the business and optimize resources, Our journey begins with our people-developing strong talent with diverse backgrounds and perspectives to best serve our consumers around the world and fostering an inclusive environment where everyone feels a true sense of belonging. We are dedicated to ensuring that each individual can be their authentic self, is treated with respect, and is empowered by leadership to contribute meaningfully to our business.


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