Description

Cargill is committed to providing food and agricultural solutions to nourish the world in a safe, responsible, and sustainable way. Sitting at the heart of the supply chain, we partner with farmers and customers to source, make and deliver products that are vital for living.
Our 155,000 team members innovate with purpose, providing customers with life's essentials so businesses can grow, communities prosper, and consumers live well. With over 160 years of experience as a family company, we look ahead while remaining true to our values. We put people first. We reach higher. We do the right thing-today and for generations to come.

Job Purpose and Impact

The Innovation Strategy Leader will promote the use of industry leading practices, facilitate collaboration and develop a network of insight and innovation leaders and practitioners to support Cargill businesses in developing capabilities for our customers. This role will have a direct impact on the development of new or improved research and development projects to support customer success. As part of a cross-functional team, this role is a strategic partner to strategy, commercial, sales, and marketing teams to develop long-term innovation pipelines. In this role, you will provide advanced knowledge and guidance to drive superior business and innovation results while creating learning opportunities to accelerate performance. You will collaborate with business partners to lead innovation and marketing and develop scalable offerings.

The position reports to the Senior Director: R&D Innovation Ecosystem

Key Accountabilities

• Plan and lead business maturity and needs assessments to identify opportunities to organize for growth and accelerate innovation performance.
• Synthesize needs across businesses and functions to inform and align program and service offering development.
• Create and execute workstreams and project plans using advanced knowledge while incorporating industry leading best practices.
• Provide subject matter expertise and serve as the key point of contact for the dissemination of external industry leading practices within the organization.
• Lead and support coaches and ambassador programs as well as the broader innovation community and communities of practice and develop and maintain a network of key stakeholders to drive organizational alignment.
• Provide expert thought leadership in your field and work with limited direction, using additional research and interpretation to identify issues or problems. You may provide direction to supporting team members and be a strategic contributor.

Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a related field or equivalent experience in buisness/ R&D strategy
• Ability to occasionally flex work schedule to accommodate different time zones
• Previous business consulting, product development or business development experience
• Experience in leading innovation, marketing, market insights or business development projects across multiple lines of business or geographies
• Research and Development project management experience
• Minimum of six years of related work experience

Preferred Qualifications

• Master's degree or other post-secondary degree
• Experience developing and leading global initiatives and innovation operations
• Experience leading or coaching innovation project team members

Equal Opportunity Employer, including Disability/Vet.