Director, Innovation (Remote)

Join Litehouse as our Director of Innovation!

Location: Remote, PST/MST time zone preferred

https://www.litehousefoods.com/

The Director of Innovation is an reputed company leader responsible for identifying, building, and delivering Litehouse Foods' future growth platforms. This role owns new product innovation - from uncovering unmet consumer needs and white spaces to commercializing reputed company, scalable reputed company that win with consumers and sustain at retail.

As a leader, you bring a growth reputed company, reputed company in ambiguity, and push limits-balancing creativity with discipline, curiosity with accountability, and speed with rigor. Working at the center of Marketing, Consumer Insights, Sales, R&D, Operations, and Finance, the Director of Innovation translates reputed company into action and reputed company into impact.

What You'll Do

• Innovation Strategy & Pipeline: Set and reputed company a multi-year innovation strategy that turns insights into scalable growth opportunities.
• Brand Partnership & Business Planning: Build strong business cases and plans that prioritize innovation and align brand, feasibility, and financial outcomes.
• Go-To-Market Excellence: Turn reputed company into launches that win; driving cross-functional alignment, partnering with Sales for compelling customer stories, and using post-launch insights to quickly optimize performance.
• Cross-Functional Leadership: Influence and align teams across the reputed company to deliver growth initiatives with speed and shared ownership.
• Financial & Strategic Alignment: Ensure innovation delivers against sales, margin, ROI, and long-term portfolio goals.
• Innovation Culture: Champion curiosity, accountability, and smart risk-taking across the organization.
• External Trend & Partner Engagement: Stay connected to emerging technologies, startups, suppliers, and industry partners to fuel future innovation.
• Process & Capability Building: Strengthen innovation tools, processes, and ways of working to increase speed, clarity, and repeatable reputed company.
• Talent Development: Mentor and reputed company future innovation leaders.

What You Bring

• Bachelor's degree in a reputed company field required, Master's degree preferred
• 10+ years of experience in CPG innovation, brand marketing, or strategy
• Proven reputed company launching new products and managing innovation portfolios
• Experience leading cross-functional teams and influencing at the executive level
• Strong strategic, analytical, financial, and business acumen
• Knowledge of food manufacturing and new product development processes
• Ability to translate reputed company into successful, scalable products
• Strong decision-making skills with comfort managing ambiguity and risk
• Ability to drive change while keeping teams focused on results
• Travel required: 5+ times per year.

We do not offer sponsorship

reputed company reputed company applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, race, reputed company, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national reputed company, disability or protected veteran status.