Innovation Leader- Beer

LION; Sydney; On-site; AUD 180,000 - 230,000; Full time

Job summary

Lion ANZ Innovation & Ventures seeks an Innovation Leader - Beer to shape the future of Lion’s beer portfolio. You will turn consumer and category insights into opportunities, build a three-year beer innovation pipeline, and work with Lion and Kirin R&D, Brand, Insights, Sales, and Finance to bring ideas to life.

You will lead with creativity and strategic thinking, manage diverse stakeholders, and ensure initiatives are commercially viable and technically feasible.

Qualifications

• Creative mindset with ability to turn insights into opportunities.
• Experience shaping innovation pipelines and portfolios.
• Strong stakeholder management across complex cross-functional teams.

Responsibilities

• Turn consumer, category and cultural insights into innovation opportunities.
• Build Lion's three-year beer innovation pipeline.
• Collaborate with Brand, Insights, R&D, design and product teams to bring ideas to life.

Skills

Innovation thinking

Strategic thinking

Cross-functional collaboration

Consumer insights

Portfolio shaping

Commercial judgement

Job description

Don’t Settle for Ordinary. Help shape what’s next for beer at Lion.

At Lion, we believe the best ideas come from staying curious, challenging what’s possible and putting consumers at the heart of the decisions we make.

We’re looking for an Innovation Leader - Beer to join our ANZ Innovation & Ventures team and play a key role in shaping the future of Lion’s beer portfolio.

This is an opportunity to look beyond what consumers are drinking today and help us imagine what they’ll want tomorrow. You’ll turn consumer, category and cultural insights into meaningful innovation opportunities, build our three-year beer innovation pipeline and work alongside some of Lion’s most recognised brands to bring new ideas to life.

You’ll be part of a business where collaboration matters. Working across Brand, Insights, Sales, Finance, Supply, Lion and Kirin R&D and external innovation partners, you’ll bring different perspectives together to create ideas that are distinctive, commercially strong and genuinely relevant to consumers.

What You’ll Bring

We’re looking for someone who combines creativity with strategic thinking. Someone who can spot an opportunity, turn insight into an idea and then bring people with them to make it happen.

You’ll Bring

• Strong innovation and creative thinking, with the ability to turn consumer and category insights into compelling growth opportunities
• A strategic mindset and experience building or shaping innovation pipelines and portfolios
• Deep consumer curiosity and the ability to uncover insights that lead to differentiated ideas
• Strong stakeholder management and influencing skills, particularly across complex cross-functional environments
• Commercial judgement and the ability to balance consumer desirability, business viability and technical feasibility
• Experience partnering across areas such as Brand, Insights, R&D, design or product development
• Experience in FMCG, beverages or another fast-moving consumer environment would be highly regarded

Why Lion?

At Lion, we’re building a culture where people are encouraged to challenge the ordinary, back themselves and each other, and make a difference.

You’ll have the opportunity to work across an incredible portfolio of brands, collaborate with talented people across Lion and Kirin, and have a genuine voice in shaping where our beer portfolio goes next.

If you’re excited by big ideas, fascinated by consumers and motivated by creating what’s next rather than following what’s already been done, we’d love to hear from you.

We’re a certified B Corp, which means we care about people, planet and purpose—not just profit. We’re committed to diversity, equity and inclusion, and we celebrate the unique perspectives that help us grow and innovate. We intentionally embrace difference and cultivate belonging every day, whether through our investment in our Reconciliation journey through our Innovate RAP, our commitment to gender pay equity or providing progressive people policies.

If you need specific support or accessibility adjustments at any stage of the recruitment process, please let us know at [e-mail] so we can make sure that your recruitment process is fair and we enable you to shine. This includes tailored support for First Nations people, individuals with disabilities, those who are neurodivergent, and people who identify as transgender or gender diverse as we understand the unique challenges and concerns you may face.