Innovation Project Lead - Consumer & Launch Readiness

Suntory Global Spirits; Sydney; On-site; AUD 80,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Suntory Global Spirits seeks an experienced professional to drive innovation projects from concept through launch and post-launch optimisation. You will co-create briefs with Consumer Insights and Brand, coordinate cross-functional teams, and ensure robust governance and launch readiness.

This role emphasizes evidence-based decision making and continuous improvement in a dynamic market. You will partner with R&D, Supply Chain and Finance to size opportunities, develop business cases, and track

Responsibilities

• Coordinate innovation projects from concept through launch and post-launch optimisation.
• Prepare project briefs, status updates, gate materials, and decision recommendations.
• Escalate changes to scope, cost, timing or proposition as needed.
• Translate consumer research into opportunity briefs and testable propositions with Brand teams.
• Support concept development, testing and synthesis of learnings into next steps.
• Ensure propositions align with brand strategy and portfolio priorities.
• Coordinate cross-functional innovation projects with R&D, Supply Chain, Finance, Insights, Brand, Sales and Shopper teams.
• Maintain visibility of progress, risks and implications for goals.
• Facilitate project meetings and record actions and ownership.
• Develop business-case inputs including sizing, pricing, margin and growth.
• Coordinate governance and stage-gate submissions in Planisware and other systems.
• Partner on launch handovers with Brand and customers without owning go-to-market execution.
• Define and track success measures including validation, readiness and post-launch performance.
• Coordinate post-launch reviews and identify improvements.
• Identify practical improvements to templates and ways of working; support pipeline development.
• Support Innovation operations including budget tracking and expenditure reporting.

Job description

Suntory Global Spirits seeks an experienced professional to drive innovation projects from concept through launch and post-launch optimisation. You will co-create briefs with Consumer Insights and Brand, coordinate cross-functional teams, and ensure robust governance and launch readiness.

This role emphasizes evidence-based decision making and continuous improvement in a dynamic market. You will partner with R&D, Supply Chain and Finance to size opportunities, develop business cases, and track