Senior Manager, Innovation and Portfolio Strategy

Danone; Boucherville; On-site; CAD 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading global food and beverage company is seeking a Senior Manager, Innovation and Portfolio Strategy, based in Boucherville, Canada. The ideal candidate will drive the innovation strategy and manage the portfolio for growth, requiring at least 4 years of relevant experience and strong project management skills. This role offers a hybrid work model and is a temporary full-time position for 12 months.

Qualifications

• Minimum 4 years of experience in marketing, brand management, or innovation/portfolio roles.
• Proactive and able to manage multiple topics simultaneously.
• Well-organized in daily tasks and structured in large-scale projects.

Responsibilities

• Lead the innovation and portfolio strategy to drive company growth.
• Define the Canadian portfolio strategy cross-categories.
• Responsible for portfolio optimization.
• Develop and lead the innovation process.
• Embed strategically new businesses into the portfolio.

Skills

Marketing

Brand Management

Innovation Portfolio Management

Project Management

Autonomy

Job description

Senior Manager, Innovation and Portfolio Strategy

• Canada
• Hybrid
• Temporary Full-Time
• 12 months
• Posted: 22 Oct 2025

About the job

Your main mission is to lead the innovation and portfolio strategy to drive the company growth.

• Define the Canadian portfolio strategy cross-categories, aligned with Global and Noram strategy
• Link to business strategy and ensure positive financial impact
• Identify ‘where to play’ and prioritize growth spaces in collab with Enterprise strategy.
• Deliver the Food & Bev Category vision & story
• Responsible for portfolio optimization (current and future)
• Responsible to co-build the cross-functional 3 years innovation funnel in line with Strat & prioritization, in collaboration with Strategic Channels development team
• Develop & lead the innovation process for bigger and better ideation
• Define ‘how to win’ in the prioritized white spaces for Danone to grow
• Marketing lead and active participants in ISD/LIM
• Ensure capabilities to bring to life the Strategic Planning and take part to enterprise projects
• Embed strategically new businesses into the portfolio
• Co-lead and build Innovation-to-market processes, tools, governance.
• Ensure ‘’innovation-to-market’’ capabilities across the organization ie Tools, Reporting, Business information, etc.
• Lead the innovation tracker, dashboard reporting, portfolio sufficiency;
• Monthly connects with Global and US teams

About you

• Minimum 4 years of experience in marketing, brand management, or innovation/portfolio roles
• Autonomous in defining next steps and identifying needs
• Proactive and able to manage multiple topics simultaneously
• Well-organized in daily tasks and structured in large-scale projects

About Danone

What are you waiting for? Join our team and enjoy these exceptional benefits!

Danone Canada is a business unit of Danone and operates from headquarter offices in Boucherville, Quebec, and Toronto, Ontario. Danone Canada is the country’s largest consumer-facing B Corporation, demonstrating that the company meets the highest standards of social and environmental performance, accountability, and transparency. From year to year, Danone is recognized as one of Canada’s Top 100 Employers for its forward-thinking work environment and was awarded the Parity Certification Women in Governance for our commitment towards gender equality in the workplace. We have 500+ employees across Canada that are engaged and energized to deliver Danone’s mission: Bringing health through to food to as many people as possible, by working on strong brands such as Activia, Oikos, Danone, Silk, International Delight and many others. Come join our movement for a healthier world: One Planet. One Health BY YOU.

Danone Canada doesn’t just welcome what makes you unique, we value it. We’re proud to provide equal opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to cultural background, religion, disability, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression or age. Faithful to our values of openness and humanism, all our employees share the commitment to engage one another with dignity and respect.

Please note that this posting has been written in the masculine form solely to shorten the text. We promote diversity and encourage all people with the skills mentioned in this posting to apply for this position.

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Job details

Dedicated to bringing health through food to as many people as possible, we are a leading global food & beverage company built on four businesses: Essential Dairy and Plant-Based Products, Waters, Early Life Nutrition and Medical Nutrition.