Director, Insights & Analytics

Glanbia; Downers Grove (IL); Hybrid; USD 180,000 - 250,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Generous family leave policy

Health & dental plan

401K

Staff discounts

Continuous learning opportunities

Job summary

A leading nutrition company is seeking a Director, Insights & Analytics Business Partner based in Downers Grove, IL. The role involves partnering with General Managers to drive strategic decisions through actionable consumer insights and brand health analytics. This senior-level position offers a competitive salary between $180,000 and $250,000, along with a hybrid work arrangement for better work-life balance. Candidates should have over 10 years of experience in consumer insights and data analytics.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 10+ years in consumer insights and data analytics.
• Experience in CPG or tech companies.
• Ability to work in fast-paced environments.

Responsibilities

• Partner with GMs to inform strategic decisions.
• Turn complex data into actionable insights.
• Monitor brand health metrics and report findings.

Skills

Strategic advisor experience

Data analytics proficiency

Complex concept communication

Collaboration with cross-functional teams

Empathy and consumer understanding

Education

4 year BA/BS degree

Job description

Overview

Join this dynamic team focused on delivering better nutrition for every step of life’s journey.

The Opportunity

The Director, Insights & Analytics Business Partner plays a pivotal, senior‑level role at the heart of GPN’s growth agenda—partnering closely with General Managers to shape smarter, faster decisions through consumer‑driven insights. In this highly visible leadership position, you’ll deepen our understanding of consumers, categories, and competitors, and turn complex questions into agile learning plans powered by behavioral data, trends, and both qualitative and quantitative research. You’ll translate rich, multi‑dimensional data into clear strategic direction, craft compelling stories that influence senior stakeholders, and champion a culture of consumer advocacy across teams and throughout the organization. This role is based in Illinois and reports to the VP of Insights & Analytics.

The Skills you will bring to the team

• Translate data into Insights: Distill data and research findings into actionable insights and clear, compelling recommendations that uncover opportunities for brand growth, inform brand strategy, and key initiatives.
• Counsel Business teams: Partner with marketers, product, and creative teams to ensure brand strategies and initiatives are informed by consumer and marketplace insights.
• Compel Teams to Act on Recommendations: Communicate research outcomes, insights, and recommendations to stakeholders, including senior leadership, through verbally and visually engaging presentations.
• Drive Brand Health Insights: Monitor and report on brand health of GPN brands including sales performance, awareness, consideration, satisfaction, and brand equity.

Required skills and qualifications

• Strategic Advisor: Demonstrated experience as strategic advisor to business partners driving data‑driven decision making including informing strategic direction of brands and businesses.
• Holistic I&A Experience in both Data Analytics and Human‑Centered Insights: Experience combining strong data analytics and human‑centered insights into actionable business recommendations; especially skilled at explaining complex research concepts and market opportunities in simple, applicable business terms.
• Agility: Ability to devise an effective solution in unstructured learning or constrained resource situations; works effectively in fast‑paced environment while managing multiple clients and brands.
• Collaboration and communication: Strong collaboration with cross‑functional teams including marketing, product development, and creative; excellent verbal and written communication skills to articulate ideas, share findings, and influence stakeholders at all levels.
• Empathy: The ability to understand and empathize with the consumer’s perspective and experience and champion broadly across teams and organization.
• 4 year BA/BS degree required. Minimum of 10+ years of top tier CPG/tech company experience in area of consumer insights & data analytics.

Where and how you will work

The opportunity will be based in Downers Grove, IL with hybrid working arrangements available which allows you a greater choice in how you work and live, giving you a better work‑life balance.

What we would like to offer you!

The opportunity to develop your career on a global stage, continuous learning through an on-demand learning platform, and a competitive compensation package including staff discounts, generous family leave policy, health & dental plan, competitive salary, 401K.

About Glanbia

Glanbia is a better nutrition company with three divisions: Performance Nutrition, Health & Nutrition and Dairy Nutrition. Collectively and with our partners we offer an incredible breadth of expertise in nutrition. We employ a team of 5,800 people, work with global food and beverage companies, and sell our award‑winning and market‑leading brands and ingredients in more than 100 countries worldwide.

Compensation for roles at Glanbia varies depending on a wide range of factors including but not limited to the specific office location, role, skill set and level of experience. Glanbia provides a reasonable range of compensation for roles that may be hired in Illinois. This range may not be applicable to other locations. Factors that could be used to determine your actual salary may include your specific skills, years of experience and comparison to current employees already in this role. The typical candidate is hired below midpoint of the range. The annual salary for Illinois based employees for this role is $180,000 – $250,000 with an annual bonus.

At Glanbia, we celebrate diversity, because we know that our individual strengths make us stronger together. We welcome and encourage interest from a variety of candidates and will give your application consideration, without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender perception or identity, national origin, age, marital status, protected veteran status, or disability status.

We celebrate individuality, knowing that together we are more.