Innovation Portfolio Leader, NPD Strategy & Execution

Samyang America, Inc.; Brea (CA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual incentive bonus

Medical/dental/vision insurance

Life insurance

PTO/FTO

401(k) plan with company match

Job summary

Samyang America seeks a Sr. Manager of Innovation Program Management to design and orchestrate an enterprise-level NPD portfolio that enables sustainable growth.

The role sits within the Portfolio Strategy team and ensures investments are strategically aligned, governed with discipline, and executed through a scalable operating model. You will drive multi-year roadmaps, governance, and cross-functional alignment with R&D, Commercial, Finance, Operations, and Strategy to deliver executive-ready

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree required; MBA or advanced degree strongly preferred.
• 10+ years in portfolio strategy, program management, innovation operations, or related roles.
• Demonstrated experience managing complex, cross-functional, enterprise-scale portfolios.
• Strong analytical capability linking strategy, financial outcomes, and operational execution.
• Executive-level communication supporting senior leadership decision-making.

Responsibilities

• Translate long-term enterprise growth into a coherent, multi-year NPD portfolio strategy.
• Balance near-term business needs with longer-horizon innovation bets to create durable growth engines.
• Shape and evolve the enterprise innovation operating model with transparency and decision quality.
• Own enterprise-level program and portfolio management for the NPD pipeline across core, adjacent, and transformational initiatives.
• Design and operate portfolio governance frameworks, including stage-gate processes and prioritization criteria.
• Develop and maintain integrated multi-year NPD roadmaps aligned to portfolio strategy, capacity, and constraints.
• Drive cross-functional alignment across R&D, Commercial, Finance, Operations, and Strategy on priorities and trade-offs.
• Establish portfolio-level metrics and deliver executive-ready insights.
• Identify bottlenecks and risks; recommend interventions to improve capability and throughput.
• Enable consistent program management standards across project teams.

Skills

Portfolio strategy

Program management

Innovation operations

Executive communication

Cross-functional leadership

Data analysis

Stakeholder influence

Education

Bachelor’s degree

MBA preferred

Tools

Stage-gate

Agile

Portfolio tools

Job description

Samyang America seeks a Sr. Manager of Innovation Program Management to design and orchestrate an enterprise-level NPD portfolio that enables sustainable growth.

The role sits within the Portfolio Strategy team and ensures investments are strategically aligned, governed with discipline, and executed through a scalable operating model. You will drive multi-year roadmaps, governance, and cross-functional alignment with R&D, Commercial, Finance, Operations, and Strategy to deliver executive-ready