Senior Manager, Insights and Analytics

3M Company; Maplewood (MN); On-site; USD 222,000 - 271,000; Full time

Job summary

3M Company is seeking a Senior Manager, Insights and Analytics to serve as an enterprise-level strategic leader, advancing analytics capabilities across CBG and leading global initiatives. You will translate complex challenges into actionable insights that drive growth opportunities and informed decision-making.

You will lead global intelligence initiatives, shaping brand strategy, pricing, and marketing priorities while guiding resource allocation and investment decisions.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or higher completed before start.
• 10 years of consumer insights/analytics in private/public sectors.
• 8 years with syndicated data sources and advanced analytics solutions.
• Experience leading global cross-functional insights initiatives.

Responsibilities

• Lead global consumer, market, and competitive intelligence initiatives and processes to identify growth opportunities and marketplace shifts.
• Translate insights into enterprise-level strategies and actionable recommendations across brand, product, pricing, and marketing priorities.
• Influence senior leaders to align priorities and communicate insights through storytelling.
• Oversee Marketing Mix Modeling, marketing effectiveness, ROI measurement, and brand health tracking to improve investments.
• Develop scalable global analytics processes, governance, and AI-enabled analytics initiatives.

Skills

10+ years in consumer insights/market

8+ years with syndicated data/advanced

Communication & storytelling

Stakeholder management & influencing

Power BI, Tableau, Python, R, SQL, SAS

Education

Bachelor’s degree or higher

Master’s degree in Business/Marketing/Analytics/Data Science or related field

Tools

Power BI

Tableau

Python

R

SQL

SAS

Job description

Job Description

Choosing where to start and grow your career has a major impact on your professional and personal life, so it’s equally important you know that the company that you choose to work at, and its leaders, will support and guide you. With a wide variety of people, global locations, technologies and products, 3M is a place where you can collaborate with other curious, creative 3Mers.

This position provides an opportunity to transition from other private, public, government or military experience to a 3M career.

The Impact You’ll Make in this Role

As a Senior Manager, Insights and Analytics, you will serve as an enterprise-level strategic leader responsible for advancing the organization’s insights and analytics capabilities and leading global initiatives and processes across CBG. You will develop significant business capabilities, provide thought leadership, and influence medium- and long-term business strategy, resource allocation, and investment decisions. Working across functions, businesses, and regions, you will lead through influence and expertise to translate complex business challenges into actionable insights and measurable growth opportunities.

As a Senior Manager, Insights and Analytics, you will have the opportunity to tap into your curiosity and collaborate with some of the most innovative people around the world. Here, you will make an impact by:

• Lead global consumer, market, and competitive intelligence initiatives and processes to identify growth opportunities, emerging trends, business risks, and marketplace shifts and evolving consumer behaviors across priority categories, brands, channels and countries.
• Translate insights and analytics into enterprise-level thought leadership and actionable recommendations that influence medium- and long-term brand strategy, product innovation, pricing/promotion, consumer targeting, marketing priorities, and business plans.
• Influence across functions, businesses, and areas by partnering with senior business and functional leaders to shape data-driven strategies, align priorities, and communicate insights through clear, compelling storytelling.
• Guide resource allocation and investment decisions by overseeing marketing and brand measurement capabilities, including Marketing Mix Modeling (MMM), marketing effectiveness and ROI measurement, and brand health tracking, KPIs and performance metrics and optimization analytics to improve investments and business performance.
• Develop significant Insights & Analytics capabilities and lead through influence and expertise by establishing scalable global processes and best practices in advanced analytics, data governance, AI-enabled analytics, and knowledge management, while directing high-impact custom analytics.
• Manage relationships with external research data and analytics partners including contract negotiation capability assessment, tool adoption and education.

Your Skills and Expertise

To set you up for success in this role from day one, 3M requires (at a minimum) the following qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree or higher, completed and verified prior to start.
• Ten (10) years of experience in consumer insights, market research, marketing analytics, business intelligence, analytics, or related disciplines in a private, public, government, or military environment.
• Eight (8) years of experience working with syndicated data sources, consumer research, market measurement, or advanced analytics solutions.

Additional qualifications that could help you succeed even further in this role include:

• Master’s degree in Business, Marketing, Analytics, Statistics, Data Science, Economics, or a related field.
• Deep expertise in Marketing Mix Modeling, marketing effectiveness, attribution, pricing analytics, forecasting, and advanced measurement methodologies.
• Experience leveraging AI, machine learning, automation, and emerging analytics technologies to improve business outcomes.
• Experience establishing governance, standards, and scalable processes across enterprise functions.
• Demonstrated experience leading large-scale, global cross-functional insights and analytics initiatives.
• Exceptional communication, storytelling, stakeholder management, and influencing skills.
• Demonstrated ability to lead through ambiguity and drive organizational change.
• Proficiency with visualization and analytics tools such as Power BI, Tableau, Python, R, SQL, SAS, or equivalent platforms.

Work location

• On-site: This role follows an on-site working model, requiring the employee to work at least four days a week at the 3M Center in Maplewood, MN.
• Travel:May include up to 5-10% domestic
• Relocation:is not authorized

Must be legally authorized to work in country of employment without sponsorship for employment visa status (e.g., H1B status).

Supporting Your Well-being

3M offers many programs to help you live your best life — both physically and financially. To ensure competitive pay and benefits, 3M regularly benchmarks with other companies that are comparable in size and scope.

Applicable to US Applicants Only: The expected compensation range for this position is $221,591 – $270,834, which includes base pay plus variable incentive pay, if eligible. This range represents a good faith estimate for this position. The specific compensation offered to a candidate may vary based on factors including, but not limited to, the candidate’s relevant knowledge, training, skills, work location, and/or experience. In addition, this position may be eligible for a range of benefits (e.g., Medical, Dental & Vision, Health Savings Accounts, Health Care & Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts, Disability Benefits, Life Insurance, Voluntary Benefits, Paid Absences and Retirement Benefits, etc.). Additional information is available at: https://www.3m.com/3M/en_US/careers-us/working-at-3m/benefits/

All US-based 3M full time employees will need to sign an employee agreement as a condition of employment with 3M. This agreement lays out key terms on using 3M Confidential Information and Trade Secrets. It also has provisions discussing conflicts of interest and how inventions are assigned. Employees that are Job Grade 7 or equivalent and above may also have obligations to not compete against 3M or solicit its employees or customers, both during their employment, and for a period after they leave 3M.

Learn more about 3M’s creative solutions to the world’s problems at www.3M.com or on Instagram, Facebook, and LinkedIn @3M.

Responsibilities of this position include that corporate policies, procedures and security standards are complied with while performing assigned duties.

Safety is a core value at 3M. All employees are expected to contribute to a strong Environmental Health and Safety (EHS) culture by following safety policies, identifying hazards, and engaging in continuous improvement.

Pay & Benefits Overview

https://www.3m.com/3M/en_US/careers-us/working-at-3m/benefits/

3M does not discriminate in hiring or employment on the basis of race, color, sex, national origin, religion, age, disability, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.

Learn more about 3M’s creative solutions to the world’s problems at www.3M.com or on Instagram, Facebook, and LinkedIn @3M.