Sr. Ideation Facilitator

Newell Brands; Atlanta (GA); Hybrid; USD 95,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Newell Brands, a leading consumer goods innovator, seeks a Senior Ideation Facilitator to design and run high-impact ideation sessions across multiple brands. You will leverage Gen AI and advanced collaboration tools to unlock growth, accelerate decisions, and seed concepts into development pipelines.

The role combines expert facilitation, AI-native methods, and cross-functional collaboration, demanding strong storytelling and the ability to influence senior stakeholders.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Design, Innovation Strategy, or related field (or equivalent experience).
• 3-5 years experience in innovation, design or adjacent roles with a heavy facilitation remit.
• Demonstrated expertise planning and leading cross-functional workshops and design sprints.
• Strong command of human-centered design and problem-framing methods; able to select and sequence the right tools for the job.
• Proven track record converting workshop outputs into funded projects or measurable business impact.
• Exceptional verbal and visual storytelling; comfortable simplifying complexity and influencing senior stakeholders.
• Proficiency with digital collaboration and creation tools (Miro/ Figma/Adobe CC etc). Advocacy and expertise with Gen AI creative tools (Midjourney, Vizcom, Chat GPT etc) is preferred.
• Strong written, verbal, and visual communication skills; Strong presentation skills; High energy.
• Able to travel at least once per quarter.

Responsibilities

• Plan & Facilitate: Architect end-to-end sessions using Gen AI tailored to brand needs.
• Program Management: Manage facilitation demand, scoping, scheduling and logistics.
• Outcomes & Decisioning: Drive crisp decisions and ownership post-session.
• Consumer Integration: Integrate consumer insights and co-creation into frameworks.
• Methodology & Toolkits: Evolve facilitation playbooks and templates in Miro/Mural/FigJam.
• AI Native Methodology: Develop AI Agent teams to accelerate ideation.
• Cross-Functional Partnering: Align with Brand, Design, R&D, Insights and Front End Innovation.
• Quality & Continuous Improvement: Track KPIs and iterate operating model.
• Storytelling & Artifacts: Produce gen AI imagery, prototypes and roadmaps.
• Culture Carrier: Create inclusive spaces for diverse perspectives.

Skills

Facilitation

Cross-functional

Storytelling

Gen AI

Miro

Figma

Adobe CC

Human-centered design

AI agents

Education

Bachelor's degree in Design or related

Tools

Miro

Figma

Adobe CC

Midjourney

Vizcom

ChatGPT

Job description

Career Opportunities: Sr. Ideation Facilitator (18617)

Requisition ID18617-Posted10/08/2026-United States-Hybrid-Full-Time-Design & Ideation

Newell Brands is a leading consumer products company with a portfolio of iconic brands like Graco®, Coleman®, Oster®, Rubbermaid®, Sharpie® and Yankee Candle® - and 24,000 talented teammates around the world. Our culture is built on values in action: Integrity, Teamwork, Passion for Winning, Ownership, and Leadership. We work together to win, grow, and make a real impact—supported by a high-performing, inclusive, and collaborative environment where you can be your best, every day.

Job Overview:

The Senior Ideation Facilitator is a hands-on leader who designs and runs high-impact working sessions that unlock growth across Newell’s brand portfolio. Your contributions will help maintain a strong innovation pipeline across multiple products and categories.

You will leverage Gen AI and state-of-the-art technology to orchestrate ideation workshops, and customer co-creation, accelerating design decision making and seeding strong concepts into the development pipeline. This role blends expert facilitation, AI native innovation, and business acumen to turn ambiguity into clarity and ideas into action

Responsibilities:

• Plan & Facilitate: Architect end-to-end sessions that use Gen Ai to clarify objectives, complete pre-work, agendas, and method tailored to business and brand needs (e.g., whitespace discovery, concept acceleration, value proposition design, portfolio architecture). Guide development of AI Innovation Agents to support flows for sessions (e.g., prompt generators, copy writers, constraints guides etc) to increase participation and speed to clarity.
• Program Management: Run the pipeline of facilitation demand—intake, scoping, scheduling, logistics, stakeholder management, and post-session follow-through.
• Outcomes & Decisioning: Drive teams to crisp decisions (problem statements, opportunity areas, concept shortlists, next-step charters, success metrics) and ensure clear ownership post-session.
• Consumer Integration: Design and integrate research touchpoints (consumer insights, trend forecasts and co-creation) with consumers, customers, and channel partners; synthesize insights into actionable frameworks.
• Methodology & Toolkits: Evolve Newell’s facilitation playbooks. Stay on top of emergent ideation techniques and methodology. Build reusable templates in Miro/Mural/FigJam.
• AI Native Methodology: Develop and integrate AI Agent teams into innovation sessions. Identify needs, track performance and evolve capability of Agentic partners. Maximize their potential in Divergent and Convergent thinking to accelerate ideation and push outcome further downstream in the NPD process
• Cross-Functional Partnering: Partner with Brand, Design, R&D, Consumer Insights, and Front End Innovation teams to align on opportunities and de-risk early.
• Quality & Continuous Improvement: Establish and track session KPIs (time-to-decision, conversion to Charter, insights outcomes) and iterate the operating model.
• Storytelling & Artifacts: Produce high-quality outputs such as Gen AI concept imagery and video, rapid prototypes, written concept statements and roadmap proposals that travel well across the enterprise.
• Culture Carrier: Model Newell values; create psychologically safe, inclusive spaces where diverse perspectives produce better outcomes.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Design, Innovation Strategy, or related field (or equivalent experience).
• 3-5 years experience in innovation, design or adjacent roles with a heavy facilitation remit.
• Demonstrated expertise planning and leading cross-functional workshops and design sprints
• Strong command of human-centered design and problem-framing methods; able to select and sequence the right tools for the job.
• Proven track record converting workshop outputs into funded projects or measurable business impact.
• Exceptional verbal and visual storytelling; comfortable simplifying complexity and influencing senior stakeholders.
• Proficiency with digital collaboration and creation tools (Miro/ Figma/Adobe CC etc). Advocacy and expertise with Gen AI creative tools (Midjourney, Vizcom, Chat GPT etc) is preferred.
• Strong written, verbal, and visual communication skills; Strong presentation skills; High energy.
• Able to travel at least once per quarter.
• Experience in consumer products, CPG, or durable goods a plus.
• Must be authorized to work in the United States indefinitely. Visa sponsorship is not available.

Newell Brands (NASDAQ: NWL) is a leading global consumer goods company with a strong portfolio of well-known brands, including Rubbermaid, Sharpie, Graco, Coleman, Rubbermaid Commercial Products, Yankee Candle, Paper Mate, FoodSaver, Dymo, EXPO, Elmer’s, Oster, NUK, Spontex and Campingaz. We are focused on delighting consumers by lighting up everyday moments. Newell Brands and its subsidiaries are Equal Opportunity Employers and comply with applicable employment laws. EOE/M/F/Vet/Disabled are encouraged to apply.