Strategic Growth Director, Consumer Goods & Transformation

Socket.dev; Maplewood (MN); On-site; USD 287,000 - 351,000; Full time

Job summary

3M in Maplewood, MN is seeking a Director, Strategy & Business Development to shape the Consumer Business Group's multi-year roadmap and lead two to three priority transformation initiatives end to end.

You will work with Finance, Marketing, Sales, and R&D to build business cases, evaluate partnerships, and prepare executive materials for the Group President, CEO, and Board. Travel up to 20%, relocation possible, and US work authorization required.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or higher (completed and verified prior to start).
• Seven (7) years of experience in consumer-packaged goods strategy, transformation, commercial, or marketing roles and/or in strategy consulting serving consumer and retail clients, in a private, public, government or military environment.
• Five (5) years of experience leading strategy or transformation projects end to end, from problem framing and hypothesis-driven analysis through executive alignment and implementation.
• Five (5) years of experience building P&L, business-case, and scenario models and working with consumer, retail, pricing, promotion, or syndicated data.
• Five (5) years of experience influencing and partnering across a matrixed organization, including Finance, Marketing, Commercial, Supply Chain, R&D, or HR

Responsibilities

• Shaping CBG’s multi-year strategic roadmap — building the three-year plan and the category, channel, and area strategies beneath it, with explicit revenue, margin, and investment implications.
• Leading two to three high-priority transformation initiatives end to end — from problem framing and hypothesis-driven analysis through execution, adoption, and measured P&L impact.
• Evaluating and building business development opportunities — screening acquisitions, licensing, divestitures, and strategic partnerships against CBG’s strategic filters, and building business cases that inform investment decisions.
• Running CBG’s strategic planning and performance cadence — annual operating planning, KPI definition, initiative tracking, and long-range planning with Finance.
• Preparing executive-ready materials and decision support for the CBG leadership team, Group President, CEO, and Board forums, while leading cross-functional project teams and external advisors to deliver.

Skills

Bachelor's degree

Strategy experience

Transformation projects

P&L modelling

Cross-functional influence

Education

Bachelor’s degree or higher

Job description

3M in Maplewood, MN is seeking a Director, Strategy & Business Development to shape the Consumer Business Group's multi-year roadmap and lead two to three priority transformation initiatives end to end.

You will work with Finance, Marketing, Sales, and R&D to build business cases, evaluate partnerships, and prepare executive materials for the Group President, CEO, and Board. Travel up to 20%, relocation possible, and US work authorization required.