Strategic Innovation & Foresight Analyst

Kraft Heinz, Inc.; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 78,000 - 97,000; Full time

Job summary

Kraft Heinz, Inc. in Chicago is seeking an Analyst for Innovation Strategy & Foresights to help build a unified NA zone innovation plan.

You will translate brand-agnostic signals into clear strategic options and recommendations that advance the Zone's innovation agenda. The role involves leading or partnering with cross-functional teams to move big-bet projects, creating practical tools, templates and dashboards, and delivering decision-ready slides and narratives that connect inputs to actions.

Qualifications

• 2+ years of marketing or innovation experience.
• Strong analytical skills to structure ambiguous questions into clear analyses and outputs.
• Experience synthesizing consumer and market signals into clear implications and recommendations.
• Ability to manage multiple workstreams with attention to timelines and follow-through.
• Passion for consumer marketing and trends.

Responsibilities

• Support shaping the NA Zone innovation strategy by identifying where to play and tracking innovation sufficiency.
• Translate trend and foresight inputs into implications and opportunities applicable across brands and channels.
• Lead or partner with BU cross-functional teams to bring big-bet innovation projects to life.
• Build and maintain tools, templates, and reporting to operationalize innovation strategy and foresights workflows.
• Create decision-ready materials that synthesize inputs into clear options, trade-offs, and paths forward.
• Support portfolio views and roadmaps by organizing data and structuring comparisons.
• Support category expansion exploration by structuring hypotheses and learning agendas to allow quick pressure-testing and decisions.

Skills

Marketing experience

Analytical thinking

Synthesis of inputs

Cross-functional collaboration

Attention to detail

Passion for consumer marketing

Tools

IRI familiarity

Job description

Kraft Heinz, Inc. in Chicago is seeking an Analyst for Innovation Strategy & Foresights to help build a unified NA zone innovation plan.

You will translate brand-agnostic signals into clear strategic options and recommendations that advance the Zone's innovation agenda. The role involves leading or partnering with cross-functional teams to move big-bet projects, creating practical tools, templates and dashboards, and delivering decision-ready slides and narratives that connect inputs to actions.