Venture Lead: Horizon 4 Growth & Open Innovation

SC Johnson; Racine (WI); Híbrido; USD 180.000 - 240.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

SC Johnson seeks a Director, New Growth Innovation to lead one to two transformational ventures from thesis through validation, MVP, pilot and scale. You will manage cross-functional venture pods spanning R&D, Insights, Design, Finance, Regulatory, Legal/IP and more, with a gated funding model and a bias for fast, evidence-based decisions.

Based in the US, this senior role emphasizes external collaboration, strategic partnerships, and disciplined capital stewardship to unlock scalable

Formación

• Bachelor's degree and 10+ years of experience in marketing, innovation, strategy or venture building.
• Experience leading ambiguous growth initiatives from insight to market.
• Strong external networking and strategic partner development.

Responsabilidades

• Identify and shape white-space growth opportunities by focusing on unresolved needs and future disruption.
• Lead 1–2 ventures as Opportunity GM from framing through pilot with kill/pivot criteria.
• Translate ambiguity into testable hypotheses and run rapid experiments to learn before scale.
• Build evidence-based investment cases integrating desirability, feasibility, economics and scale.

Conocimientos

Cross-functional leadership

Executive communication

External networks

Open innovation

Educación

Bachelor's degree

MBA preferred

Descripción del empleo

SC Johnson seeks a Director, New Growth Innovation to lead one to two transformational ventures from thesis through validation, MVP, pilot and scale. You will manage cross-functional venture pods spanning R&D, Insights, Design, Finance, Regulatory, Legal/IP and more, with a gated funding model and a bias for fast, evidence-based decisions.

Based in the US, this senior role emphasizes external collaboration, strategic partnerships, and disciplined capital stewardship to unlock scalable