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Position Summary

The Senior Director, Product – Last Mile & Delivery will own the product strategy, roadmap, and execution for Ashley’s last mile delivery experience across our manufacturing, distribution, and Ashley HomeStore network. This leader will design and evolve the digital and operational products that power home delivery of big & bulky furniture, white‑glove services, and in‑home technician support.

You will translate Ashley’s growth strategy and operational capabilities into seamless, customer‑obsessed delivery experiences—from scheduling and tracking to room‑of‑choice setup and post‑delivery care—while improving cost, reliability, and scalability across our vertically integrated network.

Impact

This role will be central to how customers experience Ashley, directly influencing NPS, repeat purchase behavior, and brand loyalty. Success means fewer delivery issues, faster and more predictable service, and a differentiated “Ashley experience” in the home, enabled by world‑class digital products and tools used by customers, stores, customer care, drivers, and 3PL partners.

Key Responsibilities

Product Strategy & Vision

• Define and own the multi‑year product vision and roadmap for last mile and delivery experiences across Ashley’s DTC, HomeStore, marketplace, and retail partners.
• Lead discovery and market research specific to big & bulky, white‑glove furniture delivery, identifying opportunities to delight customers and remove friction.
• Align product strategy with Ashley’s manufacturing, distribution, and retail operations, ensuring solutions work end‑to‑end—from plant, to DC, to customer home.

Product Execution & Operational Excellence

• Translate strategy into clear product requirements and user stories for engineering, design, and data teams (e.g., delivery scheduling, routing intelligence, customer notifications, proof of delivery, returns).
• Partner closely with Transportation, DC Operations, HomeStore Ops, Customer Care, and IT to launch products that improve on‑time delivery, first‑attempt success, and damage rates.
• Define and monitor product KPIs (delivery NPS, reschedule/cancel rates, cost per stop, contact rate) and iterate based on performance.
• Standardize digital and process experiences for home delivery, white glove setups, exchanges/returns, and in‑home service visits across all markets.

Innovation in Last Mile & Technology

• Drive innovation in delivery scheduling, capacity management, self‑service tools, and driver/technician apps that are purpose‑built for furniture and décor.
• Evaluate and integrate technologies (TMS, telematics, routing optimization, SMS/email/app notifications, photo documentation, AI‑based ETA prediction).
• Partner with data science and analytics teams to leverage AI/ML for demand forecasting, route optimization, and exception management.

Stakeholder & Partner Management

• Build strong partnerships with Transportation & Logistics, Supply Chain, Stores, E‑Commerce, Customer Care, Finance, and IT to ensure aligned priorities and integrated execution.
• Collaborate with 3PLs, delivery partners, and service providers to ensure Ashley’s product experiences are supported in the field.
• Present product strategy, roadmap updates, and results to Ashley senior leadership, influencing decisions with clear customer and financial impact.

Team Leadership

• Lead and grow a high‑performing product team (Product Managers, Product Owners, Analysts) focused on last mile experiences.
• Establish product operating rhythms (prioritization, planning, discovery, retrospectives) that promote accountability, speed, and quality.
• Foster a culture of customer obsession, collaboration, and continuous improvement across Product, UX, Engineering, and Operations partners.

Financial & Business Impact

• Build robust business cases and ROI models for new last mile products and enhancements (e.g., new service tiers, self‑service flows, automation).
• Influence investment decisions by articulating the impact on revenue, cost, NPS, and repeat rate.
• Support Transportation and Supply Chain in identifying new revenue streams (e.g., premium delivery windows, assembly add‑ons) and cost efficiencies via product design.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Product Management, Supply Chain, Engineering, or related field; MBA or advanced degree preferred.
• 10–12+ years of product management experience, with at least 5+ years owning customer‑facing or operations‑facing products at scale.
• Demonstrated success building products in last mile, logistics, e‑commerce, or retail—preferably in big & bulky or home delivery.
• Proven record of end‑to‑end product ownership: discovery, strategy, requirements, launch, and iteration using agile methods.
• Experience working in or with transportation, logistics, or supply chain teams, and familiarity with TMS/WMS/routing technologies.
• Strong analytical and financial acumen, comfortable with data, A/B testing, and translating metrics into product decisions.
• Experience influencing senior stakeholders in a matrixed, multi‑location organization.

Preferred Qualifications

• Direct experience in furniture, appliances, or other large item home delivery.
• Background working with white‑glove delivery, installation, or in‑home service providers.
• Hands‑on experience integrating with 3PLs, carriers, and last mile platforms.
• Exposure to Ashley HomeStore or similar store/retail networks, balancing store and digital experiences.

Core Competencies

• Strategic product thinking & execution
• Customer‑centric journey design
• Cross‑functional leadership & influence
• Data‑driven decision making & financial modeling
• Strong communication and storytelling to senior leaders
• Change management in operations‑heavy environments
• Innovation & continuous improvement mindset

Travel & Work Environment

• Ability to travel up to ~30–40% to visit DCs, HomeStores, transportation hubs, and delivery partners.
• Comfortable spending time in warehouses, cross‑docks, and in‑market delivery operations to see products in action.
• Standard hybrid office environment, collaborating across time zones and functions

Are you a Principal Designer with a passion for innovation, design strategy, and storytelling? Do you have experience developing solutions that provide world-class experiences for customers at unprecedented speed and scale? Then join us in our mission to power prosperity around the world by disrupting the small business mid-market with our AI-driven expert platform!

As the newly-formed Experience Architecture team, we are the architects of the end-to-end user journey within the Global Business Solutions Group. Our mission is to transform the user experience into a unified, all-in-one platform powered by a team of AI agents and human experts.

To achieve our mission, we define and drive the end-to-end visions for key customer flows, elevate design standards through continuous improvement, champion AI innovation, and build a thriving design community across the Intuit ecosystem.

As a principal designer, you will be a key player in building the future of our all-in-one platform, a trusted solution for millions of small and mid‑sized businesses.

In this leadership role, you'll work with an incredible team of go‑getters, passionate self‑driven individuals who share a common goal of creating revolutionary experiences for our customers. You'll have the opportunity to further develop your service design skills ensuring a seamless connection between hand‑held service to our amazing product. Step one will be to revolutionize our Information Architecture in our new “business class” product suite.

We're seeking a bold and strategic thinker with a strong interaction design background to help us bring our AI-based solutions to the forefront of the industry. You’ll love building relationships throughout our ecosystem of partners and learning to scale influence from senior leaders to code.

So what are you waiting for? Join Intuit's Experience Architecture Team and help drive momentum and accelerate innovation around the world!

• Strategic Design Leadership: Define and drive the design vision for key PDX initiatives, aligning with Intuit's overall strategy and business goals.
• Design Principles: Set the bar for design principles and standards that promote consistency and excellence.
• Work with design and product leaders to develop future-facing product and UX strategy.
• Lead the design of complex, cross‑functional projects, from concept to completion.
• Create high-fidelity prototypes and design specifications that effectively communicate design intent and vision.
• Explore and implement innovative design solutions that leverage emerging patterns and AI.
• Advance our design systems to be future‑forward and efficient.
• Articulate design concepts and rationale through compelling presentations and narratives.
• Influence and inspire cross-functional teams and leadership through effective storytelling.
• Facilitate design artifacts, shares, workshops and critiques to drive alignment across leadership as well as both design and product teams.
• Mentor and guide staff and senior designers, fostering their professional growth.
• Establish yourself as a thought leader within the design community, both internally and externally.
• Drive adoption of best practices, and new design standards.

• 10+ years of experience in product design, preferably in large-scale products.
• Exceptional storytelling and communication skills, with the ability to influence and persuade stakeholders at all levels.
• Expertise in design systems, interaction design, and visual craft.
• Proven track record of leading and delivering impactful design solutions across large and complex products and platforms.
• Ability to convey holistic ideas and concepts through storyboarding, wireframing, and prototyping.
• A portfolio that demonstrates a strong understanding of user-centered design principles and a mastery of craft.
• Demonstrated ability to work collaboratively with and influence other designers, product management, marketing, and engineering leaders to drive outcomes.
• Exceptional ability to analyze and synthesize qualitative and quantitative data to inform design decisions, identify opportunities, and measure outcomes.
• Strong cross-functional collaboration skills, with the ability to lead and inspire teams across functions.

Intuit provides a competitive compensation package with a strong pay for performance rewards approach. This position will be eligible for a cash bonus, equity rewards and benefits, in accordance with our applicable plans and programs. Pay offered is based on factors such as job-related knowledge, skills, experience, and work location. To drive ongoing fair pay for employees, Intuit conducts regular comparisons across categories of ethnicity and gender. The expected base pay range for this position is: Bay Area California $229,000–$309,500.

See more about our compensation and benefits at Intuit®: Careers | Benefits.

Clinical Program Manager - Essex Management

Remote in US except, if in Maryland, DC, VA & Delaware; must be comfortable in being on client site at least once a week.

This position supports "Essex, an Emmes Company". Essex is a biomedical informatics and health information technology-focused consultancy founded in 2009 and headquartered in Rockville, MD. The Essex team comprises experts with extensive experience in strategically developing and managing complex health and biomedical information programs for clients in the Federal Government, research academia, and private sectors.

Emmes Group: Building a better future for us all.

Emmes Group is transforming the future of clinical research, bringing the promise of new medical discovery closer within reach for patients. Emmes Group was founded as Emmes more than 47 years ago, becoming one of the primary clinical research providers to the US government before expanding into public-private partnerships and commercial biopharma. Emmes has built industry leading capabilities in cell and gene therapy, vaccines and infectious diseases, ophthalmology, rare diseases, and neuroscience.

We believe the work we do will have a direct impact on patients' lives and act accordingly. We strive to build a collaborative culture at the intersection of being a performance and people driven company. We're looking for talented professionals eager to help advance clinical research as we work to embed innovation into the fabric of our company. If you share our motivations and passion in research, come join us!

Primary Purpose

We are seeking a highimpact, strategic, and executionoriented directorlevel Program Manager to lead and mature the organization's program strategy, delivery excellence, and client enablement capabilities. This role provides both strategic leadership and handson management, including direct oversight of staff and responsibility for career development, coaching, and performance management.

This role will shape how internal departmental initiatives and client programs are planned, governed, staffed, measured, and communicated, ensuring delivery rigor while enabling flexibility and innovation across diverse client environments.

This role works in close partnership with portfolio, engineering, bioinformatics, data science, and business development leadership to ensure integrated delivery, effective resource utilization, proactive risk management, and an exceptional client experience.

The ideal candidate is a decisive people leader and systems thinker who thrives in complex and evolving environments, balances strategy with execution, and brings a strong client first mindset. Success requires the ability to influence at the executive level, mature organizational capabilities, and cultivate a collaborative, empowered team culture that supports excellence in deliveryfirst mindset. Success requires the ability to influence at the executive level, mature organizational capabilities, and cultivate a collaborative, empowered team culture that supports excellence in delivery.

• Establish and execute departmental goals and objectives aligned to enterprise strategy, contract priorities, and client mission outcomes; define and monitor KPIs to drive accountability and data-informed decision-making.
• Design, implement, and continuously mature program management, governance, and delivery enablement frameworks that scale across portfolios while ensuring compliance with federal, regulatory, and organizational standards.
• Provide executive-level visibility into portfolio, program, and project health through standardized dashboards, metrics, and reporting-enabling proactive management of risks, issues, dependencies, and performance trends.
• Partner with portfolio and divisional leadership to support investment prioritization, funding decisions, and resource allocation, balancing client commitments, growth objectives, and staff sustainability.
• Ensure full lifecycle contract execution excellence, including initiation, execution, closeout, client reporting, lessons learned, and continuous improvement integration.
• Lead people management strategy for the department, including performance management, career development, succession planning, training pathways, and promotion readiness.
• Own departmental workforce and strategic resource planning, including forecasting, recruitment, onboarding, capacity planning, skills development, and certification alignment.
• Ensure compliance with staff allocations plans, time reporting, and internal policies across billable, internal, and strategic initiatives.
• Actively support business development efforts, including RFP solutioning, staffing models, transition planning, delivery onboarding, and ongoing executive client engagement.
• Champion quality-by-design principles across all delivery artifacts and processes; oversee SOP evolution, process training, internal audits, and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Maintain strong awareness of industry, regulatory, and technology trends; represent the organization through thought leadership, publications, conferences, and strategic forums.

Required Skills:

• Advanced expertise in program, portfolio, and PMO leadership, including framework design, governance models, and delivery maturity assessments (e.g., PMI, PMO, Agile/Hybrid environments).
• Strong command of program operations, including financial management, forecasting, risk and issue management, resource optimization, and executive reporting.
• Demonstrated experience leading complex life sciences and health IT programs supporting clinical research, bioinformatics, public health, biomedical informatics, and regulated data environments.
• Exceptional communication and executive presence, with the ability to influence senior leaders, advise clients, and align cross-functional teams around shared outcomes.
• Proven problem-solving and systems-thinking capabilities, with a track record of driving process improvement, operational scalability, and organizational maturity.
• Ability to rapidly assess priorities, adapt to evolving client environments, and translate strategy into executable roadmaps.
• Strong regulatory and compliance knowledge, including clinical research regulations, healthcare privacy, and federal IT compliance standards (e.g., FDA, 21 CFR Part 11, HIPAA, FISMA, FedRAMP, CMMI, ISO).
• Experience operating in federal health environments (e.g., HHS, NIH, NCI), with familiarity across consulting delivery models, contract vehicles, and business development lifecycle.

Required Areas of Focus:

Program Management Leadership

• Own and evolve client-facing program and project roadmaps, ensuring alignment with mission goals, regulatory requirements, funding constraints, and delivery capacity
• Contribute to standardized BD-to-Delivery transition processes, ensuring early engagement, clarity of scope, staffing, budgets, timelines, and accountability prior to execution.
• Ensure consistent contract execution through disciplined tracking of deliverables, milestones, financials, and performance metrics, including CPAR inputs and self-assessments.
• Design, maintain, and continuously improve enterprise delivery dashboards, providing visibility into:

• • Program and project health summary
  • Resource utilization and capacity
  • Budget performance and forecasting
  • Risk and issue trends
  • Key milestones and outcomes

Contract performance and quality metrics

• Establish and enforce a structured reporting cadence to support proactive leadership engagement and timely decision-making:

• • Weekly: Project and program status
  • Monthly: Portfolio performance and financial reviews
  • Quarterly: Strategic outlook, risk posture, and growth alignment

• Serve as a senior client relationship leader, cultivating trusted partnerships and proactively identifying opportunities to enhance delivery value and expand engagements.

Financial & Resource Management

• Partner with leadership teams to define, manage, and optimize portfolio, program, and project-level budgets.
• Develop and maintain a comprehensive resource capability matrix capturing skills, certifications, experience, performance insights, and availability.
• Optimize workforce utilization by aligning staffing decisions with delivery needs, staff development goals, and long-term organizational strategy.
• Lead and support staff transitions, onboarding, promotions, and role changes with minimal delivery disruption.
• Drive training and capability development strategies aligned to SOPs, industry standards, and evolving client needs.

Stakeholder Engagement & Communication

• Act as a senior liaison between executive leadership, program teams, and client stakeholders.
• Strengthen client partnerships through structured feedback mechanisms, contract / project performance reviews, and strategic planning engagements to support change agility and account growth.
• Enable cross-division collaboration to ensure integrated delivery and shared accountability.
• Communicate performance, risks, and opportunities through clear dashboards, briefings, and executive presentations.

Advisory & Consultation

• Provide strategic advisory services to internal and external stakeholders navigating complex program and project and delivery challenges.
• Translate technical, business domain, and operational concepts into actionable strategies that enable informed decision-making.
• Serve as a trusted advisor supporting both delivery excellence and organizational growth.

• Education: Bachelor's degree required; Master's degree in a scientific, health, or program management discipline preferred. PMP or equivalent certification desired.
• Experience: Minimum of 10 years in senior program strategy and delivery leadership roles across federal, academic, and private-sector environments.
• Program Leadership: Extensive experience program management, PMO leadership, governance, financial management, and large-scale delivery enablement.
• Industry Knowledge: Strong background in life sciences, clinical research, bioinformatics, health informatics, and public health.
• Leadership & Business Acumen: Proven ability to lead distributed teams, manage complex stakeholder environments, and influence at the executive level.
• Business Development: Demonstrated success supporting client growth, solution design, and consulting delivery models.
• Federal Health IT Experience: Experience supporting HHS, NIH, NCI, or similar agencies strongly preferred.

Why work at Emmes?

At Emmes, your actions and hard work will have a direct impact on public health initiatives, both globally and in our local communities with opportunities for volunteerism through our Emmes Cares community engagement program. We offer a competitive benefits package focused on the health and needs of our growing workforce, including:

• Flexible Approved Time Off

• Tuition Reimbursement

• 401k Retirement Plan

• Work From Home Anywhere in the US

• Maternal/Paternal Leave

• Casual Dress Code & Work Environment

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The Emmes Company, LLC is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate in its selection and employment practices. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to disability or protected veteran status.

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Title:Sr. Manager Data Governance

Location: Richardson, TX Hybrid

Duration: 6 months possibility of FTE conversion yes

JOB SUMMARY

This position incubates and establishes a leading-edge global Data Governance function to support business segments, corporate functions and the Digital & Technology stakeholders. The responsibility includes

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• Liaise directly with clients and account teams to provide strategic direction on implementation of data governance programs, best practices, adoption of standards, mast data management, and data quality improvement while leveraging leading-edge data governance tools and technology.
  
• Collaborate with and manage highly performing data governance and data management professionals that support occupier clients and account teams.
  
• Provide support on data strategy execution in the adoption of data products including enterprise data platform that provides game-changing analytics in the CRE industry.
  
• Serve as the data governance champion of strategic data products and supporting metadata and reference data.
  
• Implement and support data ownership and stewardship programs for stakeholders across the business to ensure that account teams adopt improved data governance and management practices.
  

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

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• Participate in the strategy, planning, and execution for Enterprise Data Governance at, focusing on Building Operations & Experience (BOE) business segment. Ensure the company has urgency, sensitivity and thought leadership for competitive capabilities around data.
  
• Demonstrated leadership experience in a large, complex, global organization, including the ability to effectively work and communicate across organizational lines. Ensure business stakeholder understanding, alignment and commitment to the objectives of the data governance and management program(s). Be the champion and evangelist for data, the business value, and the potential innovations. Be the trusted advisor to senior leadership and peers.
  
• Demonstrated experience in building relationships and leading high-performing teams with top talents around the world. Build a high performance environment and execute a people strategy that attracts, retains, develops and motivates their team by fostering an inclusive work environment, communicating vision/ values/ business strategy and managing succession and development planning for the team.
  
• Collaborate with partners across business segments/ business lines, regions and accounts to develop consistent data governance capabilities at all levels, influencing decisions relating to policy, practices, supporting technology, and talent development.
  
• Establish leading data management practices and shared services relating to data quality, data provisioning, metadata, lineage, reference data, issue management and change management.
  
• Implement data governance as commodity services that could be leveraged by various clients in different industries. Understand clients' appetite and risk culture in day-to-day support activities and decision-making.
  
• Establish account team data governance programs. Define data domains and implement business oversight via essential data governance organizations and RACI (i.e. central data governance function, Data Ownership and Stewardship Program, etc.). Establish data standards, policies and controls. Design and implement the framework, including associated processes, necessary to sustain a data control environment. Monitoring compliance with data policies and standards
  
• Establish account team and cross-account data quality framework necessary to enable data quality reporting, issue identification, remediation and tracking, ultimately ensuring trust and confidence in data across domains.
  
• Guide the client accounts to adopt the strategic data products including existing account migrations and new account transitions. Manage data to support and its clients' business intelligence and scale appropriately with business growth.
  
• Experience in leading and driving leading-edge data innovation initiatives including big data, cloud computing, IoT, data virtualization and federation, etc., is a plus.
  
• Create and implement strategic approaches, plans, timelines, preparation of business cases to ensure expedited handling of client data protection, and other data compliance and security requirements.
  
• Develop and implement metrics needed to monitor/ report on data governance and data management progress
  
• Develop communication approaches and change management strategies; determines presentation focus and emphasis and prepares board-level presentations.
  
• Performs other duties as assigned.
  

SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES

Manages the planning, organization, and controls for a major functional area or department. Position will be responsible for managing direct reports across the Americas region and working with peers across all regions, requiring flexibility in schedule. May also be responsible for matrix reports. This position requires subordinates' recommendations for staff recruitment, selection, promotion, advancement, corrective action and termination. Effectively recommends same for direct reports to next level management for review and approval. Monitors appropriate staffing levels and reports on utilization and deployment of human resources. Leads and supports staff in areas of staffing, selection, training, development, coaching, mentoring, measuring, appraising, and rewarding performance and retention. Leads by example and models behaviors that are consistent with the company's values.

QUALIFICATIONS

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required.

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

EDUCATION and EXPERIENCE

Bachelor's degree (BA/BS) from four-year college or university and a minimum of eight years of related experience and/or training, including five years of experience at the management level.

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• 5 or more years of progressively responsible management positions in complex organizations required. Demonstrated success with high visibility projects, leaders in technology use and development, change management, budget and business case development and staff development.
  
• 5 or more years of related experience in related industry; commercial real estate management preferred.
  
• 7 or more years of data management related experience such as data analysis, data governance, enterprise information management, data modeling, and data quality management. analytics experience desired, i.e., data visualization, data analytics, data mining, business intelligence, etc.
  
• Candidates must have experience working in large organizations with geographically dispersed teams and complex technical environments.
  
• Experience in dealing with internal and external customers, service providers and vendors. Must be able to manage competing priorities. Needs to be resilient; resolving conflicts quickly to achieve desired business results.
  
  

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• Bachelor's degree in business administration, Information Management, MIS, Business Intelligence and Data Science, Library Science, Computer Science or related fields; advanced degree preferred.
  

CERTIFICATES and/or LICENSES

None

COMMUNICATION SKILLS

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• Ability to comprehend, analyze, and interpret the most complex business documents. Ability to respond effectively to the most sensitive issues. Ability to write reports, manuals, speeches and articles using distinctive style. Ability to make effective and persuasive presentations on complex topics to employees, clients, top management and/or public groups. Ability to motivate and negotiate effectively with key employees, top management, and client groups to take desired action.
  
• Ability to establish and maintain a high level of customer trust and confidence in the overall information and analytics space
  
• Excellent oral, written, and presentation communication skills. Strong negotiation and group facilitation skills; ability to move a process forward, while meeting the needs of a variety of clients.
  
• Excellent collaboration, influence and leadership skills. Ability to work with various levels of peers including analysts, developers and executives regarding complex business and data related issues.
  
• Relationship management skills that include excellent listening and consultative capability, the ability to influence and negotiate with business and technology partners to drive change, and the ability to take a broad perspective and make key connections
  

FINANCIAL KNOWLEDGE

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• Requires basic knowledge of financial terms and principles.
  
• Participates in complex financial/business analysis and report reviews prepared peers or leaders.
  
• Manages to and oversees department budget.
  

REASONING ABILITY

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• Ability to solve advanced problems and deal with a variety of options in complex situations. Requires expert level analytical and quantitative skills with proven experience in developing strategic solutions for a growing matrix-based environment. Draws upon the analysis of others and makes recommendations that have a direct impact on the company.
  
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  • Understanding of global organizational design and the ability to shape and drive large-scale, cross-functional programs around people, technology, processes, and tools.
    
  • Demonstrated ability to balance long-term strategy with quick wins.
    
  • Demonstrated ability for strategic influencing and education of cross-functional stakeholders about the strategic importance and value of data governance
    
  • Excellent managerial skills; collaborative, imaginative, resourceful, reliable, technically savvy.
    
  • Superior analytical and creative problem-solving skills. Demonstrated successes in data analysis, drawing conclusions and improvement. Apply listening and consultative skills to understand business needs; be able to interpret requirements, identify impacts and analyze problems to determine impacts to business processes across the organization.
    
  • Ability to work well under deadlines, ability to work in a multi-tasking production environment to make good judgments about competing priorities.
    
  • Ability to tell a story to explain or sell a concept.
    
  
  
  

OTHER SKILLS and/or ABILITIES

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• Utilizes an entrepreneurial approach and develops innovative solutions.
  
• Ability to write business cases, process maps, presentation materials and articles using distinctive style.
  
• Ability to make effective and persuasive presentations on complex topics across various levels of leadership
  
• Expert level analytical and quantitative skills with proven experience in developing strategic solutions for a growing matrix-based multi-industry sales environment.
  
• Ability to use strong conceptual and analytical skills to generate insights and recommendations.
  
• Demonstrated information management and quantitative skills, including working knowledge of IT infrastructure, various technologies/ platforms, and aligned vendor solutions with enterprise strategic priorities.
  
• Experience managing small to mid-size teams and delivering results.
  
• Thorough knowledge of cutting-edge data management tools, industry advances, etc.
  
• Superior project management/ consulting and leadership skills. Demonstrated ability to facilitate complex, mission critical projects and to develop, participate in and guide multi-disciplinary work teams. Manage task timelines and deliverable schedules and share concerns about deliverables, timelines, and issues with Data Governance services or deliverables.
  
• Superior ability to manage, manipulate and analyze raw data, draw conclusions, and develop actionable recommendations using technology. Articulate the issues and resolutions via business-friendly communications. Serve as primary day-to-day contact for regional data management issues.
  
• Advanced understanding of data quality management. Knowledge of data governance and how it impacts business processes.
  
• Knowledge of master data management in a global environment, including data lifecycle and maintenance processes.
  
• Skills in MS Visio, Word and PowerPoint is a plus.
  
• Experience with reference data management tools at including Collibra, MS Excel, SQL query, etc., is a plus.
  
• Software development lifecycle knowledge, with background in agile philosophies and
  

Description

Ready for more than just a job? Build a career with purpose. At Lactalis in the USA, we believe in promoting from within and giving our employees meaningful opportunities to learn, grow, and thrive. Whether you're just starting out or bringing years of experience, we'll provide the tools and support you need to succeed.

As the world leader in dairy, Lactalis is a family-owned company with over 85,000 pragmatic and ambitious professionals across the globe. Each day, we're proud to produce award-winning dairy products that bring people together.

In the US, we proudly offer an unrivaled house of beloved brands, including Galbani Italian cheeses and ricotta, President specialty cheeses and butters, Kraft natural and grated cheeses, Breakstone's cottage cheese, Cracker Barrel, Black Diamond cheddar, and Parmalat milk. Our yogurt portfolio includes siggi's, Stonyfield Organic, Brown Cow, Oui, Yoplait, Go-Gurt, :ratio, Green Mountain Creamery, and Mountain High, along with a growing family of ethnic favorites like Karoun, Gopi, and Arz.

At Lactalis, we live by our core values-Ambition, Engagement, and Simplicity. We foster a workplace where innovation thrives, diverse perspectives are celebrated, and everyone's unique background and ideas are valued.

Even if you don't meet every qualification, we encourage you to apply. We want to hear about your PASSION, your STORY, and how your EXPERTISE can help us shape the future of dairy.

From your PASSION to ours

Karoun Dairies, part of the Lactalis family of companies, is currently hiring a Digital Marketing Manager based in San Fernando, California.

About the Role

We are seeking a Consumer-Focused Digital Marketing Manager with a strong background in CPG marketing (preferably dairy) to lead our digital initiatives. This role combines creativity, analytics, and technology to deliver impactful campaigns that resonate with consumers and drive measurable results. You will manage social media, paid advertising, SEO/SEM, content creation, and AI-driven optimization across multiple platforms.

From your EXPERTISE to ours

Key responsibilities for this position include:

Pillars To Success:

• A key contact for Digital marketing, working with the senior management to develop trade and digital strategies and releases, ensuring activity is within budgets and deployed appropriately to support key messages / campaigns.
• Responsible for managing the delivery of all B2B Digital marketing communication, including email / social /website, ensuring tone of voice is representative of the Karoun and Portfolio brands whilst being agent appropriate and engaging.
• Develops and executes B2B Digital marketing strategies to boost sales via retailers, distributors and wholesalers.
• Acts as a liaison between Company brand marketing and sales to create persuasive digital marketing technical and strategical materials and deployments to fruition per the strategical plans and forecasts.
• Manage trade promotions with digital technical resources, tools, and measures as an advocate of the goal and mission, the same for in-store presence.
• Analyze performance metrics of digital marketing related deployments and offer strategic roadmaps with actionable planning.
• Consumer-Centric Strategy: Develop and execute digital marketing strategies based on consumer insights and behavior.
• Social Media & Paid Ads: Manage Meta Ads, Google Ads, and other paid campaigns. Implement targeting and retargeting, optimize pixels/tags, and ensure accurate tracking.
• SEO & Keyword Analytics: Conduct keyword research, optimize content for SEO, and manage SEM campaigns to improve visibility and traffic.
• Content Creation & Virality: Produce engaging content (posts, videos, blogs) designed to connect with consumers and encourage sharing. Identify influencers and manage collaborations.
• AI-Driven Optimization: Use AI tools for predictive analytics, automated scheduling, keyword analysis, and campaign performance optimization.
• Analytics & Reporting: Track KPIs such as views, reach, GRPs, CPM, and use tools like Google Analytics and heatmaps to improve user experience and conversions.
• Retail & Marketplace Integration: Manage campaigns for Instacart, Walmart, and Amazon Fresh, including paid ads and performance adjustments.
• Email Marketing & Automation: Build and manage email campaigns, leveraging automation for efficiency.
• Trend Monitoring: Stay ahead of emerging digital marketing and AI trends.
• Accountable for ensuring all support material for use in B2B and B2C trade comms is created and distributed in a timely manner and on budget.
• Work with the senior manager to develop multi-channel trade communication plans, using insightful analytics of performance and aligning with brand activity to deliver tailored comms suitable for the message being delivered.
• Maintain an external perspective and awareness of trade marketing activity other organizations are carrying out within and outside of the industry. Using any insight gained to inform Karoun's trade and marketing related activities.
• Take the lead on building relationships with Karoun and portfolio brands to share best practice and agent insight.
• Represent as digital marketing lead in key partnership team (sales) events, ensuring the partnership team is aware of upcoming plans, activity and news from digital marketing. Similarly, will then also represent the voice of the marketing/sales team in related meetings.
• Have ownership of ensuring the respective teams have a thorough and good understanding of digital brand activities and information. Regularly meet and work relevant business agents to better plan and deliver such related digital marketing campaigns that are optimized for the desired delivering of commercial, sales and brand objectives.
• Proactively work with internal and external partners and business relation colleagues to create and deliver assets than can be used where possible.
• Share best practice and learnings from and with colleagues and stakeholders.
• Advocates and supports Head of Marketing and Sales Management as and when needed.
• Provide the sales team with support on proofing key digital marketing materials.
• Ensure that the Marketing team and others are kept well informed of current projects and priorities. Strategic awareness and dual consideration to how we are communicating brand messages, commercial priorities and key agents process updates to the team and other dept. partners.

This description reflects management's assignment of essential functions, it does not proscribe or restrict the tasks that may be assigned.

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform these Essential Duties and Responsibilities.

Requirements

From your STORY to ours

Qualified applicants will contribute the following:

Desired attributes:

• Role model: Lactalis Leadership Model culture essentials in their leadership style: Have approachable style and a 'can do' attitude with a highly evolved 'customer service' approach.
• Consumer-First Mindset: Understands consumer behavior and creates strategies that resonate.
• Strategic Thinker: Designs and executes campaigns that deliver measurable results.
• Creative Innovator: Creates content that drives engagement and brand loyalty.
• Analytical Expert: Uses data and AI insights to optimize performance.
• Tech-Savvy: Comfortable with the latest tools and trends in digital marketing.
• Strong project management skills with the ability to juggle multiple initiatives.
• Field-oriented mindset with hands-on experience in store-level execution.
• Analytical and data-driven, with a focus on KPI tracking and actionable insights.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills across departments.
• Proficient in budget planning and resource allocation.
• Highly proactive, detail-oriented, and results-focused.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office (Excel, Outlook, Word).
• Expert in internal and external relationship building and management
• Organization, flexibility, and the ability to prioritize and manage diverse activities simultaneously.
• Dynamic, problem-solver with an Innovative and creative mindset.
• Strong communication, presentation, negotiation and influencing skills.
• Attention to detail and quality control.
• Passionate about delivering optimal results
• Always maintains effective working relationship despite any difficulties caused by conflicting roles or differing viewpoints.
• Will resolve differences of opinion by seeking mutually acceptable solutions.
• Contributes to a supportive team environment by providing support and back up to team members and sharing expertise with others.
• Seeks feedback from other team members.
• Is highly motivated and energetic and has "can do" attitude.
• Is able to work in teams from across the organization, not just within their area of specialty
• Willingness to continue developing and growing in the marketing field and responsibilities
• Highly organized with experience managing multiple projects and priorities while managing workflow in a deadline-driven and service-focused environment.
• Strong interpersonal skills including ability to maintain strong professional relationships with a diverse range of groups, and associates in different locations.
• Good problem-solving skills.
• Excellent attention to detail.
• Be driven by the delivery of a proactive marketing team, taking ownership of issues and solving them.
• Ability to explain things clearly. Comfortable with having conversations with stakeholders of various levels of seniority.
• Be excellent at planning and prioritizing and have excellent organization and time-management skills
• Enjoy working in a team, both immediate and cross-functional, and is a strong, proactive and reliable team member.

Education and Specific Experience Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Digital Marketing, Marketing relevant degree or similar level qualifications or equivalent related field/experience.
• 5+ years of experience in digital marketing with expertise in social media, paid ads, SEO/SEM, and analytics.
• CPG marketing experience required; dairy category experience strongly preferred.
• Proficiency in Meta Ads Manager, Google Ads, Google Analytics, SEO tools, and AI-powered marketing platforms.
• Strong understanding of pixels/tags, heatmap analysis, and campaign KPIs.
• Experience managing campaigns for retailers and marketplaces.
• An understanding of marketing communications practices and techniques
• Marketing communication experience across
• managing various channels including advertising
• Relationship management experience skills
• Relevant legislative understanding
• Proven experience presenting to a variety of key stakeholders
• Exemplary interpersonal and leadership skills with particularly strong experience in communicating and influencing throughout all levels of a business
• Proven commercial acumen
• Stakeholder management
• Keen ability to multi task with strong organizational skills
• Knowledge of IT packages including Excel, Word, Power Point
• Ability to analyze data and draw conclusions, making and presenting recommendations as appropriate.
• Exceptional written and verbal communication.
• Time management, prioritization and organization.

Skills/Abilities

• Strong organizational skills and attention to detail.
• Must be self-motivated, organized and possess strong problem-solving skills.
• A curious self-starter, able to work independently without excessive oversight
• An effective multi-tasker that can set priorities and schedule work activities
• Ability to effectively present information to management.
• Interpersonal and communication skills.
• Ability to present, converse and report professionally to Lactalis Leadership.
• Teamwork, good communication skills to work closely across departments.
• Should possess strong communication and organization skills
• Ability to manage multiple projects in a fast-changing environment.
• Highly motivated, dynamic, efficient, and fast learning.
• Positive attitude, flexibility and a strong work ethic are critical to thriving in this position.
• You have strong communication & interpersonal skills.
• You have strong analytical skills and are comfortable dealing with numerical data.
• You thrive in matrix environments and are adept at influencing and coordinating with different stakeholders.
• Excellent communication, analytical, and creative skills.

Desirable:

• Ability to use and familiarity with email, marketing, social media and website content management systems
• Specialist marketing qualification
• Ability to adapt PDF's
• Good project management skills
• Copywriting

Other

• Eligibility to participate in Incentive Plan.
• Schedule and additional requirements outlined below:

We promote work-life balance, but as Digital Marketing, there are occasions business needs may/can require weekends, evenings, additional hours availability and flexibility, such as but not limiting to, reporting to our or other locations, Food or trade shows, trainings, events, company engagement activities, etc.

Business travel, such as, requirement to travel for Lactalis and/or Karoun related purposes to, conferences, meetings internal and external, trainings, etc. (Overnight stays as needed) [Travel i.e., airplane, auto]

• Job Type: Full-time

Physical Demands

The Physical Demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the Essential Duties and Responsibilities of this job.

Office: While performing the duties of this job, the employee may be regularly required to stand, sit, talk, hear, reach, stoop, kneel, and use hands and fingers to operate a computer, telephone, and keyboard.? This is largely a sedentary role sitting at a computer for an extended period;? However, this would require the ability to move around within an office environment and bend or stand as necessary and to?move about inside the office to access file cabinets, office machinery, etc.?Regularly communicates with others both verbally and in writing to convey information.?? Air travel required when active participation in meetings outside the office are deemed necessary.?

Work Environment

The Work Environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the Essential Functions and Responsibilities of this job.

Office: This job operates in a professional office environment with moderate noise and distractions in an open office environment. This role routinely uses standard office equipment such as computers, phones, copiers, and fax machines.? This job requires interaction with others on a regularly basis.

At Lactalis, we offer a comprehensive Total Rewards Program with a variety of affordable benefits and coverage options. We support insurance costs significantly, contribute generously to retirement plans, and offer Paid Time Off from day one. We are committed to your professional growth, providing training and development opportunities, including Education Reimbursement. Join us and grow your career.

Lactalis is an equal employment opportunity employer. We will not discriminate against applicants with regard to any legally-recognized basis including, but not limited to: veteran status, race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, marital status, sexual orientation, and physical or mental disabilities. Further, any division of the Company that is an Affirmative Action Employer will comply with all related legal obligations

Our Client is shaping the future of retail hardware solutions for global lottery environments. As retail evolves - introducing advanced connectivity, self-service experiences, and cashless transactions - this role exists to own the hardware product portfolio end-to-end: strategy, roadmap, and leadership of a team that delivers both commercial and technical outcomes.

This leader will set standards for what “great” looks like in hardware product management, lead experienced product managers responsible for major product lines, and oversee a Hardware Product Design Lead who ensures technical design execution aligns with business goals.

Location: West Greenwich, Rhode Island.

Qualifications

• 12+ years in product management or related leadership roles, including 5+ years managing multiple product lines.
• Direct experience in retail POS hardware and technology (terminals, kiosks, vending machines, cashless payment systems).
• Strong market knowledge of components, devices, and emerging technologies relevant to retail hardware.
• Proven ability to lead cross-functional teams and manage complex stakeholder environments.
• Bachelor’s degree in business, engineering, or related field required; advanced degree preferred

Scope of Authority

Decision Rights:

• Owns retail hardware product strategy and roadmap across multiple product lines.
• Accountable for team performance and delivery of portfolio outcomes.

Budget Influence:

• Direct Management: Owns and manages the R&D budget for hardware innovation and sustaining, ensuring alignment with product strategy and ROI targets.
• Influence & Oversight: Provides input on hardware design, prototyping, and vendor selection to optimize cost, quality, and speed-to-market.

Team:

• Direct reports: Director-level Product Managers, Senior Product Managers, and Hardware Product Design Lead.

Leads vs Influences:

• Leads product management and design leadership team.
• Influences engineering, procurement, UX, Field Services, and external technology partners.

What Great Looks Like

• Exceptional:
• Has led hardware product portfolios and managed Director-level leaders and technical roles.
• Deep expertise in retail POS equipment and solutions, vending machines, and cashless payment technologies.
• Proven track record of delivering measurable business outcomes (cost reduction, reliability, scalability).

Senior Project Manager – HR Technology

Job Summary

The Senior Project Manager – HR Technology leads large, enterprise‑wide HR technology and business transformation initiatives. This role owns end‑to‑end delivery of complex programs that span multiple teams, systems, and business functions.

This is a senior individual contributor role for someone comfortable operating at the executive level, driving delivery discipline, and influencing outcomes without direct authority. You will partner closely with HR, IT, Finance, Operations, and external vendors to ensure initiatives are delivered successfully and aligned to business goals.

What You’ll Do

Project Delivery & Execution

• Own delivery of large‑scale HR and HR technology initiatives from project kickoff through stabilization
• Define scope, objectives, success measures, resourcing plans, and governance structures
• Build and manage detailed project plans, timelines, budgets, risk and issue logs, and executive‑level reporting
• Identify and proactively manage risks, dependencies, and interdependencies across multiple workstreams
• Coordinate system implementation activities, including requirements validation, testing oversight, deployment planning, and business readiness

Leadership & Stakeholder Partnership

• Lead cross‑functional teams across HR, IT, Finance, Operations, and external vendors
• Facilitate steering committees and deliver clear, concise updates to senior leaders
• Drive alignment across stakeholders and proactively manage change impacts
• Hold teams accountable to timelines, scope, and business outcomes while influencing without direct authority

Governance & Standards

• Ensure projects adhere to enterprise governance, compliance, and quality standards
• Contribute to the ongoing improvement of HR project management and delivery practices

What We’re Looking For

Experience

• 8+ years of progressive project management experience, including leadership of enterprise‑level initiatives
• Proven experience serving as the primary project manager on large, cross‑functional HR or HR technology implementations
• Hands‑on experience leading complex system implementations such as HCM, Payroll, Time & Attendance, Talent, or integrated platforms
• Demonstrated ability to partner with executive stakeholders in high‑visibility environments
• Experience managing project budgets, vendors, and external consulting partners
• Experience working within structured PMO or governance environments
• PMP certification preferred

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities

• Strong command of project management methodologies (Waterfall, Agile, and Hybrid)
• Excellent influencing skills with the ability to drive alignment without formal authority
• Ability to translate strategy into clear, executable delivery plans
• Strong executive communication, presentation, and facilitation skills
• Solid financial and operational understanding
• Comfortable navigating ambiguity and complex organizational dynamics
• Strong analytical, problem‑solving, and decision‑making skills
• Ability to manage multiple high‑priority initiatives at the same time
• High level of ownership, accountability, and delivery discipline
• Advanced spreadsheet skills, including Smart Sheets, for tracking, analysis, and reporting

Role Structure

• This is an individual contributor role with no direct reports
• Success is driven through leadership, influence, and partnership rather than people management

Education

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Human Resources, Project Management, Information Systems, or a related field preferred
• An equivalent combination of education and relevant experience will be considered

Work Environment

• Typical office environment with extensive computer work
• Duties may include sitting or standing for extended periods
• Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions
• Must adhere to the company’s Code of Conduct and all other policies

Safety

• Follows all departmental and company safety policies and programs

Equal Opportunity Employer

Wayne‑Sanderson Farms is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, national origin, ancestry, age, disability, citizenship status, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.