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Position Summary

The Manager – Innovation Strategy will serve as the strategic architect for category growth and innovation planning across Tyson Foods’ retail branded portfolio. This role is responsible for conducting category research, analyzing long-range growth opportunities, and shaping the company’s innovation strategy. The individual will forecast category share expectations, determine the scale of innovation required, and prioritize categories that offer the greatest growth potential. By aligning stakeholders across the business and integrating with R&D teams, this role ensures Tyson Foods has a clear, actionable innovation roadmap to sustain competitive advantage.

Key Responsibilities

• Category Growth Strategy
  • Lead in-depth research and analysis of retail categories to identify emerging consumer trends, whitespace opportunities, and category growth drivers.
  • Develop long-range forecasts for category share expectations, highlighting opportunities and risks for Tyson Foods’ branded businesses.
• Innovation Planning & Prioritization
  • Synthesize insights to determine how much innovation Tyson Foods needs to deliver annually to sustain category growth and brand leadership.
  • Identify priority categories and segments where innovation will have the highest incremental impact.
  • Build frameworks and models to quantify innovation requirements and success benchmarks.
• Stakeholder Alignment & Integration
  • Drive alignment across senior leadership, brand, sales, insights, and R&D teams on innovation strategy and portfolio priorities.
  • Partner with R&D to ensure strategic innovation needs are translated into actionable product development pipelines.
  • Facilitate decision-making through clear, data-driven storytelling and scenario planning.
• Strategic Foresight
  • Monitor competitive dynamics, consumer shifts, and macroeconomic factors that may influence category innovation needs.
  • Provide thought leadership on future growth platforms, disruptive innovation, and evolving consumer demands.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Marketing, Economics, or related field; MBA preferred.
• 3+ years of experience in category strategy, insights, innovation planning, or corporate strategy (CPG or retail experience strongly preferred).
• Solid foundation in Syndicated data (Neilsen, Circana, Numerator, Technomic, Mintel, DataEssentials)
• Strong analytical skills with proven ability to forecast, model, and synthesize complex data into strategic insights.
• Exceptional communication skills with experience influencing senior stakeholders.
• Proven track record of driving cross-functional alignment and integrating insights into product development roadmaps.
• Ability to balance strategic foresight with practical execution.

Location: Tyson Foods Corporate Office, Springdale, AR. Remote/hybrid work is NOT available. Sponsorship is not available for this role.

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