Diageo

Business Strategy & Transformation Lead

Diageo$125K — $150K *
Business Services
8 - 10 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 8+ years of experience in business transformation roles, ideally within CPG sectors.
  • Proven expertise in Business Process Management Systems (BPMS) and systems thinking methodologies.
  • L6S certification for Lean Six Sigma professionals required.
  • Strong planning and execution skills in large-scale transformation programs, particularly in Supply and Commercial fields.
  • Exceptional change management abilities to steer program execution and engagement with senior leadership.
  • Proficiency in MS Office and Power BI, with exposure to AI models being preferred.

Responsibilities

  • Partner with business leaders to align on strategic goals, competitive positioning, and growth targets.
  • Manage and report on the overall transformation agenda for Diageo NAM, ensuring initiatives progress according to schedule.
  • Evaluate the role of Global Business Services (GBS) in NAM's transformation initiatives.
  • Facilitate discovery sessions to ensure comprehensive understanding of NAM and GBS requirements in solution development.
  • Translate business strategies into actionable value propositions and initiative roadmaps.
  • Design scalable GBS process and organizational architectures for optimized operations.
  • Utilize data analytics for transformation decision-making and provide insights through executive dashboards.

Benefits

  • Hybrid work model allowing 3 days in-office and 2 days remote.
  • Opportunity to collaborate with high-level executives in a dynamic corporate setting.
  • Involvement in shaping the transformation strategy of a leading global brand.
  • Exposure to emerging industry trends and technology applications.
  • Comprehensive opportunities for continuous learning and professional development.
Full Job Description
Business Strategy & Transformation Lead - Partner with business domain leaders within Diageo North America (NAM) to understand strategic objectives, opportunities, competitive positioning, and cost/growth targets. - Report/manage overall Transformation agenda for NAM ensuring initiatives are connected across functions, there is clarity on KPI and Business outcomes being impacted and programs are progressing to planned timeline and outcomes. - Evaluate and effect Diageo's GBS (Global Business Services) participation in the NAM transformation agenda. - Facilitate structured discovery sessions that ensure NAM and GBS requirements are fully elaborated, captured and considered throughout the solutions development lifecycle. - Translate the business strategy and requirements into clear value propositions and initiative roadmaps. Global Business Services Solution Identification & Execution - Design end-to-end GBS process, policy and organization architectures that incorporate standardized, scalable constructs that enable repeatability and margin optimization. - With the support of domain specialists, including process, technology data and commercial, lead the overall solution architecture, ensuring alignment between business architecture, technology architecture, and operational capabilities, including; - Solution / service scope definition - Client experience blueprints - Process and controls design - Technology architecture and design - Operating model and governance structure - Service lifecycle model (including onboarding, offboarding and in-flight change) - SLA/OLA frameworks - Ensure compliance with regulatory, security, controls and risk frameworks where applicable (e.g. SOC1) - Delivery model (global/local/hybrid) - Business Case - Support business case development including cost structures and investment requirements. - Use data and analytics to drive transformation decisions, measure value realization, and provide actionable insights to senior leadership through executive dashboards, KPI scorecards, and business performance reporting. - Recognize and understand emerging industry and technology trends to identify their potential impact and opportunity for GBS to play a role in transformation - Drive standardization, automation, and continuous improvement across processes Skills and Experiences expected: - BPMS (Business process management systems), Systems thinking, L6S certification. - Planning, design and execution of large transformation programs especially in Supply and Commercial areas of CPG businesses. - Change management and program execution. - Strong communication skills.. good enough to engage with NAM Exec/SL's. - Tools - MS Office, power BI, exposure to AI models? - Minimum of 8 years of experience - Location - 3WTC/Stamford (hybrid model of 3 days in office and 2 remote) Worker Type : Regular Primary Location: 3WTC Additional Locations : Stamford Job Posting Start Date : 2026-08-25

About Diageo

Diageo is a British multinational alcoholic beverages company, with its headquarters in London, England. It is the world's largest producer of spirits and a major producer of beer and wine. Diageo's brands include Johnnie Walker, Crown Royal, J&B, Buchanan's and Windsor whiskies, Smirnoff, Cîroc and Ketel One vodkas, Captain Morgan, Baileys, Don Julio, Tanqueray and Guinness. The company was formed in 1997 from the merger of Guinness and Grand Metropolitan. Diageo has operations in more than 180 countries and employs around 27,000 people.
Learn more about Diageo
Size
27,783 employees
Market Cap
$100.2 billion
Industry
Net Income
$1.1 billion
5 Year Trend
+5.1%
Revenue
$11.4 billion
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