Newell Brands Inc

Senior Lead, Innovation Strategy & Product Planning

Newell Brands Inc • $110K — $130K *
Atlanta, GA 30349In-Person
Retail & Consumer Goods
8 - 10 years of experience
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Qualifications

  • 8+ years of experience in Product Planning, Product Development, Innovation, or similar fields; preference for new product or growth innovation experience.
  • Ability to transition between strategic development and hands-on execution in uncertain, early-stage settings.
  • Proficient in business case development, market sizing, revenue projections, and financial modeling for new initiatives.
  • Strong analytical capabilities, adept at working with diverse data types to validate assumptions and derive actionable insights.
  • Skilled in synthesizing various inputs into comprehensive opportunity assessments and executive communications.
  • Expert in creating engaging PowerPoint presentations and compelling narratives for senior leadership decision-making.
  • Demonstrated experience in facilitating productive workshops and cross-functional team engagements.

Responsibilities

  • Lead development of business cases and market assessments for early-stage product innovations.
  • Create and manage project plans, risk logs, and action trackers to align workstreams with learning objectives.
  • Coordinate cross-functional teams by tracking actions and deliverables across various departments and external partners.
  • Synthesize diverse inputs to produce opportunity assessments and executive-ready documents for investment discussions.
  • Support cross-functional workshops by developing agendas and ensuring actionable outcomes are documented.
  • Oversee external partnerships and consultants during project sprints to meet established learning objectives.
  • Collaborate closely with the FEI Pod Leader to ensure projects have necessary structure and materials for investment discussions.

Benefits

  • Collaborative work environment with a small, dedicated innovation team.
  • Opportunities for personal and professional growth within a multi-functional team.
  • Access to cross-departmental insights and expertise.
  • Potential to impact early-stage product development and growth initiatives directly.
Full Job Description
Job ID: 17301

The Front-End Innovation (FEI) Senior Lead, Product Planning plays a key role within the business FEI team. Working collaboratively with multi-functional POD partners, this individual owns both the viability work and the project management of early-stage product and growth initiatives, serving as the analytical and operational backbone of the POD. They develop business cases, market assessments, financial models, and commercial viability analyses informed by consumer, market, technical, and business inputs, while also owning the project structure, workstream coordination, and decision-ready materials that keep initiatives moving toward investment milestones.

Essential Functions & Duties

Functions and duties of this role include, but are not limited to:

  • Lead business case development, opportunity sizing, and viability evaluation for early-stage innovation initiatives, including revenue scenarios, financial models, and market and competitive assessments
  • Develop and maintain project plans, key assumptions, risk logs, and action trackers that keep workstreams aligned to learning objectives and timelines
  • Coordinate cross-functional viability workstreams by tracking actions, dependencies, decisions, and deliverables across Insights, Design Research, R&D, Brand, Finance, Marketing, and external partners
  • Synthesize consumer, market, technical, and business inputs into opportunity assessments, business cases, and executive-ready materials that support investment and portfolio decisions
  • Support cross-functional working sessions and workshops through agenda development, synthesis, documentation, and follow-up
  • Manage external agencies, consultants, and innovation partners through project sprints, keeping work focused on defined learning objectives and decision needs
  • Work closed with the FEI Pod Leader to ensure projects have the structure, information, and materials required to advance through investment discussions


Qualifications

The successful candidate will have the following qualifications:

  • 8+ years in Product Planning, Product Development, Innovation, Product Management, Consulting, or related disciplines; new product or growth innovation experience preferred
  • Proven ability to operate across strategic opportunity development and hands-on execution, with comfort creating structure in ambiguous, early-stage environments
  • Demonstrated experience developing business cases, market sizing, revenue scenarios, and financial models for new product or growth opportunities
  • Strong analytical skills with the ability to work with structured and unstructured data, pressure-test assumptions, and translate findings into product and business implications
  • Ability to synthesize consumer, market, technical, and business inputs into opportunity assessments and executive-level communications
  • Exceptional PowerPoint and executive storytelling skills, with proven ability to build decision-ready materials for senior leadership
  • Experience facilitating workshops and cross-functional reviews that move teams from discussion to action
  • Experience managing agencies, consultants, and external innovation partners through project sprints
  • Familiarity with value proposition development, GTM planning, and commercialization considerations preferred
  • Curious, agile, and "whole-brain" mindset -- balancing strategic thinking, analytical rigor, creative problem solving, and practical execution.


WORK ENVIRONMENT

A collaborative, small, dedicated innovation team comprised of multi-functional experts. Co-located with POD members in Atlanta.

Date Posted: Aug 26, 2026

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Learn more about Newell Brands Inc
Size
32,000 employees
Market Cap
$5.3 billion
Industry
Food & Beverages
Net Income
-$770 million
Founded
1903
5 Year Trend
+2.9%
Revenue
$9.3 billion
NASDAQ
NWL
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