Job Location

Mumbai

Job Summary

We are seeking an R&D; Director to take on a highly autonomous and influential role, driving business growth by expertly integrating deep consumer insights into comprehensive proposition and product design, ensuring high-quality execution. This position offers significant visibility, reporting directly to the R&D; Senior Director. Responsibilities will include cultivating a motivated R&D; team of up to 10 employees and developing the operational infrastructure necessary to support a rapidly expanding business. The successful candidate will have regular exposure to senior leadership, including the General Manager and above. Preferred candidates will possess a minimum of 8-10 years of experience in Indias FMCG R&D; sector, along with demonstrated capabilities in team leadership and organizational design and growth.

Your team

This role reports to Senior Director, R&D; and will be responsible for managing an organization of between 4 to 7 direct reports along with working with multi-functional teams across the value stream.

Responsibilities

- Drive clear definition of Consumer target, transparent consumer insights and solutions to consumer tensions which drive category growth. Define role of different forms and product requirements in the portfolio to best deliver against the consumer jobs.
- Develop innovation drumbeat for which delivers deliver against portfolio growth goals integrating superior consumer performance and structural savings glidepaths.
- Coach their team to deliver outstanding regional consumer and product development work including technical and consumer-based assessment methods.
- Partner across functions including Commercial and Supply to support current and future innovation needs and business continuity




- Assess regional competitive landscape and develop strategies to get and stay ahead; lead development of robust performance and claims strategies that support strong commercialization programs.
- Ensure good governance practices in daily work - quality, regulatory, safety.

Qualifications Role Requirements
- Deep Technical Mastery - Specialized and extensive technical knowledge in R&D; with focus on deriving consumer insights and translating these to build winning products in market
- Collaboration - Strategically influence and effectively collaborate with multiple stakeholders to drive outcomes for India. These stakeholders include India General Management, regional multifunctional team, and global R&D; partners
- Highly Strategic - sets the vision for their portfolio against the business outcomes integrating both topline and bottomline deliverables. This leader will be able to develop a portfolio that enables business to drive competitive advantage.
- Strategic Market - Specific Innovation for Emerging Markets: Demonstrated ability to translate unique consumer insights from dynamic emerging markets into commercially successful and locally relevant product solutions.
- Leadership in Building & Coaching Global R&D; Talent: Track record of recruiting, developing, and mentoring large R&D; teams, cultivating both advanced technical skills and critical commercial acumen in an international context.
- Enthusiastic and agile partner - seeks sources of innovation and ideas both inside and outside of P&G; to deliver outcomes better, faster and cheaper.
- At least 8 to 10 years of experience in consumer goods R&D; with demonstrated experience and expertise in building strong & empowered teams.
- Background in science or technical fields. Masters or PhD from top science and engineering campuses preferred.

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📌 R&D Director (Mumbai)
🏢 P&G
📍 Mumbai