.Job Description:Mars Petcare is a diverse and growing business with 100,000 Associates across 130 countries dedicated to one purpose: A Better World for Pets. What we do at Mars Petcare is underpinned by data and science. For more than 50 years, our researchers at Mars Petcare and the WALTHAM Petcare Science Institute have been hard at work to improve the nutrition and health of pets. We're proud of our portfolio of pet food brands within Pet Nutrition Division like PEDIGREE, WHISKAS, NUTRO, GREENIES, SHEBA, CESAR, IAMS and PRETTY LITTER - which are available in traditional food and drug mass retail stores and ecommerce channels.Mars Petcare is also a leading veterinary health provider through an international network of more than 2,500 preventive care and specialist pet hospitals: BANFIELD, BLUEPEARL, VCA, Linnaeus, AniCura and diagnostic services including Antech. We want to take our industry to the next level of innovation, which is why we created our LEAP VENTURE STUDIO, the industry's first pet care-specific startup accelerator, and COMPANION FUND, a $100 million fund to support startups from seed to growth stages.Mars has established the Growth, Digital and Platforms (GDP) unit pursuant to the recognition that digital value creation and digital enablement will form one of the key pillars of the global strategy to transform the experience of pet ownership. As part of this digital transformation agenda, Mars now seeks a proven Vice President of Digital Products, Marketing & Personalization. The role will report to the Global Chief Digital Officer for Mars Petcare and will work closely with senior global petcare and divisional leadership teams.THE JOBThis is an exciting opportunity to be part of a leadership team, which will take Mars Petcare into its next phase of growth, innovation and connection with pet parents. As VP of Digital Product for Marketing & Personalisation within this global, multi-billion, multi-industry organization, this leader will be critical ensuring the development of an industry-leading marketing technology stack at Mars Petcare, which will impact Mars Incorporated as a whole.They will partner with business and technology & data leaders across Mars to ensure an outcome-based digital product development approach in solving the most opportune challenges for pet parents and the business alike. Being part of the most senior level of digital product management within Mars Petcare, they will orchestrate and lead the definition and anchoring of the product craft so that it maximizes value creation towards our strategic ambitions.This role is critical to the success of our product organization and divisions to align on outcomes and priorities, develop roadmaps, deliver on product rollouts and strategic partnership with our divisions to ensure maximum value creation for the consumer and the business
