Digital Product Deployment, Associate Director – North America Position Available In Hudson, New Jersey

Digital Product Deployment, Associate Director

• North America

Job ID:

R-86851

Category:

Uniops

Location:

Hoboken, NJ
Date posted:
06/10/2025
ABOUT

UNILEVER

With 3.4 billion people in over 190 countries using our products every day, Unilever is a business that makes a real impact on the world. Work on brands that are loved and improve the lives of our consumers and the communities around us. We are driven by our purpose: to make sustainable living commonplace, and it is our belief that doing business the right way drives superior performance. At the heart of what we do is our people

• we believe that when our people work with purpose, we will create a better business and a better world.

At Unilever, your career will be a unique journey, grounded in our, collaborative, and flexible working environment. Our organizational ambition centers around creating workplaces that foster equity, diversity, inclusion and belonging across all aspects of our business. We don’t believe in the ‘one size fits all’ approach and instead we will equip you with the tools you need to shape your own future.

JOB PURPOSE

This role drives prioritization, deployment, and use of critical products/services within the North America region.
Technologies will span the entire North America business

• marketing, supply chain, financial operations, and more. It will cover all Business Units
• Foods, Personal Care, Beauty & Wellness, and Home Care.

You will ensure multiple teams and stakeholders come together to understand, prioritize, build, deploy, and see benefits from critical technology. More than just landing technology, you ensure that critical requirements are accounted for early in the scoping process.

WHAT WILL YOUR MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES BE

Understand the technology (digital product) needs in North America through speaking with technology partners closest to senior stakeholders, or to senior stakeholders directly
Help prioritize North America technology asks while considering global priorities/efforts in order to reduce technology complexity (avoiding different technologies around the world to achieve the same goal).Represent local needs in global prioritization efforts and carry forward any important local work that needs special management
Collaborate with stakeholders to define scope, goals, plans and timelines
Champion requirements for local needs in global products, then help make these products a reality through working with global product teams or third parties to build
When needed, own relationships and manage vendors directly, leading local product management end-to-end for small or medium scale product launches
Supports local stakeholder engagement and feedback prioritization across domains, advocating for user centricity and continuous improvement
Manages requirements and validation including: local data, systems integration, cross-product integration
Ensure the products are built in a way that users will get great value out of them and local teams will be excited to use them
You are
Customer centric and empathetic

• you understand the needs of (internal) users and ensure products are built and used that are loved
  Proactive and independent
• you can identify what needs to be done and lead cross-functionally to make it happen
  Strategic
• thinking 3 steps ahead.

Able to think critically, logically, and with good judgement
A curious person who likes to learn new technology.

A fast learner
A great communicator

• able to work with people who are senior and in different functions than your own
  Someone who drives projects forward
• you keep people organized and on track
  A business-minded technologist or a technology-minded business person
  Interested in the FMCG space
  A team player

WHAT YOU WILL NEED TO SUCCEED

Experiences & Qualifications
Experience in management consulting, product management, or technology deployment
Digital expertise

• experience with digital (Data, AI, tech) projects / products / programs.

Experience with analytics/insight products
Experience working with senior stakeholders
Strong stakeholder management skills
Execution excellence. Program / plan management to ensure delivery of outcomes
Ability to troubleshoot and resolve technical issues
Excellent communication, collaboration and interpersonal skills. High EQ
Experience with system architecture and data foundations
Track record of developing exceptional talent and teams within this domain
Nice to have
Masters degree in business, computer science, math or related field
Experience in FMCG, CPG, retail, or supply chain
Knowledge of agile
Leadership
You are an inclusive motivator of people. Your team deliver with real passion, growing and learning from each other whilst delivering quick wins.
You are still responsible for your own results and as a manager, you also need to motivate others to deliver with passion, creating an inclusive and engaging climate around you. You can balance challenge with support and coaching. You understand the wider business context and you are emotionally intelligent enough to motivate people to deliver what is needed.
Critical SOL (Standards of Leadership) Behaviors

PERSONAL MASTERY

Sets high standards for themselves. Has emotional intelligence to take feedback, manage mood and motivations, and build empathy for others.

PASSION FOR HIGH PERFORMANCE

Generates intensity and focus to motivate people to deliver results at speed. Takes personal responsibility and accountability for execution and results.

TALENT CATALYST

Invests in people

• coaches individuals and teams to realize their full potential.

Creates an inclusive climate, empowering everyone to be at their best.

PURPOSE & SERVICE

Has humility, understanding that leadership is service to others, inside and outside Unilever.

CONSUMER LOVE

Invests time inside and outside to understand the needs of consumers.

BUSINESS ACUMEN

Creates sustainable growth with purpose, engaging different partners across the system for change.
What We Can Offer You
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Pay:

The pay range for this position is $141,680 to $212,520. Unilever takes into consideration a wide range of factors that are utilized in making compensation decisions including, but not limited to, skill sets, experience and training, licensure and certifications, qualifications and education, and other business and organizational needs.

Bonus:

This position is bonus eligible.
Long-Term Incentive (LTI): This position is LTI eligible.

Benefits:

Unilever employees are eligible to participate in our benefits plan. Should the employee choose to participate, they can choose from a range of benefits to include, but is not limited to, health insurance (including prescription drug, dental, and vision coverage), retirement savings benefits, life insurance and disability benefits, parental leave, sick leave, paid vacation and holidays, as well as access to numerous voluntary benefits. Any coverages for health insurance and retirement benefits will be in accordance with the terms and conditions of the applicable plans and associated governing plan documents.

• Unilever is an organization committed to diversity and inclusion to drive our business results and create a better future every day for our diverse employees, global consumers, partners, and communities.

We believe a diverse workforce allows us to match our growth ambitions and drive inclusion across the business. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, national origin, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by local, state, or federal law and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability. For more information about your Federal rights, please see

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