Ingredion is a global Fortune 500 provider of ingredient solutions that touch millions of lives, every day. With over 19,000 customers in 120 countries, we create solutions that help nourish, comfort, and delight people all over the world. We are proud to source our strength from nature. That’s why we’re growing sustainably, with an industry-leading product portfolio that includes plant-based proteins, sugar alternatives and clean and simple ingredients that deliver on changing consumer needs while protecting our planet. Although we are best known for our food ingredients, we are much more than a food business. We co-create bespoke solutions with our customers; from cosmetics and beauty, to paper and textiles, to pharmaceuticals, driven by relentless curiosity. We make it our business to anticipate industry trends, and to bring together the potential of people, nature and technology to make life better.
We don’t just make ingredients. We create possibilities. Be What’s Next® with us.
Location: Bridgewater, New Jersey
Workplace type: Hybrid
The Head of Global Insights & Intelligence leads Ingredion's global Insights Center of Excellence, transforming customer, consumer, market, competitive, and business intelligence into actionable growth opportunities. The role is responsible for identifying emerging trends, unmet needs, sources of competitive advantage, and new opportunities for growth, translating insights into strategic recommendations that shape business strategy, innovation priorities, portfolio decisions, commercial opportunities, and go-to-market execution. Working closely with the wider Global and Regional Marketing teams, Segment and Product teams, R&D, Commercial Excellence, and business leadership, this leader ensures innovation pipelines are grounded in validated customer and consumer needs, supports critical commercialization decisions throughout the stage-gate process, and leverages AI-enabled insights capabilities to deliver differentiated intelligence at scale. The role champions a culture of evidence-based decision making, builds world-class insights capabilities, and ensures insights translate into measurable business impact, profitable growth, and competitive advantage.
Core Responsibilities. What you will do:
- Lead global market intelligence and trend forecasting capabilities.
- Shape enterprise strategy and growth priorities through customer, consumer, market, competitive, and business insights.
- Synthesize multiple sources of intelligence (market, customer, consumer, competitive, regulatory, technology and business) into actionable insights and persuasive, audience-specific stories that inform executive decision making, shape growth strategy, guide innovation investment, enable go-to-market execution, and strengthen customer engagement
- Partner with Global Category Marketing to quantify market opportunities and commercialization potential for innovation and growth initiatives.
- Identify and prioritize near-term growth opportunities that unlock profitable growth, partnering with Regional Marketing to drive go-to-market activation and commercial execution.
- Anticipate future market shifts to uncover whitespace opportunities, develop strategic growth hypotheses, and guide investment, innovation, and commercialization decisions.
- Guide strategic planning, portfolio decisions, and investment priorities using data-driven intelligence.
- Ensure innovation pipelines are grounded in validated customer and consumer needs and supported through the stage-gate process.
- Works with the Brand and Marcoms COE to translate insights into thought leadership and with Regional Marketing to shape customer engagement strategies and go-to-market execution.
- Build and scale AI-enabled insights capabilities that accelerate decision making and competitive advantage.
- Define and lead a world-class Global Insights Center of Excellence, including talent, methodologies, tools, and processes.
- Champion a culture of insight-led decision making and demonstrate measurable business impact.
What you will Bring:
- Bachelor's degree required; Master's degree in Marketing, Business Administration (MBA), Data Analytics, Economics, Market Research, or a related commercial discipline preferred.
- 12-15+ years of progressive leadership experience in Insights, Strategic Marketing, Market Intelligence, Commercial Excellence, Business Strategy, or related functions within global B2B ingredient, food, beverage, specialty chemical, life sciences, or sophisticated CPG organizations.
- Demonstrated track record of translating insights into business outcomes, including shaping growth strategies, influencing investment decisions, supporting innovation commercialization, and driving profitable revenue growth.
- Deep expertise in customer, consumer, market, competitive, and business intelligence, with the ability to synthesize complex information into actionable recommendations for executive and commercial audiences.
- Experience leading global teams and influencing across complex, matrixed organizations, with a strong understanding of regional market dynamics across North America, EMEA, APAC, and LATAM.
- Strong understanding of AI-enabled insights capabilities, advanced analytics, data platforms, automation, and emerging technologies, with experience embedding digital and AI solutions into business decision-making processes.
- Exceptional strategic thinking, storytelling, and communication skills, with a proven ability to influence senior executives, customers, and cross-functional stakeholders through compelling, evidence-based narratives.
- Demonstrated ability to lead through ambiguity, manage multiple priorities, and deliver results in a fast-paced, high-performance environment.
- Strong people leadership capabilities with experience building, developing, and retaining high-performing teams and fostering a culture of continuous learning and excellence.
- Highly collaborative and influential leader with the ability to build trusted partnerships across Marketing, R&D, Commercial, Strategy, Digital, and regional organizations.
- Fluent in English; additional languages are advantageous.
Who you are. Required behaviors and skills:
- Connects customer, consumer, market, competitive, regulatory, technology, and business signals to uncover insights, identify growth opportunities, and guide business decisions.
- Compelling storyteller and influencer: Translates complex information into clear, persuasive narratives that influence executive decisions, strengthen customer engagement, and accelerate commercial action.
- Collaborator: Builds alignment across Marketing, R&D, Commercial, Strategy, and regional teams, bringing diverse perspectives together to drive growth.
- Growth & innovation catalyst: Identifies unmet needs, emerging trends, and whitespace opportunities, translating them into growth platforms, innovation priorities, and commercial opportunities.
- AI-enabled leader: Harnesses AI, analytics, and automation to scale insights, accelerate decision making, and increase organizational effectiveness.
- Thrives in ambiguity, applying curiosity, critical thinking, and commercial judgment to bring clarity and direction to complex business challenges.
- High performance leader: Sets ambitious standards, delivers results through others, and builds high-performing teams and capabilities.
- Maintains focus, sound judgment, and effective decision making in fast-paced, high-pressure environments.
- Talent & Capability Builder: Actively shares knowledge, best practices, and expertise to strengthen organizational capability and advance both regional and enterprise goals.
Why Join Ingredion?
Discover why Ingredion is the ideal place to advance your career with our exceptional rewards and benefits package designed to help you thrive. Create the future with us and enjoy:
- Total Rewards Package – Competitive salary and performance-based pay recognizing your contributions to our success
- Comprehensive Benefits & Wellness Support – Health, long-term savings, and resources for your physical, mental, and emotional well-being
- Flexible Work Arrangements – We value flexibility to support you both professionally and personally.
- Career Growth – Learning, training, and development opportunities, including tuition reimbursement
- Employee Recognition Program – A culture of real-time appreciation, with personalized recognition rewards globally
Relocation Available: Yes
We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. Ingredion seeks to provide a work environment that is free from harassment and discrimination. We will not tolerate any form of discrimination based on race, color, religion, age, gender, gender identity, gender expression, national origin, ancestry, handicap or disability—mental or physical—marital status, sexual orientation, veteran status, disability resulting from military service, or any other classification protected by law (“protected classifications”). We are committed to establishing and maintaining a work environment where everyone is treated with dignity and respect.
Ingredion provides accommodations to job applicants with disabilities throughout the hiring process. If a job applicant requires an accommodation during the application process or through the selection process, we will work with the applicant to meet the job applicant's accommodation needs.
Ingredion uses AI-enabled tools to support parts of the recruitment process, including resume screening and interview scheduling. These tools help match candidate skills to job requirements and streamline communication. All AI-assisted decisions are reviewed by our Talent Acquisition team to ensure fairness and compliance with applicable laws. By applying, you acknowledge that AI may be used to support your application journey.
Relocation Available:
Yes, Within Country
Pay Range:
$181,400.00-$241,866.67 Annual
This pay range is not a guarantee of compensation or salary. Final base salary will be determined based on several factors which may include but are not limited to responsibilities of the job, education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities, as well as internal equity, alignment with market data and applicable bargaining agreement (if any).
Incentive Compensation:
As a part of the total compensation package, this role may be eligible for the Ingredion Annual Incentive Plan or a role-specific commission/bonus.
Benefits:
Full-time roles are eligible for our comprehensive benefits package which includes medical, dental and vision coverage as well as a 401(k) plan with an competitive company match.
