Senior Global Strategy Manager Essential Diet & Frailty Care

Marketing

Danone zoekt een Senior Global Strategy Manager Essential Diet & Frailty Care binnen de Adult Oral Nutrition category van Danone’s Specialised Nutrition (SN) unit.

About the job

Join Danone’s Adult Oral Nutrition category, a dynamic and high-impact area within Danone’s Specialised Nutrition (SN) unit. With over €700M in annual net sales and the Fortimel brand driving strong growth, this category is central to our success and future ambitions. Frailty Care is a top priority, focused on improving the lives of vulnerable older adults by understanding their needs—and those of their healthcare professionals, carers, and families—and delivering solutions that truly make a difference. Our reach is strong in Europe, and we’re expanding globally, with exciting opportunities in China, Southeast Asia, and beyond.

As Senior Global Strategy Manager, you’ll play a pivotal role in shaping and executing the innovation pipeline for Essential Diet and Frailty. You’ll work closely with global and regional teams, driving strategic, cross-functional innovation projects that deliver real impact. This is a visible, high-growth area with strong executive support and clear pathways for career progression.

What You’ll Do

• Lead end-to-end innovation project management for Essential Diet and Frailty portfolios—from idea to launch—ensuring projects align with our strategic goals and global growth plans.
• Build and run effective project governance, guiding cross-functional teams to deliver innovation on time, on budget, and to the highest standards.
• Spot and validate breakthrough opportunities, using market insights and clinical evidence to address unmet needs in malnutrition and frailty.
• Transform the portfolio by introducing new products, services, and business models, collaborating with R&D, medical, regulatory, and commercial teams.
• Partner with country teams to adapt global strategies to local realities and regulations, ensuring excellence in execution.
• Track project performance, proactively managing risks and opportunities to maximize impact.
• Champion a culture of innovation, continuous improvement, and agile delivery across the organization.

About you

Who You Are

• You’re a true team player—enthusiastic, collaborative, and ready to support others while working autonomously and driving your projects forward.
• You thrive in complex environments, navigating ambiguity and change with confidence.
• You have a university degree (HBO/WO), ideally with further qualifications in project management or innovation.
• You bring at least 7 years’ experience in healthcare, medical nutrition, or a related field, with a strong track record in leading complex innovation projects.
• You’re skilled at managing and influencing cross-functional teams in a matrix organization.
• You think strategically, communicate clearly, and build strong relationships with stakeholders.
• You have international experience, ideally in HCP-driven or medical nutrition businesses.
• You’re fluent in English; market/local experience is a plus.

About Danone

At Danone we are committed to our mission “bringing health, through food to as many people as possible”. Working together to make sure that our brands, like Hipro, Nutricia, Alpro, Activia, Nutrilon and Evian, create real benefits for people, communities and the planet. You will be part of one of the largest Certified B Corps™ in the world. Being B Corp means to be part of a select movement of companies verified to be meeting the highest standards of social and environmental criteria and using business as a force for good.

We Offer

All Danoners receive a complete package of benefits. This includes a competitive salary and yearly bonus, a premium free pension, 30 days of annual leave (with the opportunity to purchase more) and you will receive a monthly health care allowance. In addition, you can get discount on your gym membership, and we offer initiatives focused on nutrition, physical, and mental health. We provide continuous learning opportunities through workshops, online courses and training sessions.

In the Netherlands we also offer a hybrid working environment which enables each team to meet our people's desire for flexibility. You can work from one of our People Hubs in Hoofddorp, Utrecht and Rijswijk or you can work from home.