Senior Manager, Technical Consumer Data Research

Job Description Summary:

​Role Type: Individual Contributor

The Senior Manager, Technical Consumer Data Research (TCDR) reports to the Senior Director, Technical Consumer Data Research (TCDR), APAC and leads consumer research for Japan and South Korea Operating Unit (JSK OU) and Global Categories, delivering front end, consumer centric insights to drive a prioritized innovation pipeline across Product, Packaging, and Equipment for right first time, high impact outcomes. Organizationally, the TCDR function sits within the Innovation, Technology & Strategy team, ensuring strong integration of consumer insights into broader innovation and strategic decision-making processes. This role serves as a critical business partner shaping strategic, end-to-end consumer centric innovation learning plans and comprehensive research for the OU and Global categories whilst collaborating closely with Marketing, Human Insights, Local and Global Development & Innovation teams, within the innovation centers to deliver present-forward and future-back research strategies, that drive exceptional consumer experiences in alignment with consumer trends and our business strategies whilst delivering business growth.

What You’ll Do for Us:

• TCDR lead for the JSK OU and Global Categories, accountable for end-to-end delivery of research projects and initiatives, including robust cross-functional stakeholder engagement, governance, and alignment. Drives global TCDR community initiatives while standardizing and embedding best practices across markets and categories.

• Strategic business partner shaping and influencing the innovation pipeline for the OU and Global Categories and the broader global TCDR community. Aligns diverse cross-functional teams (SRA, HI, Marketing, GDI, PD, ITS, Strategy) to embed a consumer-first mindset and leverage deep business understanding to drive impactful, insight-led decisions.

• Owns and leads critical innovation research initiatives as a strategic, empowering consumer-centric, technical business partner, driving end-to-end TCDR research excellence with a “right-first time” mindset, and influencing decisions to deliver strong, measurable business outcomes.

• Translate business needs into an actionable sensory and consumer research plans. Build and lead end-to-end consumer research learning plans, with appropriate future forward consumer and sensory approaches and methodologies, utilizing digital capabilities, grounded in sound data & insights, to enable effective business decisions.

• Demonstrates deep functional expertise across TCDR disciplines, including sensory science, human behavioral science, consumer research, and advanced statistical and data science methodologies and sophisticated modeling techniques (e.g., AI, ML, LLMs, PLS regression) leveraging AI capability.

• Utilizes rigorous statistical methodologies and advanced analytical techniques to design studies, analyze data, and interpret results with precision; synthesize findings into robust, evidence-based conclusions and delivers clear, actionable technical and business recommendations to inform decision-making.

• Delivers >Location(s):

  Japan

  City/Cities:

  Tokyo

  Travel Required:

  00% - 25%

  Relocation Provided:

  No

  Job Posting End Date:

  July 17, 2026

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