The Senior Manager of Consumer Products Research & Insights is a new position within Sandisk’s Global Consumer Insights & Analytics (“CIA”) function. The mission of CIA is to enable our “Consumer at the Center” strategy, by driving consumer centricity into decision-making that drives company growth. This Products Research role will be responsible for defining and orchestrating Sandisk Consumer’s learning plans for product development in partnership with our Product Development and Marketing teams.  This work will involve product and feature ideation, claims and concept development, and product superiority modeling.We are seeking a proactive, collaborative leader with cross-functional insights experience and an ability to thrive in a fast-paced, dynamic environment.  You must possess strong leadership qualities, take ownership of the learning agenda for the Products teams at Sandisk, establish best practices, and build strong partnerships across the organization.ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:Lead the development and execution of consumer learning plans focused on product ideation, development, and optimization, inclusive of qualitative and quantitative primary research and analysis of market data and reports, on time and on budget,Represent Consumer Insights & Analytics (CIA) function at Sandisk in Product Teams across all product segments (SSDs internal/external, USB, cards, accessories),Lead the annual consumer concept innovation process, including ideation, research, and concept and claims development, testing, including driving recommendations and action via the Product Team and the Sandisk Global Consumer Leadership Team,Leverage research data to build product superiority models to enable optimization of product development, andChoose and nurture relationships with key suppliers/vendors for core research work.
