Senior finance and commercial leader to shape the financial and commercial foundation of a confidential new venture in Unilever's Wellbeing Collective, El Segundo, CA hybrid, with a salary range of USD 146,200–USD 219,400 annually.
Responsibilities
- Lead the integrated business case and financial model for the venture, covering revenue, margin structure, and investment profile across multiple scenarios.
- Collaborate with the Innovation Lead to shape pricing strategy and pack architecture, ensuring alignment with margin targets and financial guardrails.
- Develop and steer demand and revenue scenarios to inform planning, tradeoffs, and key strategic decisions.
- Translate consumer, brand, and proposition inputs into clear financial frameworks and decision support.
- Own product costing and COGS development, influencing formulation, sourcing, and design decisions to achieve target margins.
- Serve as the financial and commercial partner to the Innovation Lead, grounding product, pricing, and GTM decisions in economics and scalable models.
- Evaluate commercialization pathways, including partnerships and route to market options, using robust modeling and scenario analysis.
- Define financial guardrails and metrics for the venture, including launch thresholds, payback expectations, and scaling triggers.
- Act as a core leader within the venture team, driving alignment, pace, and accountability across functions.
- Provide data‑driven recommendations to the General Manager and leadership to support key decisions.
Requirements
- 6+ years of progressive finance experience, with 8+ years preferred when including consumer packaged goods (CPG) exposure.
- Bachelor's degree; preference for Finance & Accounting or an advanced degree.
- Strong commercial and financial acumen with the ability to develop robust business cases and guide investments in a dynamic environment.
- Ability to balance strategic thinking with hands-on execution, translating complex inputs into clear commercial and financial direction.
- Proven track record of influencing and aligning senior, cross-functional stakeholders to drive decisions and outcomes.
- Sharp judgment and decision-making, with confidence to challenge assumptions and navigate ambiguity.
- Ability to operate effectively in a fast-paced, entrepreneurial environment with high agility and resilience.
- Strong communication skills, capable of distilling complexity into clear, concise insights and recommendations for leadership.
Benefits
- Health insurance
- Bonus eligible
- Long-Term Incentive (LTI) eligible
About Unilever
Unilever serves 3.4 billion people in more than 190 countries. The company pursues sustainable living as a guiding purpose and believes responsible business practices drive superior performance. Our people are at the heart of what we do, and we aim to empower them to work with purpose to create impact.
Who We Are
We are the Wellbeing Collective Group at Unilever, focused on building and growing brands in the health and wellness space. Wellbeing encompasses vitamins, minerals and supplements, along with adjacent areas such as functional hydration and nutrition.
Our Business
Unilever's Wellbeing Collective brings together a portfolio of high growth health and wellness brands to deliver superior consumer experiences. The group includes US brands such as OLLY, Liquid I.V., Nutrafol, SmartyPants, Welly and Onnit, plus Equilibra (Italy). Each brand maintains its own distinct purpose and culture, united by a shared commitment to health and wellbeing.
