Top Tech Jobs & Startup Jobs in Chicago, IL

Source oils, wheats, and grains for North America by executing category strategies, leading sourcing events and negotiations, managing supplier relationships and contracts, analyzing market data, and partnering with global and cross-functional stakeholders to deliver value.

Plans and delivers strategic initiatives from initiation through closure, coordinating cross-functional execution in a matrixed organization. Maintains governance materials, project plans, RAID logs, action tracking, and executive reporting. Builds dashboards, scorecards, risk heat maps, and performance views; translates complex data into actionable insights. Partners with data owners to ensure data quality, standardizes reporting processes, manages risks and dependencies, and supports timely stakeholder decisions.

Lead end-to-end MarTech integration programs, including roadmap development, Agile rollout strategy, system prototyping, configuration, workflow testing, and data validation. Partner with Marketing, Sales, Global IT, and local business units to align enterprise architecture with commercial needs. Drive M&A and regional technology integrations, manage dependencies and risks, support IMO enablement, and identify innovation opportunities involving AI and automated creative briefing.

Leads channel effectiveness for Mars Snacking by connecting brand marketing, sales, and supply planning. Responsibilities include channel strategy execution, annual planning, forecasting reviews, demand-supply gap resolution, product allocation optimization, customer service level protection, promotional storytelling, and coordination of seasonal and innovation launches. The role requires cross-functional collaboration with sales, customer marketing, brand marketing, and supply planning teams, plus 10–15% domestic travel.

Manages digital product content syndication across ecommerce retailers, including item setup, product attributes, digital assets, metadata, compliance, and content health. Administers syndication, PIM, and DAM platforms; resolves retailer content issues; tracks KPIs; and improves workflows, accuracy, and scalability. Serves as a subject matter expert on retailer content requirements and digital shelf best practices while collaborating with internal teams, vendors, and ecommerce partners.

Lead brand growth for Nutri-Grain and Special K through brand strategy, innovation, full-funnel marketing, budget management, market analysis, and commercialization. Partner cross-functionally with Innovation, Finance, Sales, R&D, Supply Chain, Insights, and agencies to translate consumer and business insights into action plans. Support social, influencer, media, and omnichannel activations while protecting brand positioning and driving performance.

Leads the strategy, growth agenda, innovation pipeline, brand stewardship, integrated marketing, media execution, budgets, and performance management for Special K and Nutri-Grain. Translates consumer, category, competitive, and financial insights into annual plans and long-range strategies. Partners with cross-functional teams and external agencies to commercialize innovations, optimize communications, strengthen brand positioning, and deliver profitable growth. Coaches team members and manages stakeholder alignment, investment decisions, forecasts, and business performance.

Leads the global strategy and execution of M&M’S immersive consumer experiences across retail, digital, content, activations, sponsorships, and brand touchpoints. The role connects physical and digital ecosystems, establishes experience standards and measurement frameworks, oversees optimization, and aligns global, regional, commercial, retail, digital, and agency partners. It directly manages physical and digital immersive experience leaders and drives cohesive, consumer-centric experiences that strengthen brand equity, engagement, and business growth.

Leads multiple complex Value Leadership projects from ideation through post-launch review. Responsibilities include defining scope, timelines, resources, and risks; directing cross-functional teams; managing stakeholders; escalating issues; administering Stage & Gate and PPM processes; prioritizing project pipelines; tracking Go-to-Market activities; and driving continuous improvement aligned with strategic business objectives.

The Demand Finance Manager partners with Sales, Marketing, FP&A, Trade Finance, and Supply Chain Finance to support forecasting, planning, customer and channel profitability, marketing investments, innovation, and commercial decisions. Responsibilities include developing financial models, analyzing volume, revenue, trade, margin, and profitability, supporting S&OP and annual planning, evaluating initiatives, improving forecast accuracy, and creating dashboards and reporting using SAP, Power BI, and Excel.