Manager, Growth Insights

Role: Growth Insights Manager

About Diageo:

With over 200 brands sold in nearly 180 countries, we're the world's leading premium drinks company. Every day, over 30,000 dedicated people come together at Diageo to create the magic behind our much-loved brands. Join us and you'll collaborate, explore, and innovate. Challenge and be challenged. Together with passionate people from all over the world, you'll build brands consumers love.

We value each other and celebrate different perspectives. In our inclusive culture, you'll have the backing needed for new ideas and learn from them. Harness your passion and desire to grow as you make your mark. Let's unlock a brighter, more exciting future together!

About the role:

The Growth Insights Team is the "North Star" for the entire U.S. Spirits organization's long-term strategy. The purpose of the role is to creatively leverage available internal and external data sources to research, synthesize, and forecast key trends in the spirits industry with the purpose of informing operational decision-making and long-term planning.

Role Responsibilities:

The Growth Insights Team has three core functions:

• Long term strategy and ad-hoc, consultative projects (1/3 time)
• Executive and investor support (1/3 time)
• Performance insights and reporting (1/3 time)

Long Term Strategy and Ad-Hoc Projects:

The Growth Insights Team is expected to have the "pulse" on where the industry is headed - in all senses of the phrase. In collaboration with the Director of Growth Insights and key stakeholders throughout Finance, Brand, and Commercial, you will periodically produce forecasts for the overall industry as well as key category, price segment, market, and retail partner trends. You will also be tasked with conducting ad-hoc "deep-dive" analyses on topics of interest, in which you will be expected to effectively analyze available data, synthesize key points, and tie your analysis into the broader picture of Diageo's overarching strategies. Ad-hoc projects are sometimes spurred by specific asks from key stakeholders, but also often "home-grown" topics identified by the team as critical to Diageo's long-term success; The ideal candidate will have the intellectual curiosity and ability to see the "30,000-foot view" to contribute such ideas.

Executive and Investor Support:

The Growth Insights team is tasked with keeping the executive leadership informed of key industry trends and portfolio performance in near real-time. The Growth Insights Manager will periodically produce materials for executive and commercial leadership reviews that illustrate trends in a clear and concise manner and will field questions and follow-ups where needed.

The Growth Insights Team is also the most significant contributor to NAM Market Investor Relations report and has significant responsibilities in preparing leadership for twice-annual earnings read-outs. The Growth Insights Team contributes significant thought leadership on economic outlook, industry trends, and Diageo performance in the U.S. marketplace.

Performance Insights and Reporting:

The Growth Insights Manager, in collaboration with the Growth Insights Analyst, will produce recurring reports surrounding syndicated data releases on industry and Diageo performance to keep the business informed in real-time. The Manager will work closely with Brand and Commercial teams on follow-ups and double-clicks into key performance topics. The ideal candidate will be comfortable working in an imperfect data environment and will be willing to "roll-up their sleeves" when it comes to data cleaning and mapping.

Experience / skills required:

Must-haves:

• Expert data analysis and communication skills
• Comfort working with vague guidelines
• Collected and effective under pressure and tight timelines
• Creative problem-solver
• Attention to detail

Qualifications:

• 2+ years of experience in analytical role, ideally in strategy/management consulting or similar field
• Passion for consumer goods
• Excel/PowerPoint expert

Nice-to-haves:

• Experience in CPG, Bev-Alc a plus
• Experience working with syndicated data, Nielsen and/or NABCA a plus
• Understanding of key economic trends and metrics
• Understanding of financial measures
• Experience with or willingness to learn PowerBI a plus, but not a prerequisite

Flexible Working Statement:

Flexibility is key to our success. Talk to us about what flexibility means to you so that you're supported to manage your wellbeing and balance your priorities from day one.

Rewards & Benefits Statement:

We recognise and value performance, offering our people a highly competitive Rewards and Benefits package.

Diversity statement:

Our purpose is to celebrate life, every day, everywhere. And creating an inclusive culture, where everyone feels valued and that they can belong, is a crucial part of this.

We embrace diversity in the broadest possible sense. This means that you'll be welcomed and celebrated for who you are just by being you. You'll be part of and help build and champion an inclusive culture that celebrates people of different gender, ethnicity, ability, age, sexual orientation, social class, educational backgrounds, experiences, mindsets, and more.

Our ambition is to create the best performing, most trusted and respected consumer products companies in the world. Join us and help transform our business as we take our brands to the next level and build new ones as part of shaping the next generation of celebrations for consumers around the world.

Feel inspired? Then this may be the opportunity for you.

Client-provided location(s): New York, NY

Job ID: Diageo-JR1118613

Employment Type: FULL_TIME

Posted: 2025-10-03T18:58:58