Head of Innovation

As our Head of Innovation, you'll lead the development of innovation strategies, pipelines and product opportunities that support ZIWI's growth. Working closely with cross-functional teams, you'll identify consumer needs, translate insights into action and bring new products to market that deliver meaningful benefits for pets and pet parents.

What you’ll do

Working alongside ZIWI’s Global Chief Marketing & Innovation Officer and the wider global team, you'll help define ZIWI’s innovation priorities, evaluate new opportunities and create new products.

You’ll drive ZIWI Peak’s global innovation strategy, identifying new opportunities and turning consumer insights into products that deliver meaningful benefits for pets. From concept development through to launch, you’ll work closely with R&D, Sales, Brand Marketing and regional teams to bring differentiated products to market.

What you’ll bring

At ZIWI, our success is built on people who bring energy, courage, and a genuine passion for making a difference. We're looking for a leader who shares our commitment to helping pet’s live life at their peak.

You'll be a relationship-builder who thrives on bringing people together through partnering with cross-functional teams, customers and consumers, you'll build strong connections, collaboration, and supercharge innovative thinking.

You combine consumer insight, commercial thinking and creativity to identify opportunities and deliver results. You're happy operating at both the strategic and practical level, whether that's shaping the innovation pipeline, working through development challenges, building business cases, or rolling up your sleeves to help get a product launch over the line. This is a role for someone who enjoys getting stuck in and making things happen.

You’ll ideally bring:

• 10+ years’ experience leading innovation or new product development, ideally in pet food or a related category.

• A proven track record of taking products from concept through development, commercialisation and launch.

• A strong consumer first approach, with the ability to turn research and market insights into product opportunities.

• A hands-on approach, with a willingness to roll up your sleeves and drive ideas through to execution.

• Experience partnering closely with R&D and technical teams to develop high-quality, commercially viable products.

• Strong commercial judgement and the ability to balance innovation ambition, cost, feasibility and speed to market.

This is a rare opportunity to join a high-growth, Private Equity-backed business where innovation sits at the heart of the strategy. If you're someone who enjoys building, moving quickly and making a visible impact, we'd love to hear from you!

Location: Ideally the successful candidate will be located in LA or Boston, but other remote locations within the USA may also be considered.