Job Description :
Business Strategy & Transformation Partner
- Partner with business domain leaders within Diageo North America (NAM) to understand strategic objectives, opportunities, competitive positioning, and cost/growth targets.
- Report/manage overall Transformation agenda for NAM ensuring initiatives are connected across functions, there is clarity on KPI and Business outcomes being impacted and programs are progressing to planned timeline and outcomes.
- Evaluate and effect Diageo’s GBS (Global Business Services) participation in the NAM transformation agenda.
- Facilitate structured discovery sessions that ensure NAM and GBS requirements are fully elaborated, captured and considered throughout the solutions development lifecycle.
- Translate the business strategy and requirements into clear value propositions and initiative roadmaps.
Global Business Services Solution Identification & Execution
- Design end-to-end GBS process, policy and organization architectures that incorporate standardized, scalable constructs that enable repeatability and margin optimization.
- With the support of domain specialists, including process, technology data and commercial, lead the overall solution architecture, ensuring alignment between business architecture, technology architecture, and operational capabilities, including;
- Solution / service scope definition
- Client experience blueprints
- Process and controls design
- Technology architecture and design
- Operating model and governance structure
- Service lifecycle model (including onboarding, offboarding and in-flight change)
- SLA/OLA frameworks
- Ensure compliance with regulatory, security, controls and risk frameworks where applicable (e.g. SOC1)
- Delivery model (global/local/hybrid)
- Business Case
- Support business case development including cost structures and investment requirements.
- Use data and analytics to drive transformation decisions, measure value realization, and provide actionable insights to senior leadership through executive dashboards, KPI scorecards, and business performance reporting.
- Recognize and understand emerging industry and technology trends to identify their potential impact and opportunity for GBS to play a role in transformation
- Drive standardization, automation, and continuous improvement across processes
Skills and Experiences expected:
- BPMS (Business process management systems), Systems thinking, L6S certification.
- Planning, design and execution of large transformation programs especially in Supply and Commercial areas of CPG businesses.
- Change management and program execution.
- Strong communication skills.. good enough to engage with NAM Exec/SL’s.
- Tools - MS Office, power BI, exposure to AI models?
- Minimum of 3 years of experience
- Location – 3WTC/Stamford (hybrid model of 3 days in office and 2 remote)
Worker Type :
RegularPrimary Location:
3WTCAdditional Locations :
StamfordJob Posting Start Date :
2026-08-25Skills Required
- Minimum of 3 years of experience
- Experience planning, designing, and executing large transformation programs, especially in supply and commercial areas of CPG businesses
- Experience with BPMS business process management systems
- Systems thinking experience
- L6S certification
- Change management and program execution experience
- Strong communication skills and ability to engage with senior executives and leadership teams
- Experience with Microsoft Office and Power BI
- Exposure to AI models
- Ability to work in a hybrid model with three days in the office in the 3WTC or Stamford location
Diageo Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Diageo and has not been reviewed or approved by Diageo.
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Fair & Transparent Compensation — Pay is considered competitive and often described as top-tier, particularly in manufacturing and salaried roles, with many indicating they feel fairly compensated. Compensation is frequently cited as a strong reason to join and stay despite pressures in some parts of the business.
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Parental & Family Support — Parental leave is widely recognized as a flagship offering, equalized across parents and inclusive of adoption and surrogacy, with benefits and bonuses maintained during leave. This family-friendly approach is highlighted as industry-leading and a standout element of the package.
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Retirement Support — Pension schemes are described as generous, with notable employer contributions enhancing long‑term financial security. In key markets such as the UK and U.S., offerings like pensions and 401(k) plans are presented as core components of total rewards.
Diageo Insights
What We Do
Diageo's official LinkedIn account. We're a global leader in premium drinks, across spirits and beer, a business built on the principles and foundations laid by the giants of the industry. With over 200 brands sold in 180 countries, our portfolio has remarkable breadth. From centuries-old names to exciting new entrants, and global giants to local legends, we're building the very best brands out there, and with over 30,000 talented people based in over 135 countries, we're a truly global company. With such diversity, we're able to truly represent our broad consumer base and think differently about the future. To maintain our position as leaders in the alcoholic beverage market, we always invest in the future and are mindful of the impact we have. Because just like the legends of our past, we're here to raise the bar – for people as well as the planet
