Director, Menu Strategy & Product Innovation

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Atlanta, GA
7+ Years Experience
Food
The Role
The Director of Menu Strategy & Product Innovation at Papa John's is responsible for developing both short and long-term menu strategies, managing the new product pipeline, and ensuring successful product launches through collaboration with marketing and cross-functional teams. The role involves analyzing consumer needs, driving insights and trends, and leading innovation processes with partners.
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Job Summary

Develop short and long-term menu strategies and build a robust new product pipeline that successfully meets evolving guest needs and drives the Papa John's business objectives and brand affinity. Partners with Marketing and Cross Functional Teams to bring new products forward to the National Marketing Calendar by adhering to Stage Gate and New Product Development processes.

Duties and Responsibilities

  • Leads Papa John's US menu evolution and strategy, pipeline development and validation, trough Stage Gate process.

  • Develops strategies and innovative solutions, with keen focus on consumer and business impact. Results focused leader that successfully manages long term vision with short term in-market execution.

  • Drive menu insights and trends and competitive menu intelligence to determine implications for Papa John's and recommend strategic and tactical responses.

  • Partners with culinary team and vendor partners to conduct innovation sessions and manage innovation processes to assure valuable output.

  • Partner with Marketing to drive recommendations for new product testing and national marketing calendar integration.

  • Cultivate an in-depth understanding of Papa John's consumer.

  • Highly skilled at building collaborative, high performing, cross-functional teams.

  • Engage cross-functional partners at all levels, such as Marketing, IDS, Restaurant Operations, Supply Chain, and Finance to identify and address all new product project-related needs.

Everybody loves pizza, which means they also love the people who are behind the scenes working to deliver it. This is complex and challenging work – but let’s face it – it’s also pizza! If you want a fulfilling career with a company that’s always moving forward, we’re the right place.

Papa John's is a Federal Contract employer who participates in E-Verify to confirm employment eligibility for each new team member. For more information please view the following PDFs: E-Verify Poster (English) - Right to Work Poster (English) - E-Verify Poster (Spanish) - Right to Work Poster (Spanish) Papa John's is an Affirmative Action and Equal Opportunity Employer. For more information please click on the following PDF. See terms & conditions for site use.

The Company
HQ: Louisville, KY
13,567 Employees
On-site Workplace
Year Founded: 1984

What We Do

Papa John's Pizza is an American restaurant company that runs the third largest take-out and pizza delivery restaurant.

Papa John's seeks people who have an entrepreneurial spirit and share our philosophy for success. Hands-on training, a clean and safe work environment, quality business practices, advancement opportunities and meaningful work combine to produce not only the best pizza, but also the best team members! Better Opportunities. Better People!

At Papa John's we call ourselves team members instead of employees because we believe it is only through a strong team we can produce the best experience for our customers. Whether at our corporate campus, distribution centers, our restaurants, or located internationally; Papa John's has a variety of positions for talented and passionate people.

Papa John's is an equal opportunity employer and provides excellent career opportunities for our entire team. Our company philosophies of promote from within and rewards based on performance are important elements of our company culture.

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