Global Manager, Growth & Planning

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New York, NY, USA
In-Office
165K-185K Annually
Mid level
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The Role
The Global Manager, Growth & Planning will oversee strategic planning, market engagement, and commercial projects to drive growth and enhance business performance.
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About us

AB InBev is the leading global brewer and one of the world’s top 5 consumer product companies. With over 500 beer brands, we’re number one or two in many of the world’s top beer markets, including North America, Latin America, Europe, Asia, and Africa.

About AB InBev Growth Group

Created in 2022, the Growth Group unifies our business-to-business (B2B), direct-to-consumer (DTC), Sales & Distribution, and Marketing teams. By bringing together global tech and commercial functions, the Growth Group allows us to fully leverage data and drive digital transformation and organic growth for AB InBev around the world.

In addition to supporting well known global beer brands like Corona, Budweiser and Michelob Ultra, the Growth Group is home to a robust suite of digital products including our B2B digital commerce platform BEES, on-demand delivery services Ze Delivery and TaDa Delivery, and table top beer keg PerfectDraft.

We are an exceptional team, focused on understanding and supporting consumer and customer needs, harnessing new technology, and scaling growth opportunities.

What You'll Do:

1. Strategy & Planning

  • Lead and oversee the full strategic planning cycle across 1-Year, 3-Year, and 10-Year Plans, ensuring alignment between long-term business ambitions and short-term executional priorities.
  • Drive development of strategic recommendations and business cases to support planning discussions and senior leadership decision-making.
  • Own the preparation, analysis, and storytelling behind monthly business results, translating performance data into actionable insights, risks, and opportunities.
  • Lead governance and coordination of key business routines, including Monthly PMOs, key leadership meetings, and other critical planning and performance forums.
  • Manage team budget planning, forecasting, and control, ensuring effective resource allocation and financial discipline across the function.
  • Establish and oversee weekly, monthly, and quarterly operating cadences to ensure consistent business tracking, accountability, and execution against priorities.

2. Markets Engagement

  • Own and lead the brand routine across all markets, driving structured performance reviews, key takeaway identification, and follow-up actions to maximize business impact.
  • Partner closely with market teams to identify strategic opportunities and performance gaps, providing guidance and recommendations to improve execution and business outcomes.
  • Support markets on critical strategic and commercial decisions, including promotional strategy, pricing architecture, and broader go-to-market optimization.
  • Foster strong cross-market collaboration by sharing best practices, key learnings, and scalable solutions across regions.
  • Act as a strategic thought partner to market teams, ensuring local priorities align with global strategy and long-term brand/business objectives.

3. Commercial Projects

  • Lead and execute high-priority strategic commercial initiatives designed to unlock growth and drive business expansion opportunities.
  • Own end-to-end project management of key strategic projects, from opportunity identification and business case development through execution and post-launch evaluation.
  • Partner cross-functionally with brand, sales, finance, and market stakeholders to ensure successful implementation of expansion initiatives.
  • Identify and evaluate new commercial opportunities, market white spaces, and growth levers to accelerate business performance.
  • Develop frameworks, tools, and recommendations to support scalable expansion and commercialization strategies across markets.

What You’ll Need

  • Minimum 3+ years of experience in Commercial functions, including areas such as Revenue Management, Trade Marketing, Portfolio/Pricing Management, or related disciplines.
  • Demonstrated strong business acumen, with the ability to translate data and insights into strategic recommendations that drive business performance.
  • Mandatory prior experience working within a Business Unit and/or Market environment, with deep understanding of local commercial realities and market dynamics.
  • Proven ability to operate in a process-driven environment, with strong organizational skills and attention to detail across multiple priorities and deadlines.
  • Excellent storytelling and presentation skills, with the ability to synthesize complex information into clear, compelling narratives for senior stakeholders.
  • Strong stakeholder management and influencing capabilities, with a proven track record of driving alignment and collaboration across markets and cross-functional teams.
  • Ability to manage multiple workstreams simultaneously while maintaining high standards of execution in a fast-paced, dynamic environment.
  • Highly analytical and strategic thinker, comfortable working with performance data, business results, and strategic planning frameworks.

What We Offer 

Work Location: New York, NY (onsite)

Salary: $165.000 - $185.000 + Bonus

  • Competitive compensation package where you’ll be rewarded based on your performance and recognized for the value you bring to our business 
  • Total Rewards package including: medical and dental coverage, fertility benefits, 401k match, parental leave, and paid time off 
  • Continuous learning: You’ll develop the mindset and skills to navigate whatever comes next 
  • Diverse and inclusive culture: You’ll be embraced for who you are and empowered to use your voice to help others find theirs 

Skills Required

  • Minimum 3+ years of experience in Commercial functions
  • Prior experience working within a Business Unit and/or Market environment
  • Strong business acumen with data and insights translation
  • Excellent storytelling and presentation skills
  • Strong stakeholder management and influencing capabilities
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The Company
HQ: Leuven
171,193 Employees

What We Do

We are the world’s leading brewer bringing people together for a better world. For centuries, the experience of sharing a beer has brought people and cultures together. Even in our hyper-connected, always-on world, this simple act is as meaningful today as it was generations ago. We are AB InBev. Committed to driving growth that leads to better living for more people in more places. Through brands and experiences that bring people together. Through our dedication to brewing the best beer with the best ingredients. And through our commitment to helping farmers, retailers, entrepreneurs, and communities grow. We are building a company to last. Not just for a decade. But for the next 100 years. Through our brands and our investment in communities, we will bring more people together, making our company an integral part of our consumers’ lives for generations to come. Our diverse portfolio of well over 500 beer brands includes global brands Budweiser, Corona and Stella Artois; multi-country brands Beck’s, Castle, Castle Light, Leffe and Hoegaarden; and local champions such as Aguila, Antarctica, Bud Light, Brahma, Cass, Chernigivske, Cristal, Harbin, Jupiler, Klinskoye, Michelob Ultra, Modelo Especial, Quilmes, Victoria, Sedrin, Sibirskaya Korona, and Skol. Anheuser-Busch InBev is a publicly traded company (Euronext: ABI) based in Leuven, Belgium, with secondary listings on the Mexico (MEXBOL: ANB) and South Africa (JSE: ANH) stock exchanges and with American Depositary Receipts on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE: BUD).

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