Strategic Insights Director, DEWALT – Remote

Commutable to Towson, MD preferred.

Come build something that matters.

It takes great people to achieve greatness. People with a sense of purpose and integrity. People with a relentless pursuit of excellence. People who care about making things better For Those Who Make The World™. Sound like you? Join our top-notch team of more than 50,000 diverse and high-performing professionals globally who are making their mark on some of the world’s most beloved brands, including DEWALT®, BLACK+DECKER®, CRAFTSMAN®, STANLEY®, CUB CADET®, and HUSTLER®.

The Job:  

Stanley Black & Decker’s Global Tools and Outdoor business is currently seeking candidates for a Global Strategic Insights Director, DEWALT working as a remote employee (commutable to Towson, MD).

The Global Strategic Insights Director for DEWALT will be at the forefront of shaping the future of our business. This role is pivotal in driving impactful change by influencing our business strategy, our brand and product portfolio, and spearheading integrated marketing planning. With a relentless focus on understanding the end user, shopper, and marketplace dynamics, the Global Strategic Insights Director will lead the charge in providing insights for new product development, ensuring that DEWALT remains a leader in innovation and customer satisfaction.   You’ll get to:

Partner with Function Lead to build and develop the Strategic Insights group driving its vision and objectives. 

• Provide regular and actionable input into the insights strategy and key priorities of the function 

• Build advocacy for sustained organizational investment in end user and shopper understanding including a roadmap for foundational pro user insights needed to support the strategic horizon 

• Stay current with emerging research and analytic methodologies, sharing knowledge to enhance the organization's capabilities 

• Standardize research approaches to ensure consistent application of insights across the business 

• Create strong partnerships with vendors and cross-functional leadership to drive collaborative success 

Lead and develop a workgroup of 3-6 Strategic Insights professionals 

• Create direction, prioritization, and long-term plans for the workgroup 

• Reinforce a work culture of mutual trust and collaboration 

• Create and align work plans that ladder to the function and DEWALT business priorities 

• Seek out and enable professional and functional development within the team 

Transform data into actionable insights, influencing the strategic decisions and behavior of senior and executive level leaders   

• Seek out and acquire reliable, global market data to integrate with custom insights 

• Identify and assess new business opportunities at the category, brand, retailer, country, and global level 

• Synthesize user, shopper and market data to create compelling narratives that guide the strategic direction of the business 

• Create immersive experiences that bring the end user to life for leadership and business teams from product development to regional activation 

• Measure and evaluate in-market success, leveraging key learnings to optimize new product development process 

Optimize learning and global research opportunities to efficiently meet business needs 

• Recommend and manage research budget for the DEWALT insights team 

• Create and align priorities with senior leaders to implement strategic learning plans to address the most critical questions for the business  

• Guide research development, execution, and deployment of insights across the workgroup by using expertise across a wide variety of research methods 

• Identify and test innovative tools and techniques for more efficient and effective research, scaled globally where applicable 

Oversee research and data supplier relationships 

• Vet agency and vendor partner capabilities for regional and global scale 

• Select suppliers to partner with and share experiences openly with the consumer insights community 

The Person:  

You love to learn and grow and be acknowledged for your valuable contributions. You’re not intimidated by innovation. Wouldn’t it be great if you could do your job and do a world of good? In fact, you embrace it. You also have: 

• Bachelor’s Degree, MBA a plus 

• 10+ years of professional experience in Consumer Insights and/or a combination of Brand Development, Marketing Strategy, Marketing, Product/Project Management, or at a research vendor 

• Experience in managing and developing others.   

• Expertise in a variety of qualitative and quantitative consumer research techniques and data analytics 
• Proficiency in programming tools like Alchemer and analytics tools like Displayr preferred
• Proficiency with syndicated data sources like Numerator, IRI or Nielsen preferred

• Excellent communication skills 

• Ability to plan, follow through and drive results through activation within an organization 

• Ability to juggle and manage communication across multiple priorities and key stakeholder needs   

• Experience in influencing senior and executive stakeholders; leading cross-functional teams toward strategic, and culturally relevant global solutions 

• Creative problem solver 

• Ability to think and act strategically   

• Ability to “connect the dots” and drive toward bigger picture insights 

• Ability to synthesize a large amount of data and craft a clear, concise "story" to sell business solutions 

• Ability to show complex information in a simple, visual and graphical way that drives understanding 

The Details:

You’ll receive a competitive salary and a great benefits plan, including:

• Medical, dental, life, vision, disability, 401(k), Employee Stock Purchase Plan, paid time off, and tuition reimbursement.
• Discounts on Stanley Black & Decker tools and other partner programs.

And More:

We want our company to be a place you’ll want to be – and stay. Being part of our team means you’ll get to:

• Grow: Be part of our global company with 20+ brands to grow and develop your skills along multiple career paths.
• Learn: Have access to a wealth of learning resources, including our digital learning portal.
• Belong: Experience an awesome place to work, where we have mutual respect and a great appreciation for a wide range of perspectives and experiences.
• Give Back: Help us continue to make positive changes locally and globally through volunteerism, giving back, and sustainable business practices.

What’s more, you’ll get that pride that comes from empowering makers, doers, protectors, and everyday heroes all over the world. We’re more than the #1 tools company. More than a driving force in outdoor power equipment. More than a global leader in industrial. We’re visionaries and innovators. As successful as we’ve been in the past, we have so much further to go. That’s where you come in. Join us!

This role is not eligible for visa sponsorship (H1B, OPT/CPT, TN etc).
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We Don’t Just Build The World, We Build Innovative Technology Too.

Joining the Stanley Black & Decker team means working in an innovative, tech-driven and highly collaborative team environment supported by over 58,000 professionals in 60 countries across the globe. Here, you’ll get the unique chance to impact some of the world’s most iconic brands including STANLEY TOOLS, DEWALT, CRAFTSMAN, MAC TOOLS and Black + Decker. Your ideas and solutions have the potential to reach millions of customers as we work together to write the next chapter in our history. Come build with us and take your career to new heights.

Who We Are 

We’re the World’s largest tool company. We’re industry visionaries. We’re solving problems and advancing the manufacturing trade through innovative technology and our Industry 4.0 Initiative. We are committed to ensuring our state-of-the-art “smart factory” products and services provide greater quality to our customers & greater environmental and social value to our planet. We are unique in that we have a rich and storied history dating back to 1843, but that hasn't stopped us from evolving into a vibrant, diverse, global growth company. 

Benefits & Perks

You’ll get a competitive salary and a comprehensive benefits plan that includes medical, dental, life, vision, wellness program, disability, retirement benefits, Employee Stock Purchase Plan, Paid Time Off, including paid vacation, holidays & personal days, and tuition reimbursement. And, of course, discounts on Stanley Black & Decker tools and products and well as discount programs for many other vendors and partners.

What You’ll Also Get

Career Opportunity: Career paths aren’t linear here. Being part of our global company with 60+ brands gives you the chance to grow and develop your skills along multiple career paths.

Learning & Development: 
Our lifelong learning philosophy means you’ll have access to a wealth of state-of-the-art learning resources, including our Lean Academy and online university (where you can get certificates and specializations from renowned colleges and universities).

Diverse & Inclusive Culture:
We pride ourselves on being an awesome place to work. We respect and embrace differences because that’s how the best work gets done. You’ll find we like to have fun here, too.

Purpose-Driven Company:
You’ll help us continue to make positive changes in the local communities where we work and live as well as in the broader world through volunteerism, giving back and sustainable business practices.

EEO Statement:
All qualified applicants to Stanley Black & Decker are considered for employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran’s status or any other protected characteristic.

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