Packaging Director, Food & Beverage

Key Responsibilities

• Serve as an enterprise leader who uses deep packaging expertise to shape a growth-driving innovation and renovation pipeline.
• Develop and execute a 3–5 year consumer- and business-centric packaging strategy, including innovation, cost transformation, and sustainability roadmaps.
• Elevate packaging as a competitive advantage—improving product superiority, brand equity, speed to market, and cost position.
• Translate business priorities into actionable R&I plans that deliver measurable results.
• Ensure product and pack R&I team, and way so working are cohesive and operating as one.
• Package Excellence & Future Capabilities
• Strengthen end-to-end packaging capabilities: concept creation, design, materials science, prototyping, testing, validation, scale-up, commercialization, and lifecycle optimization.
• Create & implement best-in-class packaging standards, validation processes & performance KPIs.
• Business Delivery & Accountability
• Increase accountability for business performance through smart portfolio choices, prioritization, risk management, and budget stewardship.
• Lead packaging strategy for new business models and emerging channels.
• Drive speed, rigor, and excellence from lab to large-scale commercialization.
• Cross-Functional & Global Influence
• Partner seamlessly with Brand, R&I, Supply Chain, Procurement, Quality, and Sustainability teams to ensure packaging solutions meet consumer needs and operational realities.
• Actively engage in the global packaging network to leverage insights, capabilities, scale, and best practices.
• Build strategic external partnerships with suppliers, startups, universities, and technology organizations to unlock breakthrough innovation in partnership with global.
• Team Leadership & Culture
• Lead and grow a high-performing team of 5+ packaging engineers and managers, fostering curiosity, accountability, transparency, and collaboration.
• Develop future-ready talent and build an inclusive, inspired and collaborative team culture.
• Coach, mentor, and develop technical and leadership skills to build the next generation of packaging experts and leaders

Pay

The salary range for this position is $146,000-210,000 USD. The exact salary offered will depend on several factors, including the candidate’s relevant experience, geographic location, internal equity, and market conditions.

Benefits

• Physical Wellbeing: We pay for the majority of your medical benefits – which include medical, dental and vision – with our competitive 80%/20% cost-sharing model.
• Mental Wellbeing: Danoners receive fitness discounts, unlimited flexible time off and hybrid work schedules. We also have a range of programs that support mental health and substance abuse.
• Financial Support: We offer a performance-based bonus, a 401(k) plan, tuition reimbursement, employee discount programs and voluntary perks.
• Family Care: We offer caretaker benefits, 18 weeks of parental bonding, fertility, surrogacy, adoption benefits and pet insurance.

About the Role

We are looking to hire 2 Packaging Directors. One will focus on our Yogurt & Happy Family category & one will focus on our Plant Based & Beverage category.