Senior Director, Marketing & Innovation

Location: Delphi, Indiana | Reports to: Chief Commercial Officer | Workplace Type: Onsite | FLSA Status: Exempt

About the role

IPC is looking for a Senior Director, Marketing & Innovation to lead the future of our brands. In this role, you will set the vision for our marketing, brand, and innovation strategy and bring it to life across a family of well-loved regional and national brands, including Kentucky Legend, Indiana Kitchen, Fischer's, Field, Mickelberry's, Kentuckian Gold, and Scott Pete. You will lead two signature efforts that will shape IPC's next chapter: a refreshed brand platform that sharpens who we are and why customers choose us, and a new product innovation pipeline that keeps us ahead of shifting consumer tastes. You will build these plans alongside a talented team and work closely with Sales, Operations, R&D, and Finance to turn strategy into results customers can see, taste, and trust. This is a high-visibility leadership role for someone who is equal parts strategist and builder—a leader who can set direction, earn buy-in from partners across the business, and coach a team to deliver work that grows the brand and the bottom line.

Responsibilities

• Set the overall marketing, brand, and innovation strategy for IPC, aligning it to the company's growth goals and bringing partners across the business along with a clear, shared vision.
• Lead the refreshed brand platform project from the ground up—defining brand positioning, architecture, and voice across IPC's national and regional brands, and rolling it out in a way that builds excitement across the company.
• Build and own IPC's new product innovation pipeline, guiding ideas from early concept through testing and launch in close partnership with R&D, Operations, and Sales.
• Lead, coach, and develop a team of marketing and insights professionals, including a National Marketing and Sales Director, Director of Insights and Strategy, Brand Manager, Business Development Representative, and Marketing Analyst, helping each grow in their role.
• Turn consumer, category, and customer insights into strategies and stories that make the case for where IPC brands should go next.
• Own the marketing budget, making smart, data-informed calls on where to invest for the best return.
• Partner closely with the Sales team to build brand and category plans that support customer growth across retail, foodservice, and private label channels.
• Guide IPC's approach to digital marketing, e-commerce, and content, keeping our brands relevant to how customers shop and engage today.
• Manage relationships with creative, media, and research agency partners, holding them to a high bar for quality and results.
• Present marketing strategy, brand performance, and innovation progress to senior leadership, translating data and insights into clear, actionable recommendations.
• Champion brand standards and consistency across all customer-facing materials, packaging, and communications.
• Stay ahead of category trends, competitive moves, and consumer shifts, bringing fresh thinking to the leadership team.
• Support other marketing, brand, and innovation initiatives as needed to help IPC reach its goals.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Marketing, Business Administration, or a related field required; MBA preferred.
• 10+ years of progressive marketing experience, including proven success leading brand strategy and product innovation from idea to launch.
• 5+ years of experience leading and developing a team of marketing professionals.
• Experience in the consumer packaged goods (CPG) or food manufacturing industry strongly preferred; retail, foodservice, or private label experience a plus.
• Strong strategic thinking paired with the ability to roll up your sleeves and execute.
• Skilled at using consumer and market insights to guide decisions and build a compelling case for change.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills, with the ability to earn buy-in from partners at every level, including senior leadership.
• Strong budget management and vendor/agency oversight experience.
• Proven ability to build relationships and lead cross-functional work across Sales, Operations, R&D, and Finance.

Work Environment

While performing the duties of this job, the team member is occasionally exposed to a variety of extreme conditions on the site including exposure to fumes or airborne particles, moving mechanical parts, and vibration. The noise level in the work environment can be loud and hearing protection is required. The position regularly works near moving mechanical parts and in cold, hot, and outdoor conditions that include inclement weather, heat and humidity, and exposure to dust.

Physical Demand

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by a team member to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Work is primarily performed in an office setting in a manufacturing environment requiring the ability to sit, talk, hear, frequent walking, standing, and sitting; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. Ability to occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision and distance vision. Ability to use standard office equipment such as telephone, computer, and copier.

Benefits

• Competitive pay
• Three different medical care plans (two with company-funded health savings accounts)
• Pharmacy, dental, and vision plans
• Retirement/401K (with 50% match on team members' contributions)
• Competitive paid time off program
• Educational assistance
• Numerous advancement opportunities