VP, Commercial Strategy & Growth

About the Role

As Chomps scales toward its next phase of growth, two significant opportunities are ahead: expanding our international presence and extending the brand into adjacent categories. This newly created role, reporting directly to the President & COO, will provide dedicated senior leadership across these growth platforms—shaping where we play, how we win, and how we sequence investment against our long-range ambitions. Working across Consumer Insights, Innovation, Marketing, Sales, Finance, and Operations, this leader will translate growth opportunities into clear, commercially grounded strategies and ensure they are effectively commercialized from concept through market execution.

Responsibilities

• Own the multi-year growth strategy and glide path for international expansion and new categories, integrated into the company's long-range plan.
• Build and defend the business case for each new platform, market sizing, margin, capital requirements, and go/no-go economics, and bring rigor to how we prioritize and sequence.
• Stand up and chair a cross-functional stage-gate that moves new products from concept through validated, scaled launch, with clear entry and exit criteria at each gate.
• Orchestrate the matrix: partner with Marketing on innovation and brand, Operations on commercialization and supply, Sales on channel and customer strategy, Finance on the model, Digital Transformation on system and tools, and Business Development on licensing, partnerships and M&A.
• Lead go-to-market strategy for new-market and new-category entry, including channel, pricing, and partner selection.
• Serve as interim P&L steward for emerging bets until they are large enough to graduate to a dedicated general manager.
• Give the CEO, President & COO and senior leadership a single, current view of growth-bet health against the plan.
• Reports out to the Company's board as far as growth strategies, capital allocation and resource needs.

Qualifications

• 12+ years in CPG with a track record in commercial strategy, corporate strategy, general management, or new-business and venture roles, ideally in food or beverage.
• Demonstrated ownership of a new-category, new-channel, or international expansion, carried from strategy through market launch.
• Fluency across the full commercialization lifecycle: consumer insight, product development, supply and operations, pricing, and retail and channel sell-in—enough to integrate specialists even where you are not the specialist.
• A strong financial and analytical toolkit: business-case modeling, P&L literacy, and disciplined investment prioritization.
• Proven ability to lead through influence across a matrix, driving outcomes without owning every function.
• The executive presence to partner with the President & COO, CEO, and board on capital and portfolio decisions.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in high-growth or founder-led environments, and genuine comfort with ambiguity and pace.
• Direct experience launching internationally (Canada, Mexico, or the UK) or in adjacent snacking categories.
• A blend of consulting or corporate-development background with hands-on, in-house operating experience.

Compensation & Benefits

Salary Range: $220,000 - $250,000 + 30% bonus

Compensation Philosophy: Our salary ranges are based on verified market data and our philosophy of paying competitively for our size and industry. Individual pay rate decisions are based on several factors, including qualifications for the role, experience level, skillset, and balancing internal equity relative to peers at the company.

Benefits for full-time team members include:

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance
• 401K with 6% match
• Monthly reimbursements for wellness and home office
• Unlimited PTO and 15+ paid holiday days
• Hybrid & flexible remote schedule (Chicago office open to those in the area)
• Paid maternity and paternity leave
• Bi-annual total team in-person activities
• Company-wide continual education budget
• Unlimited snacks (including all the meat sticks you want)
• Ability to make an impact at a rapidly growing, entrepreneurial-spirited company
• Opportunities to grow and advance quickly based on outstanding performance

Location & Work Authorization

Location: Remote

Type: Full-Time, exempt

Reports to: President & COO

Candidates must reside in the United States and be authorized to work in the U.S. without the need for visa sponsorship now or in the future. Chomps does not provide employment-based visa sponsorship at this time.