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Job Summary

Develop short and long-term menu strategies and build a robust new product pipeline that successfully meets evolving guest needs and drives the Papa John's business objectives and brand affinity. Partners with Marketing and Cross Functional Teams to bring new products forward to the National Marketing Calendar by adhering to Stage Gate and New Product Development processes.

Duties and Responsibilities

Leads Papa John's US menu evolution and strategy, pipeline development and validation, trough Stage Gate process.

Develops strategies and innovative solutions, with keen focus on consumer and business impact. Results focused leader that successfully manages long term vision with short term in-market execution.

Drive menu insights and trends and competitive menu intelligence to determine implications for Papa John's and recommend strategic and tactical responses.

Partners with culinary team and vendor partners to conduct innovation sessions and manage innovation processes to assure valuable output.

Partner with Marketing to drive recommendations for new product testing and national marketing calendar integration.

Cultivate an in-depth understanding of Papa John's consumer.

Highly skilled at building collaborative, high performing, cross-functional teams.

Engage cross-functional partners at all levels, such as Marketing, IDS, Restaurant Operations, Supply Chain, and Finance to identify and address all new product project-related needs.

Everybody loves pizza, which means they also love the people who are behind the scenes working to deliver it. This is complex and challenging work – but let’s face it – it’s also pizza! If you want a fulfilling career with a company that’s always moving forward, we’re the right place.

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