Hello potential future Oatly employee. It’s us, the original oatmilk company that started in Sweden back 25 or so years ago and has since expanded to the U.S. where we’ve continued growing at a rate such that we need more brilliant minds to come work with us to keep the momentum going and the oatmilk flowing.

Sustainability, health, and transparency are the core values that guide everything we do. Basically, we exist to help people live a healthier life without recklessly taxing the planet’s resources in the process, and to change the food system for the better. We drive that change through the power of oats and through a significant reduction in cow’s milk consumption. If any of this resonates with you, then maybe you’d like to work for Oatly, too. Now onto the formal stuff.

We are looking for a Portfolio Manager to join our team. This role will be responsible to support driving our product portfolio strategy and deployment in North America (US & Canada).

All qualified applicants must reside in New York, NY or Philadelphia, PA due to business need. Candidates residing in New York, NY preferred.

Here are the things we want to hire you to do: 

• Be the expert on all food happenings – category trends, consumer attitudes, and competitive offerings
• Synthesize and articulate unique insights, opportunities, and questions that fuel Oatly’s consumer and food IQ
• Make recommendations on new products, balancing creativity and logic
• Partner with VP, Portfolio Strategy NA to define concepts for new product initiatives and partner with Product Development to bring truly great food into reality
• Lead innovation projects by managing cross functional teams through the main stages of product development
• Be the Innovation & Portfolio Strategy expert and liaison with commercial and comms teams, supporting with insights and narrative to drive best in class sell-in and launch plans
• Go-to person for market knowledge for the Innovation team and the Technical Product Management team
• Ownership of innovation & management tools and implement a structural thinking approach, ensuring correct tracking, timely deployment and resource allocation of projects

Travel is required: Must be able to travel approximately 15% - 20% annually. Most travel to occur within the North American markets (US and Canada), but some international travel might be required.

Here are the things we think you need:

• 5+ years of experience working in product portfolio capacity
• 2+ years of experience leading and managing complex projects
• Bachelor's degree or other applicable advanced degree
• Confidence in multidisciplinary innovation processes
• Must have experience giving recommendations on new products, balancing creativity and logic
• Experience supporting briefing processes for new product development work
• Excellent communication skills that demystify the complex
• You love food and when brands do great things in the world
• You’re passionate about consumers and connecting the dots of different insights into a clear product opportunity
• You love thinking about what’s best for real world people and similarly, what can propel a brand and a business forward
• You’re comfortable in data, using it to build your understanding but able to lift your head up to see the bigger picture
• You enjoy working in a dynamic environment, and you think systematically, anticipating needs before they arise and adjusting as we learn
• You thrive when defining the details that matter in a project, from the initial brief to the final deliverables
• You have a gift for solving problems, while remaining calm, cool, and collected
• You thrive when bringing concepts to reality
• You major, above all, in empathy

And here’s another list of qualities we think make a good Oatly team member:

• You feel connected to our mission of encouraging health, sustainability, and transparency
• You are a self-starter who doesn’t need direct supervision to motivate you for success – we believe strongly in building a culture of individual accountability and ownership and need partners that can embrace that mentality
• You are ready to make your mark in a smaller, growing brand leveraging your experience to deliver amazing results and build an outstanding company
• You have an entrepreneurial spirit in that you’re comfortable with ambiguity and are energized by the process of building something lasting from the ground up
• You enjoy sharing your quirkiness and talents with your coworkers

Another bulleted list felt a bit too…bullet-y. So we wrote this long, awkward sentence to let you know all the ways we sweeten the deal when you work with us, like flexible vacation (take it when you need it), really great benefits (yes, pet insurance is in there), paid volunteer days off throughout the year (doing good is fun), free six packs of...(drumroll)…oatmilk, and you’ll also get genuinely great coworkers who are rooting for each other and the company to thrive. Oh, one more short but very important sentence: We are nimble and agile (not chaotic) in how we work, and we’re grounded in a long company history dating way back to the last century.

The salary for this role will be based on a variety of factors, including but not limited to geographic location, internal equity, experience, education, specialty, and training. Actual compensation is influenced by a wide array of factors including but not limited to skill set, level of experience, and specific location. Compensation may also include bonus, commission, or equity as applicable. Our good faith estimate for base salary is $120,000.

Our team is available to support you through the hiring process with reasonable accommodations to enable a barrier-free interview experience. We will maintain candidate privacy and confidentiality to enable an unbiased and equitable experience. If you need assistance applying for a role due to a disability or special need, please contact talent.management@oatly.com.

Oatly is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or veteran status.