Finance and Commercial Lead, Wellbeing Collective

Unilever

Finance and Commercial Lead shaping financial and commercial strategy for Unilever's new wellness venture. Leading cross-functional collaboration for business case development and launch readiness.

Posted 5/19/2026full-timeHoboken • California • 🇺🇸 United StatesSenior💰 $146,200 - $219,400 per yearWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Own and lead the combined finance and commercial workstream through concept development to launch recommendations.
This is a hands-on leadership role for someone who can operate in ambiguity, move quickly, and set direction with confidence.
As a core member of the new ventures leadership team, this role will integrate inputs across innovation, marketing, R&D, supply chain, and strategy, translating them into clear commercial and financial direction.
Lead key decisions on pricing, cost structure, demand scenarios, and investment tradeoffs, accountable for the overall business case and commercial logic.
Own and lead the integrated business case and financial model, including revenue, margin structure, and investment profile across scenarios.
Partner with the Innovation Lead to shape pricing and pack architecture (PPA), ensuring alignment with margin targets and financial guardrails.
Develop and direct demand and revenue scenarios to inform planning, tradeoffs, and key decisions.
Translate commercial implications of consumer, brand, and proposition inputs into clear financial frameworks and decision support.
Act as the financial and commercial thought partner to the Innovation Lead, ensuring product, pricing, and GTM decisions are grounded in clear economics, tradeoffs, and scalable models.
Support evaluation of commercialization pathways, including partnerships and route to market options, through robust modeling and scenario analysis.
Define financial guardrails and success metrics for the venture, including launch thresholds, payback expectations, and scaling triggers.
Drive alignment, pace, and accountability across functions.
Provide clear, fact-based recommendations to the General Manager and leadership to support key decisions.

Requirements

What you’ll need

6+ years of progressive finance experience (8+ years of experience to include CPG preferred)
Bachelor's degree (preference in Finance & Accounting or advanced degree)
Strong commercial and financial acumen, with the ability to develop robust business cases and guide investment decisions in a dynamic environment
Ability to balance strategic thinking with hands-on execution, translating complex inputs into clear commercial and financial direction
Demonstrated experience influencing and aligning senior, cross-functional stakeholders to drive decisions and outcomes
Strong judgment and decision-making capability, with confidence to challenge assumptions and navigate ambiguity
Ability to operate effectively in a fast-paced, entrepreneurial environment, with a high degree of agility and resilience
Strong communication skills, with the ability to distill complexity into clear, concise insights and recommendations for leadership.

Benefits

Comp & perks

Unilever employees are eligible to participate in our benefits plan. Should the employee choose to participate, they can choose from a range of benefits to include, but is not limited to, health insurance

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Hard Skills & Tools

financial modelingbusiness case developmentpricing strategycost structure analysisdemand forecastinginvestment analysiscommercial logicscenario analysisfinancial frameworksmargin structure

Soft Skills

leadershipstrategic thinkinginfluencingdecision-makingcommunicationagilityresiliencecollaborationproblem-solvingadaptability

Certifications

Bachelor's degree in FinanceBachelor's degree in Accountingadvanced degree in Finance or Accounting