Subway · 2 months ago
Sr. Director, Insights & Guest Strategy
Subway is a leading restaurant brand committed to continuous improvement and healthier living. The Sr. Director, Insights & Guest Strategy will lead the development of consumer-anchored growth strategies, translating insights into actionable choices that shape the brand's future and enhance guest experiences.
Food and BeverageFood ProcessingFranchiseRestaurants
Responsibilities
Define the enterprise “growth agenda” by synthesizing foresight, consumer behavior, and market dynamics
Partner with Marketing and Regional leadership to ensure strategies are grounded in both guest and operator reality
Translate long-range trends into short-term actions — influencing product roadmaps, communications priorities, and investment choices
Serve as the connective tissue between Marketing, Culinary, Ops, and Finance — ensuring decisions ladder to a unified consumer strategy
Create frameworks and narratives that clarify why we’re doing what we’re doing, not just what we’re doing
Act as thought partner to the CMO and VP, providing perspective on market shifts and guest motivations
Oversee the Manager, Foresight/Innovation/Growth to scan cultural, category, and behavioral signals
Build and maintain a structured foresight process — translating weak signals into opportunity spaces
Identify and size future platforms for brand and product expansion
Champion the development of a repeatable, insight-to-strategy process that embeds consumer understanding into planning cycles
Collaborate closely with Insights, Brand, and Product teams to ensure learnings from testing feed strategic choices
In time, integrate Human Truths workstream to deepen emotional and motivational understanding of our guests
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's Degree in Business Management, Finance, or related field required
10–15 years' experience in consumer insights, strategy, brand planning, or foresight — ideally within QSR, retail, or CPG
Proven ability to connect data, human insight, and business needs into simple, actionable strategies
Strong communicator and storyteller; comfortable influencing senior leadership
Equally skilled at 'seeing around corners' and 'getting things done.'
High learning agility; thrives in fast-moving, ambiguous environments
Proven relationship-building skills across diverse teams and stakeholders
Flexible, adaptable, and highly detail-oriented
Able to multi-task, prioritize workload and comfortable working within a fast-paced environment
Interpersonal, relationship-building and networking skills with a self-motivated attitude to work
Fluent in English
Preferred
Any additional language a plus
Benefits
Insurance Plans (Medical/Life)
Pension/401K/RSP (country specific)
Competitive Bonus
Mobility Allowance
Tuition Reimbursement
Company Holidays
Volunteering time
And Many More…..
Company
Subway
SUBWAY is a fast food restaurant franchise that sells submarine sandwiches and salads.
Funding
Current Stage
Late StageTotal Funding
$3.4B2024-05-30Debt Financing· $3.4B
2023-08-24Acquired
Leadership Team
Philippe de Grivel
CEO
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