Partner with Category Development (Center of Excellence) as projects move from early opportunity scoping into experience design, ensuring their market and consumer insight translates into clear user experience success criteria; partner with Category Management (Sales/Operations) later in Stage Gate to ensure the defined experience supports volume, launch, and in-market execution needs. The Senior Director, User Experience, Culinary & Sensory is responsible for building and leading a new capability within R&D and Innovation that defines and validates the product, package, preparation, sensory, and usage experience for consumers, customers, and foodservice operators — before Product Development and Packaging execute.