Director, Digital Experience at Fortune Brands

You're a seasoned digital marketing leader with at least 10 years of experience, particularly in managing enterprise website ecosystems and digital marketing te

Work type: hybrid

Location: Deerfield, ILLINOIS

Salary: $140,000 – $200,000/yr

Type: Full-time

Summary

You're a seasoned digital marketing leader with at least 10 years of experience, particularly in managing enterprise website ecosystems and digital marketing technology stacks. A Bachelor's degree in a related field or equivalent professional experience is expected. **What makes it worth a look...** Fortune Brands is offering a Director, Digital Experience role with a strong base salary range of $140,000 - $200,000 USD, plus bonus potential. This is a hybrid position based in Deerfield, Illinois, with the company transitioning to a new campus in fall 2025 featuring extensive amenities. **You might be a good fit if you...** * Have led end-to-end website transformations and large-scale redesigns. * Possess deep knowledge of UX/UI best practices, accessibility (WCAG), site performance, and SEO. * Are proficient with CMS platforms (component-based or headless), marketing automation, CRM/CDP integrations, and analytics systems. * Have experience managing budgets, timelines, and cross-functional teams for complex digital initiatives.

Job Description

## Job Description
As the Director, Digital Experience, you will serve as a Marketing Center of Excellence (COE) leadershaping how our portfolio of brands shows up and performs across digital channels. You will guide the strategy, governance, and continuous evolution of our enterprise digital ecosystem, ensuring our websites, platforms, and marketing technologies work seamlessly together to deliver intuitive, customer-centered experiences.

This role sits at the intersection of strategy, innovation, and execution. You will serve as both a strategic thought partner and a technically fluent operator bringing forward best-in-class digital practices while building clarity, governance, and alignment across Marketing, IT, Data, Analytics, DTC, and agency teams.

A core priority of this role is leading the strategic overhaul, modernization, and optimization of major brand websites, ensuring best-in-class digital experiences that drive engagement, conversion, and revenue.

We value individuals who Think Fast, using data, insights, and curiosity to continuously refine digital performance and anticipate change; who Work It Together, fostering strong, inclusive partnerships to bring digital initiatives to life; and who Make the Hard Call, approaching platform decisions, investments, and priorities with care, clarity, and long-term impact in mind.

POSITION LOCATION:This position is eligible for a hybrid schedule based out of Deerfield, IL. Effective fall 2025, Fortune Brands will transition to a new world-class campus in Deerfield, bringing together associates from across our U.S. offices, brands, and functions. The campus will offer vibrant workspaces for collaboration, along with amenities for dining, onsite daycare, fitness and recreation.

What you will be doing:Website Transformation & Digital Experience Leadership

• Guide the lifecycle management of all brand websites, including content operations, publishing workflows, UX consistency, accessibility compliance, platform updates, and performance optimization.


• Partner with cross-functional teams to shape and execute large-scale website modernization and redesign initiatives, from experience strategy and information architecture through implementation and optimization.


• Lead the end-to-end transformation of major brand websites, guiding experience vision, IA, UX/UI direction, content frameworks, and performance standards.


• Oversee CMS/platform strategy, selection, and agency/vendor partners responsible for design, development, implementation, and optimization.


• Ensure best practices in accessibility (WCAG), site performance, SEO, scalability, security, and mobile-first design.


• Drive data-informed website optimization through analytics, experimentation, personalization, and CRO methodologies.


• Own website roadmaps, budgets, and governance models that ensure alignment, consistency, and scalability across multiple brands.

• Oversee and continuously evolve the digital marketing technology ecosystem, including CMS platforms, automation tools, CRM/CDP integrations, analytics systems, and e-commerce enablement.


• Own and advance FBIN’s marketing technology stack, ensuring platforms work cohesively to support modern, personalized digital experiences.


• Evaluate and recommend emerging platforms and technologies that strengthen future-ready digital capabilities.


• Ensure seamless integration acrossCRM, CDP, media platforms, and site experiences to enable personalization, lifecycle marketing, and connected measurement.


• Serve as a trusted enterprise resource on web architecture, digital platforms, and martech strategytranslating business needs into practical, technical direction.

• Mentor and develop a high-performing digital team, encouraging shared learning, accountability, and innovation.


• Lead and develop a multidisciplinary team across website experience, digital platforms, e-commerce and conversion optimization, SEO/SEM, and AI-enabled marketing.


• Establish governance models, playbooks, and operating frameworks that drive scalable, consistent digital execution across brands.


• Foster a culture of innovation, inclusion, continuous learning, and high performance.

• Use analytics, experimentation, personalization, and conversion optimization methodologies to identify opportunities that enhance engagement, conversion, and revenue outcomes.


• Translate digital strategy and website modernization goals into actionable plans with clear owners, timelines, budgets, and KPIs.


• Ensure measurable impact across engagement, conversion, revenue, lead generation, and brand health metrics through continuous optimization and structured learning agendas.


• Create and manage digital roadmaps and budgets, helping teams prioritize effectively and execute with clarity.


• Manage digital investments and prioritization to ensure delivery against enterprise goals.

• Bachelor’s degree in Marketing, Business, Information Technology, Digital Media, or a related field; OR equivalent progressive professional experience.


• 10+ years of progressive experience in digital marketing, digital experience, or website platform leadership within enterprise or multi-brand environments.


• Demonstrated experience guiding enterprise website ecosystems, including content governance, UX strategy, CMS oversight, and platform modernization.


• Proven experience leading large-scale website redesigns, replatforming, or enterprise website transformation initiatives.


• Deep understanding of website architecture, UX/UI best practices, accessibility standards (WCAG), site performance optimization, and SEO.


• Strong expertise in analytics, experimentation, tagging, CRO, and personalization frameworks.


• Strong working knowledge of digital products and marketing technology stacks, including CMS platforms (component-based or headless), automation tools, CRM/CDP integrations, analytics platforms, and e-commerce solutions.


• Experience partnering cross-functionally with Marketing, IT, Data, and Analytics teams to deliver integrated digital initiatives.


• Experience managing agency and vendor relationships.


• Demonstrated success leading and developing multidisciplinary teams.


• Strong communication skills, with the ability to translate digital strategy and technical concepts into clear, actionable insights for diverse audiences.


• Proven ability to manage scope, budgets, timelines, and stakeholder alignment across complex, multi-brand initiatives.


• Portfolio required: Please include case studies demonstrating website transformation, digital ecosystem development, or enterprise digital initiatives.

• Advanced degree in Digital Marketing, Business, Information Systems, or a related field


• Experience within consumer goods, retail, DTC, or multi-brand portfolio organizations


• Experience building scalable, modular website ecosystems supporting multiple brands and regions

At Fortune Brands, we support the overall health and wellness of our associates by offering comprehensive, competitive benefits that prioritize all aspects of wellbeing and provide flexibility for our teammates’ unique needs. This includes robust health plans, a market-leading 401(k) program with a company contribution, product discounts, flexible time off benefits, adoption benefits, and more. We offer numerous ERGs (Employee Resource Groups) to foster a sense of belonging for all associates.

Fortune Brands is built on industry-leading brands and innovation within the high-growth categories of water, outdoors and security. The Company makes innovative products for residential and commercial environments, with a growing focus on digital solutions and products that add luxury, contribute to safety and enhance sustainability. To learn more, visit our website at [fbin.com](https://fbin.com).

Equal Employment Opportunity

Fortune Brands is an equal opportunity employer. Fortune Brands evaluates qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, gender identity or expression, national origin, ancestry, age, disability/handicap status, marital status, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, genetic history or information, or any other legally protected characteristic.

Reasonable Accommodations

Fortune Brands is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodations to individuals with disabilities. If, because of a medical condition or disability, you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application or interview process, please contact us at [fbinleave.fbhs@fbin.com](mailto:fbinleave.fbhs@fbin.com) and let us know the nature of your request along with your contact information.

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