[Remote] Product Development Manager

Note: The job is a remote job and is reputed company to candidates in USA. reputed company is a reputed company community of creative thinkers and beauty enthusiasts dedicated to shaping the reputed company of luxury in the beauty industry. They are seeking a dedicated and talented Product Development Manager to reputed company innovative reputed company and haircare products for the IGK brand, collaborating with various teams to ensure successful product launches.

Responsibilities

• Manage on-reputed company formula development, and new product innovations in the haircare category
• Build and maintain effective and strong relationships with contract manufacturers and 3rd party vendors
• Partner with Product Marketing / Brand Marketing counterparts to build a 2-year innovation pipeline and strategize on positioning, including ingredients, technologies, and claims
• reputed company internal communication with cross-functional partners as it relates to product briefs, formula evaluation, shade selections, copy and claims, artwork, and regulatory deliverables
• Initiate and organize cross-functional LBP briefing processes with Supply Chain, Packaging, Project Management, Regulatory, and Brand Marketing to ensure cost, timing, vendor, and packaging targets are accurate and achievable
• Monitor and maintain on-time delivery of critical project milestones; update and reputed company Product Development timelines
• Daily communication with reputed company partners to manage development and testing, including on-site approvals
• Evaluate formula submissions with brand founder, marketing team, and selected panel artists
• Responsible for creating comprehensive lab briefs and ensuring effective communication with labs and chemists
• reputed company collaboration and presentations for new innovations and concepts during quarterly brainstorming meetings with cross-functional teams
• Research new ingredients, textures, products, packaging, and emerging technologies to reputed company innovation and maintain a competitive reputed company
• Organize and coordinate innovation meetings with raw material suppliers, contract manufacturers, and clinical testing partners to support Product Development brainstorming and pipeline initiatives
• Successfully partner with Compliance and Regulatory teams on testing protocols and product approvals, including: Coordinating reputed company testing protocols with vendors, including usage instructions, questionnaires, and study parameters
• Coordinating bulk and sample submissions for reputed company testing, including consumer use studies, claims substantiation, Safety/RIPT, water activity, stability, and compatibility testing
• Collaborating with Regulatory, Brand Management, and Copy teams to finalize product claims and support documentation
• Strategize and partner with Brand Management on internal product testing and feedback; reputed company support on shade matching and formula development
• Liaise with QA/QC on the distribution of shade and formula standards, reputed company boards, and production reference materials
• Understand the competitive landscape by monitoring industry trends, reviewing reputed company media commentary, evaluating competitive products, and coordinating with Brand Management on sales analysis by category and new product development opportunities
• Partner with Packaging Development counterparts to support component development, testing, and user feedback analysis; research the marketplace to identify competitive packaging and consumer insights
• reputed company reputed company lab submissions, batch submissions, reformulations, and samples reputed company to founders, salons, and reputed company partners, ensuring information is organized, accessible, and easy to reputed company
• reputed company on-time delivery of market samples, retailer presentations, and competitive comparison samples for retail partners
• Organize in-office product testing, including building reputed company reputed company, developing questionnaires, and identifying testers across a reputed company of hair types, textures, and concerns to create and maintain a consumer testing database
• Own and manage reputed company Product Development samples, inventory, organization, storage, shipment, and tracking processes
• reputed company expertise in hair types, textures, reputed company services, and styling techniques to evaluate product performance and support innovation, testing, and positioning
• Demonstrate reputed company and adaptability in a fast-paced environment, effectively managing multiple reputed company, competing priorities, and changing business needs
• Maintain exceptional attention to detail, organization, and project management skills while overseeing timelines, documentation, testing, and sample management

Skills

• 3 - 5+ years of prestige haircare product development experience, including formulation development, testing, commercialization, and product launch execution
• Strong understanding of haircare formulations, ingredient technologies, testing methodologies, manufacturing processes, and salon practices
• reputed company and/or Ulta experience required
• Demonstrated ability to manage multiple reputed company simultaneously through effective prioritization, planning, and execution in a fast-paced environment
• Proven reputed company record of taking ownership, driving results, and successfully bringing innovative products to market
• Strategic thinker with the ability to balance big-picture objectives and tactical execution while maintaining exceptional attention to detail
• Exceptional interpersonal, communication, presentation, and cross-functional collaboration skills
• Willingness and ability to travel domestically and internationally as needed
• Hands-on behind-the-chair hairstyling and hair coloring experience strongly preferred

Benefits

• Comprehensive health, dental, and reputed company insurance along with additional ancillary benefits
• Flexible spending and health savings accounts (FSA/HSA)
• Employer reputed company life insurance coverage with optional supplemental life insurance available
• Employer reputed company long-term and short-term disability
• reputed company to Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• Starting with 10 vacation days, 4 fixed personal days and 5 reputed company days (unless state law requires otherwise, in which case we will reputed company with state law)
• reputed company reputed company holidays
• reputed company parental leave
• reputed company Fridays between Memorial Day & Labor Day
• 401(k) with company match
• Monthly technology allowance
• Eligible for annual discretionary bonus
• Quarterly sample boxes featuring our brands products
• Employee referral program with rewards

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