Chief Product Officer

O Positiv • Santa Monica, CA

17d • $280,000 - $320,000 • Onsite

About The Position

The Chief Product Officer (CPO) is responsible for leading O Positiv’s product vision, innovation strategy, and end-to-end product lifecycle across dietary supplements and other consumer categories. This role owns the development of a high-quality, science-backed product portfolio that meets real women’s health needs and supports sustainable, long-term growth.
The CPO will oversee the full physical product pipeline—from insight generation and concept development through formulation, substantiation, commercialization, and lifecycle management—ensuring products are thoughtfully differentiated, rigorously developed, and operationally scalable. This leader will bring strong technical judgment, consumer empathy, and cross-functional leadership to build a repeatable, disciplined innovation engine that consistently delivers meaningful products to market.
The ideal candidate is a proven product and innovation leader with deep experience in supplements and/or personal care, who has successfully operated in both scaled organizations and high-growth environments, and who thrives at the intersection of science, consumer insight, and brand.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Science, Engineering, Food Science, Pharmaceutical Science, or related field; advanced degree preferred
• 10+ years of experience leading product development, innovation, or R&D within dietary supplements, functional foods, OTC, and/or personal care
• Demonstrated success building and executing robust product roadmaps and innovation pipelines that drive business growth
• Deep experience across the physical product lifecycle, including formulation, substantiation, manufacturing, scale-up, and commercialization
• Strong understanding of supplement and/or personal care regulatory frameworks, quality systems, and claims substantiation
• Ability to evaluate scientific evidence and technical feasibility while balancing brand, customer, and commercial considerations
• Strategic thinker with strong business acumen and comfort making decisions in complex, ambiguous environment
• Credible, collaborative leader with the ability to influence across functions and levels
• Deep empathy for customers and a genuine interest in women’s health and wellness
• Strong communication skills with the ability to synthesize scientific, technical, and consumer inputs into clear direction
• Thoughtful, adaptable, and energized by building teams, systems, and products
• Passion for wellness and excitement about building a category-defining women’s health brand
• Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis.

Responsibilities

• Product Vision & Portfolio Strategy
• Define and own O Positiv’s long-term product vision and multi-year roadmap across supplements, personal and intimate care, and other categories
• Serve as a strategic thought partner to the executive team on category expansion, innovation pacing, and growth opportunities
• Identify innovation opportunities through deep understanding of customer needs, market dynamics, competitive landscape, and emerging scientific and technical trends
• Establish clear portfolio priorities, development principles, and decision frameworks to guide investment and trade-offs
• Innovation & Product Development
• Lead and continuously evolve a structured, repeatable innovation and product development engine, from insight and concept through launch and lifecycle management
• Set the technical and scientific direction for the portfolio, ensuring products are thoughtfully differentiated and meet high standards for quality, safety, regulatory compliance, and scientific substantiation needs
• Oversee lifecycle management, including reformulation, line extensions, and portfolio evolution
• Commercialization & Cross-Functional Leadership
• Partner closely with Marketing, Operations, Supply Chain, Finance, and Regulatory to bring products to market successfully and on time
• Lead product and science storytelling internally, ensuring teams are equipped with clear product narratives, claims rationale, and scientific grounding to support go-to-market strategy, asset development, and education
• Team & Leadership
• Lead, mentor, and develop high-performing teams, establishing clear operating rhythms, accountability, and collaboration
• Build product and innovation capabilities that scale with the business while fostering a culture of scientific rigor, consumer empathy, curiosity, and operational excellence
• Represent O Positiv externally with manufacturers, scientific partners, and industry stakeholders as appropriate

Benefits

• Flexible PTO, Sick Days, and Wellness Days
• Monthly Social Hours
• Medical, Vision, and Dental Coverage
• 401K with matching
• $50/month Fitness Reimbursement + Up to $1,800 in annual wellness benefits
• An environment of collaboration, high performance, & respect amongst all employees and managers

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Executive
• Number of Employees: 11-50 employees