Product Development Manager (Color Cosmetics)
About The Position
The Product Development Manager leads the development of innovative color cosmetic products from concept through commercialization across the Revlon and Almay portfolios. The role translates business objectives, consumer insights, and market trends into product concepts and works closely with Marketing, Formulation, Packaging Development, Regulatory, Operations, Sourcing, Project Management, Consumer and Clinical Claims Support, and external manufacturing partners to bring products to market. The position is part of the Product Development organization within R&D and reports to the Director of Product Development. This is a hybrid role. Employees are expected to work from the New York office three days per week and may work remotely the remaining days. Travel to supplier or manufacturing sites may be needed for product evaluations, pilot runs, scale-ups, and commercialization support. Candidates must be legally authorized to work in the United States without current or future visa support.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree.
- At least 5 years of experience in beauty, cosmetics, personal care, or related product development, including managing products from concept through commercialization.
- Strong understanding of product development, supplier and third-party manufacturer management, and commercialization.
- Exceptional project management and organizational skills, with the ability to manage multiple complex programs and shifting priorities.
- Strong communication, presentation, and influencing skills across cross-functional partners and leadership.
- Ability to balance creativity, technical requirements, timing, cost, and business objectives in a fast-paced environment.
- Collaborative, solutions-oriented approach and passion for beauty, innovation, consumer trends, and product development.
- Legal authorization to work in the United States without current or future visa support.
Nice To Haves
- Experience in color cosmetics across face, eye, lip, or nail categories.
- Strong shade development and competitive benchmarking experience.
- Familiarity with global beauty trends and emerging product technologies.
- Experience supporting innovation, maintenance, and regulatory-driven reformulation projects.
- Experience partnering closely with formulation teams and external manufacturers to develop and commercialize new products.
- Color cosmetic formulation experience or a technical background.
Responsibilities
- Lead assigned product development programs from concept through commercialization, translating consumer insights, brand strategies, competitive analysis, and market trends into development briefs, technical targets, benchmarks, and product recommendations.
- Drive formula, shade, texture, and packaging development with internal Formulation and Packaging teams and third-party manufacturers, balancing performance, quality, cost, timing, and consumer expectations.
- Serve as the primary Product Development liaison across internal cross-functional teams, third-party manufacturers, suppliers, and external development partners.
- Lead cross-functional project development meetings, communicate priorities and risks, and drive alignment and timely decisions.
- Establish shade strategies and assortments for new launches and line extensions using trend analysis, competitive benchmarking, technical shade input, and consumer insights.
- Manage development timelines, milestones, documentation, specifications, approvals, benchmarks, testing inputs, and launch records.
- Proactively identify risks and trade-offs and support launch readiness, commercialization, reformulations, and post-launch needs.
- Build supplier and manufacturing relationships and guide shade matching and scale-up activities.
- Monitor launches, emerging technologies, ingredients, textures, shades, formats, and consumer behaviors across mass, masstige, and prestige beauty.
- Attend supplier presentations, trade shows, and industry events and share relevant opportunities with cross-functional partners.
- Support continuous improvement of Product Development processes, standards, and best practices.
Benefits
- Medical, dental, and vision benefits for employees and their families.
- Company-paid basic life insurance.
- Company-paid short-term disability insurance, beginning upon hire and providing a portion of base salary for up to 26 weeks if disabled.
- Long-term disability.
- Supplemental life insurance.
- Flexible spending accounts.
- Critical illness insurance.
- Group legal benefits.
- Identity theft protection.
- 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan.
- Three weeks of vacation, prorated in the first year based on hire date; vacation depends on role.
- Twelve paid holidays per calendar year.
- Certain positions may be eligible for short-term incentives.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Manager
