Vp, Product Development Jobs

At Beautycounter, we go beyond clean to get safer beauty into the hands of everyone. Launched in 2013 as a direct-to-consumer beauty brand and acquired by the Carlyle Group in April 2021, we develop and distribute roughly 100 beauty products across skin care, makeup, and personal care, serving both the United States and Canada.

In addition to our Never List™, which excludes over 1,800 questionable ingredients from our formulations, we’ve established a rigorous set of safety standards for both our products and our manufacturing partners. And, through our advocacy efforts, we’ve helped introduce more health-protective legislation to the beauty industry.

Beautycounter is proud to be a Certified B Corporation that’s committed to more sustainable packaging, responsible sourcing, and a policy of total transparency. Awards include Fast Company's Most Innovative, Allure's Best of Beauty, Glamour's Beauty Awards, Refinery29's Innovators List, WWD's 2019 Best-Performing Beauty Company, and CNBC's Disruptor 50.

The Vice President of Product Development will orchestrate the end-to-end product development process by collaborating with all departments involved to ensure operational excellence, for new product launches and changes to existing core products.

In this role you will:

• Manages Formula Evaluation & Stability: track and evaluate all internal and external formula submissions, providing assessment and redirection where needed
• Outstanding project management skills to ensure projects are managed from product brief all the way into 1st production run.
• Partners with R&D and CMs on final lab, scale-up, pilot and production standards
• Manage Product Development for all product categories including but not limited to skin care, make up, hair & body categories.
• Manages Shade Evaluation: including but not limited to selecting test shades and managing redirection to R&D and CMs to meet approved concept objective and timeline.
• Collaborate with Innovation and R&D partners to design the product innovation calendar, identifying disruptive product concepts that generate new opportunities for brand growth.
• Attend industry key trade shows (CosmoProf, MUNY, In Cosmetics, etc) to identify breakthrough product or package opportunities for 3 – 5yrs out
• Conduct competitive analysis and keep up-to-date on industry trends to inform product development decisions
• Manages new formula testing: Oversees Tech Transfer Testing/Consumer Panel and key findings
• Lead a team that drives the product development and reformulation projects, ensuring that all product launches meet Beautycounter’s commitments to performance, safety, sustainability, and responsible sourcing.
• Oversees necessary reformulations and shade translations, due to regulatory updates
• Lead cross-departmental collaboration to ensure crucial aspects of product development process are executed according to our SOP’s.
• Work with project management and other cross-functional partners to ensure product development projects are delivered on time, within budget and in accordance with quality standards, including compliance with mission and FDA regulation.
• Partner with key cross-functional teams (R&D, RA & Legal) to achieve desired formula claims briefed by Innovation.
• Identifies formula and shade prototypes and manages briefs to R&D and CMs
• Manage all contract manufacturing and supplier relationships closely; coordinate with Sourcing, Quality and Procurement teams to ensure that manufacturing and supplier partners are meeting our expectations and delivering high-quality formulas and products in accordance with designated timelines. Ensure on time in full delivery of products.

Experience Requirements:

• Creative problem-solving skills
• Bachelor’s degree required, advanced degree preferred, preferably an MBA or MSc, in chemistry, green chemistry, biology.
• Excellent communication, organizational, and project management skills
• Required experience in color/makeup product development, with direct experience bring bespoke color cosmetics projects to market on the brand side.
• Experience in safety testing and claims substantiation (clinical, sensory perception, and/or consumer panels)
• Dedication to Beautycounter’s mission
• Team leadership and development experience
• Experience managing contract manufacturer and supplier relationships.
• Outstanding cross-functional collaboration
• Passion for the beauty consumer, market and industry trends; driven to identify opportunities for creativity and innovation.
• 12+ years of product development experience.

Pay: $250k - $300k for work locations in the United States, with individual pay determined by several factors including, but not limited to, job-related skills, experience, education, and training. Salary ranges are determined in good faith by role, level, and location. As a remote-eligible job, a narrower salary range for a candidate’s preferred location may be available.

Bonus: Additional compensation includes an annual discretionary bonus based on company and individual performance.

Benefits at Beautycounter:

• Healthcare and dependent care FSA
• 401(k) plan with company match following 90 days of employment
• Medical, dental, vision insurance effective the 1st of the month following hire date
• Unlimited Vacation for Exempt Associates (or 15 days Paid Time Off for Non-Exempt Associates)
• Health & Wellness support for all employees (at no cost!) through Modern Health
• Bc contribution to HSA plan (if enrolled in HSA compatible plan)
• 20 hours of Paid Volunteer Time off per year
• 14 Company Paid Holidays per year
• Bc paid and supplemental life and AD&D insurance

At Beautycounter we are committed to creating a diverse environment and are proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, or veteran status.