Global Innovation Manager – Beauty Tech Incubator

BOOTS; Greater London; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading beauty retailer is looking for a Global Innovation Manager for its Beauty Tech Incubator. This full-time position requires expertise in the beauty market, creative idea generation, and cross-functional leadership. The successful candidate will manage Beauty Tech incubation programs, partner with external tech experts, and ensure the relevancy of initiatives to meet consumer needs. The role is based in Nottingham and offers a range of benefits, including a retirement savings plan and employee discounts.

Benefits

Boots Retirement Savings Plan

Discretionary annual bonus

Generous employee discounts

Enhanced maternity/paternity/adoption leave pay

Flexible benefits scheme

Access to 24/7 counselling and support

Qualifications

• Experience in beauty and skincare market required.
• Strong ability to develop commercially successful propositions.
• Demonstrated passion for innovation and discovery.

Responsibilities

• Lead strategic Beauty Tech incubation programs.
• Partner with tech specialists for consumer trials.
• Evaluate effectiveness of trials for business growth.

Skills

In-depth knowledge of the beauty market

Cross-functional leadership

Creative thinking

Data-driven insights

Market trend analysis

Job description

Role

Global Innovation Manager - Beauty Tech Incubator

Contract

Permanent

Shift pattern

Full Time

Location

Nottingham

About the role

The Global Beauty Tech Incubator Team ("No7 Beauty X" team) sits within the No7 Beauty Company's marketing function. Our mission is to empower every woman to achieve their beauty goals through ideation of omni‑channel experiences that enhance our product portfolio.

We are looking for an agile and dynamic Global Innovation Manager adept at navigating the intersection of beauty and technology while keeping a firm grip on market trends and insights to support No7BC product development.

In this very exciting role, you will not only lead strategic Beauty Tech incubation programs, fueling our Beauty Tech pipeline with your vast amount of ideas, enabling market test and learn programmes, but also feed your market expertise into the 3YP brand product pipelines to ensure relevancy to our growth ambitions.

If you thrive at idea generation and creative thinking, excel at cross‑functional leadership, and have a resilient solution‑oriented mindset, this is the opportunity for you.

Key Responsibilities

• Fuel Beauty Tech incubator pipeline through ideation and validation of initiatives based on consumer desirability, market, technical feasibility and commercial viability.
• Lead end‑to‑end incubator pipeline from ideation through to development and delivery using data‑driven insights to evaluate and report to stakeholders on the effectiveness of trials for business scale‑up and growth.
• Partner with external tech specialists to conceptualise, develop, and test consumer‑facing trials rapidly across our brand portfolio.

What you’ll need to have

We are looking for someone who has an in‑depth knowledge of the beauty market with a genuine passion for beauty and skincare, and a relentless drive to discover new solutions to consumer challenges and unmet needs.

Ability to translate innovative ideas into commercially successful propositions with a natural curiosity and self‑drive that enables you to explore ideas from discovery to conception and beyond is required.

Our benefits

• Boots Retirement Savings Plan
• Discretionary annual bonus
• Generous employee discounts
• Enhanced maternity/paternity/adoption leave pay and gift card for anyone expecting or adopting a child
• Flexible benefits scheme including option to buy additional holiday, discounted gym membership, life assurance, activity passes and much more.
• Access to free, 24/7 counselling and support through TELUS Health, our Employee Assistance Programme.

We have a great range of benefits in addition to the above that offer flexibility to suit you – find out more Boots Jobs Rewards. Exclusions may apply, eligible roles only.

Why Boots

At Boots, we foster a working environment where consideration and inclusivity help everyone to be themselves and reach their full potential. We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer, passionate about embracing the diversity of our colleagues and providing a positive and inclusive working environment for all. As the heart of everything we do at Boots, we change for the better.

What's next

Where a role is advertised as full‑time, we are open to discussing part‑time and job share options during the application process. If you require additional support as part of the application and interview process, we are happy to provide reasonable adjustments to help you to be at your best.

This role requires the successful candidate to complete a Pre‑employment check after receiving an offer. Depending on your location you will be asked to submit either a DBS (Disclosure & Barring Service), PVG (Protection of Vulnerable groups) or an Access NI Check.

Boots is a Ban the Box employer and will consider the suitability of applicants with criminal convictions on a case‑by‑case basis.