Product Technologist

BOOTS; Greater London; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 95,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Retirement plan

Discretionary bonus

Employee discounts

Parental leave pay

Flexible benefits

EAP

Job summary

Boots is seeking a technical lead to drive the development of health and wellness products within Boots Own Brand. You will oversee concept through launch, collaborating with internal teams and external partners to ensure safety, compliance and timely delivery across markets.

You will coordinate cross-functional delivery, govern project data and build a robust 3-year pipeline, balancing cost, quality and customer impact while maintaining governance and regulatory awareness.

Qualifications

• Interest in product development or experience in developing products from brief to market, ideally within FMCG environment.
• Excellent skills in relationship development & management both internally and externally with a focus on delivery.
• Previous experience in project management.
• Good technical understanding of consumer health & wellness categories.
• Commercial mindset and proven track record of identifying the right opportunity, gaining business buy-in and converting this into commercial success.

Responsibilities

• Accountable for the technical product development activities including ensuring our products are safe, legally compliant and meet our quality, sustainability and ethical standards.
• Technically critiquing potential product offerings to help build and meet our 3 year NPD plans.
• Managing the planning and delivery of projects within the portfolio to meet business KPIs (time, cost, quality) through the application of project management best practice including planning, governance, issue and risk management, change control, stakeholder management, utilization of systems, escalation and accurate up to date provision of project data and reporting.
• Responsible for engagement of all appropriate internal teams (e.g. technical, commercial, product, supply) and experts (e.g. regulatory for product registration) to ensure successful product delivery/market launch
• Coordinating and compiling the technical product data required for technical product approval and release.

Skills

Project management

Relationship management

Technical product development

Commercial acumen

FMCG knowledge

Education

Science degree

Job description

Contract: Permanent, Full-time

Recruitment Partner: Katrina, [e-mail]

What you'll be doing

Join us in shaping the future of Boots Own Brand Health & Wellness!

You'll lead the technical development and delivery of innovative new products that make a real difference to our customers' lives. You'll collaborate with passionate experts across the business and trusted external partners to bring ideas to life-overseeing everything from product concept and technical specifications to product verification, compliance, and launch readiness.

With the customer at the heart of every decision, you'll help define what great is in Boots Own Brand Health & Wellness, ensuring each new product is safe, effective delight our customers.

You will work within the Boots Technical Service Team as the technical lead on new and existing product development projects, driving the timely resolution of technical challenges and ultimately ensuring the products are safe, legal and meet / exceed the expectations of our customers and patients.

You will be the project lead, coordinating the cross-functional project team to deliver product developments to the agreed timeline, cost and quality. You must be able engage a variety of technical & commercial stakeholders in project delivery, ensuring they understand key opportunities and risks and are able support/ challenge the business opportunity.

You will support the development of a robust 3-year pipeline to deliver the continued growth of their categories.

To achieve this, you must maintain a high level of governance, technical competence, and awareness of the industry across key health and wellness product classifications (General Products, Food / Dietary Supplements, Licensed Medicines, Medical Devices & Cosmetics) and understand broader global implications.

Key responsibilities

• Accountable for the technical product development activities including ensuring our products are safe, legally compliant and meet our quality, sustainability and ethical standards
• Technically critiquing potential product offerings to help build and meet our 3 year NPD plans
• Managing the planning and delivery of projects within the portfolio to meet business KPIs (time, cost, quality) through the application of project management best practice including planning, governance, issue and risk management, change control, stakeholder management, utilization of systems, escalation and accurate up to date provision of project data and reporting
• Responsible for engagement of all appropriate internal teams (e.g. technical, commercial, product, supply) and experts (e.g. regulatory for product registration) to ensure successful product delivery/market launch
• Coordinating and compiling the technical product data required for technical product approval and release.

What you'll need to have (our must-haves)

• Interest in product development or experience in developing products from brief to market, ideally within FMCG environment.
• Excellent skills in relationship development & management both internally and externally with a focus on delivery
• Previous experience in project management
• Good technical understanding of consumer health & wellness categories
• Commercial mindset and proven track record of identifying the right opportunity, gaining business buy-in and converting this into commercial success

It would be great if you also have

• Science degree
• Project management qualification e.g., APM or Prince2

Rewards designed for you

• 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.

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A bit about us

At Boots, we're proud to be an equal opportunity employer, creating a place where everyone feels welcome, supported and free to be themselves. We believe that when our people feel valued and included, they thrive, so we're committed to creating a brilliant Boots for our people so they can make a difference for our customers and colleagues every time.

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.

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