Senior Beauty Product Developer - End-to-End Launches

We Are Refyne; Bolton; Hybrid; GBP 42,000 - 64,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

25 days annual leave

Bank holidays

Sabbatical opportunities

Private healthcare

Employee discount

Early product access

Job summary

Refyne is seeking an experienced Product Developer to join the growing Product team within a fast-moving beauty environment. Reporting into the Product Manager, this role will lead the end-to-end development of new product launches from concept to first production, coordinating formulation, components, packaging and consumer experiences.

The successful candidate will bring 3+ years of product development experience in beauty/skincare, strong formulation knowledge, and commercial awareness to

Qualifications

• Experience: Minimum 3+ years’ experience within Product Development across beauty, skincare, cosmetics, or adjacent personal care categories.
• Technical Capability: Strong understanding of end-to-end product development and formulation processes.
• Formulation Experience: Experience working across formulation development with strong technical awareness.
• Colour Expertise: Exposure to shade development and colour-led innovation is advantageous.
• Project Management: Proven ability to manage multiple launches simultaneously while maintaining pace and quality.
• Commercial Awareness: Experience managing suppliers, costings and development timelines.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end product development from concept through to first production, delivering against timelines, quality standards and commercial objectives.
• Own project plans and critical paths across multiple launches, ensuring pace, visibility and on-time delivery.
• Drive development across formulation, components and packaging to create innovative, high-performing products.
• Partner cross-functionally and externally to bring commercially successful launches to market.
• Develop and execute testing strategies to ensure products are inclusive, consumer-led and performance driven.

Skills

Product development

Project management

Commercial awareness

Cross-functional collaboration

Agile environment

Job description

Refyne is seeking an experienced Product Developer to join the growing Product team within a fast-moving beauty environment. Reporting into the Product Manager, this role will lead the end-to-end development of new product launches from concept to first production, coordinating formulation, components, packaging and consumer experiences.

The successful candidate will bring 3+ years of product development experience in beauty/skincare, strong formulation knowledge, and commercial awareness to