Associate Director, Commercialization: Dr. Squatch

Parfum Worldwide; California (MO); On-site; USD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Dr. Squatch in Marina del Rey is hiring an Associate Director, Commercialization to lead product launches from approved concept to store shelf. You will coordinate cross-functional teams and ensure timely execution across R&D, fragrance, packaging and marketing.

The role requires owning stage-gate timelines, managing risks and escalations, and building the commercialization playbook as the portfolio grows, while coaching project managers to deliver launches on schedule.

Responsibilities

• Lead cross-functional launch execution across R&D, fragrance, packaging, supply chain, and marketing.
• Own stage-gate timelines and manage risks, trade-offs, and escalations.
• Build the commercialization playbook as the portfolio grows.
• Coach project managers running individual launches.

Job description

Full-Time

Dr. Squatch is hiring an Associate Director, Commercialization at its Marina del Rey headquarters, the leadership seat that carries new products from approved concept to store shelf and site launch. For a company shipping scented soaps, deodorants, and colognes at national scale, commercialization is where fragrance decisions, formulas, packaging, and factory realities converge on a single date, the pipeline our field-to-flacon guide describes and this role commands.

About the Role

The Associate Director leads cross-functional launch execution: owning stage-gate timelines across R&D, fragrance, packaging, supply chain, and marketing; managing risks, trade-offs, and escalations; building the commercialization playbook as the portfolio grows; and coaching project managers running individual launches.

Who Should Apply

Launch leaders with CPG or personal care commercialization experience at scale, comfortable owning executive-visible timelines and driving decisions across functions that do not report to them. Full-time in Marina del Rey.