Beauty Innovation Lead — End-to-End Product Dev

Crown Affair; California; On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Crown Affair is seeking an Innovation Development Manager to drive beauty product innovation from concept to launch. You will partner with the Sr. Director of Innovation & Insights to shape a long‑term roadmap and oversee development across formats, ingredients, and claims.

You will lead prototyping, testing, and partnerships with labs and contract manufacturers, ensuring scalable, compliant products for key markets. Strong project management and cross‑functional collaboration are essential.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a related field is required.
• 4+ years of product development experience in beauty/personal care.
• Strong organizational and communication skills; can manage timelines & budgets.
• Experience launching products from brief to market with contract manufacturers.
• Comfortable working with cross‑functional teams and external partners.

Responsibilities

• Define and execute long‑term product roadmap with cross‑functional teams.
• Lead product development from idea to launch for key swings.
• Champion timelines and budgets; ensure on‑time, on‑budget launches.
• Prototype, develop, and test new formulas; ensure packaging compatibility.
• Collaborate with quality and regulatory to ensure market readiness.

Skills

Product development

Project management

Cross-functional collaboration

Budget management

Communication

Ambiguity handling

Multi-tasking

Education

Bachelor's Degree in related field

Tools

Asana

Smartsheet

Job description

Crown Affair is seeking an Innovation Development Manager to drive beauty product innovation from concept to launch. You will partner with the Sr. Director of Innovation & Insights to shape a long‑term roadmap and oversee development across formats, ingredients, and claims.

You will lead prototyping, testing, and partnerships with labs and contract manufacturers, ensuring scalable, compliant products for key markets. Strong project management and cross‑functional collaboration are essential.