CPG Product Innovation & Design Lead

Atlas Coffee Club LLC.; Austin (TX); Hybrid; USD 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

401(k) retirement plan

Paid time off

Paid sick time

Paid company holidays

Paid parental leave

Employee product benefits

Job summary

Atlas Coffee Club is seeking a Product Innovation & Design Manager – CPG in Austin, TX to lead from zero to one coffee, tea, and packaged goods that meet consumer needs across the coffee journey. You will collaborate with insights, concept design, packaging, sourcing, QA, and launch execution, partnering with New Product Development, Growth, and Operations and external suppliers.

This is an individual contributor role reporting to the Director of Product Development, with a compensation range of

Qualifications

• 3–4+ years of experience in design & innovation, new product development, or related role in CPG, food, beverage, or ecommerce.
• Bachelor’s degree in Marketing, Product Design, HCD, or a related field.
• Experience across the physical product development lifecycle: briefing, sourcing, sampling, production, fulfillment.
• Think in terms of desirability, viability, and feasibility.
• Strong writing and clarity; ideas-first thinking.
• Comfort with Excel or Google Sheets and data analysis.

Responsibilities

• Research consumer, category, and cultural data (qualitative & quantitative).
• Design concepts, value propositions, and early visuals and copy for new products.
• Update monthly content for the department’s recurring subscription products.
• Author briefs and collaborate with designers to manifest them into packaging assets.
• Find and vet suppliers against quality, cost, capacity, and reliability standards.
• Support day-to-day supplier and manufacturing relationships.
• Negotiate pricing, MOQs, lead times, and production terms.
• Flag timeline, cost, quality or supply risk early.
• Own execution of launches from concept to production readiness.
• Coordinate with Growth and Operations and external suppliers.
• Keep product calendar current and aligned with annual plans.
• Forecast demand with Supply Chain and Operations.
• Balance stock vs. inventory that cannot be moved.
• Run experiments with live prototypes; analyze launches.
• Iterate on product, packaging, price, positioning; update lifecycle data.

Skills

Design Thinking

Live Prototyping

Hybrid Research

Content Design

Product Management

Supplier Management

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Marketing, Product Design, HCD

Tools

Excel/Google Sheets

Job description

Atlas Coffee Club is seeking a Product Innovation & Design Manager – CPG in Austin, TX to lead from zero to one coffee, tea, and packaged goods that meet consumer needs across the coffee journey. You will collaborate with insights, concept design, packaging, sourcing, QA, and launch execution, partnering with New Product Development, Growth, and Operations and external suppliers.

This is an individual contributor role reporting to the Director of Product Development, with a compensation range of