Product Development Manager (Color Cosmetics)

Revlon; New York (NY); Hybrid; USD 110,000 - 125,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, and vision insurance

401k Retirement plan

Paid vacation & holidays

Job summary

Revlon is seeking a Product Development Manager to lead color cosmetics product development from concept to market. You will translate consumer insights and brand strategy into compelling product concepts, collaborating with Marketing, Formulation, Packaging, Regulatory, Operations, Sourcing, and external manufacturers to deliver trend-forward products.

The role reports to the Director of Product Development within R&D and requires strong leadership, strategic thinking, and excellent

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree required.
• 5+ years in beauty/product development with concept-to-commercialization experience.
• Strong PM and organizational skills.
• Excellent communication and influencing abilities.
• Ability to balance creativity with technical and business objectives.
• Collaborative, customer-focused mindset.

Responsibilities

• Lead product development programs from concept through commercialization.
• Translate insights, brand strategy, and trends into development briefs and targets.
• Drive formula, shade, texture, and packaging development with internal and external teams.
• Serve as liaison across cross-functional teams and external partners; drive alignment.
• Establish shade strategies and assortments for launches and extensions.
• Manage timelines, documentation, approvals, and launch readiness.
• Build supplier/manufacturing relationships; travel for evaluations and scale-ups.
• Monitor launches, trends, technologies; share opportunities with partners.

Skills

Project management

Cross-functional collaboration

Communication

Strategic thinking

Leadership

Product development

Education

Bachelor's degree

Job description

At Revlon, we create beauty innovations for everyone that inspire confidence and ignite joy every day.

Breaking beauty boundaries is in our company’s DNA. Since its game-changing launch of the first opaque nail enamel in 1932 (and later, the first long-wear foundation), Revlon has provided consumers with high-quality product innovation, performance, and sophisticated glamour. Elizabeth Arden made waves as a woman-led beauty company in the 1920s. In 1931, Almay became the original hypoallergenic, fragrance-free beauty brand.

Today, Revlon resiliently continues its legacy as a leading global beauty company. Our diverse portfolio—which consists of some of the world’s most iconic brands and product offerings in color cosmetics, skincare, hair color & care, personal care, and fragrances is sold around the world through prestige, professional, mass, and direct-to-consumer retail channels. These brands include Revlon, Revlon Professional, Elizabeth Arden, Almay, American Crew, CND, Cutex, Mitchum, Sinful Colors, Creme of Nature, Christina Aguilera, John Varvatos, Juicy Couture, Ed Hardy and more.

We honor our heritage, embrace change, and applaud diversity. We champion our employees and celebrate our consumers.

We are Revlon, together, transforming beauty.

This role is a Hybrid Role: Employees are expected to work from our New York office 3 days per week and may work remotely the remaining days.

Position Overview

The Product Development Manager leads the development of innovative color cosmetic products from concept through commercialization across the Revlon and Almay portfolios. This role translates business objectives, consumer insights, and market trends into compelling product concepts and partners closely with Marketing, Formulation, Packaging Development, Regulatory, Operations, Sourcing, Project Management, Consumer and Clinical Claims Support, and external manufacturing partners to bring consumer-relevant, trend-forward products to market. The ideal candidate is creative, strategic, consumer-focused, and experienced in managing complex product development programs.

This position reports to the Director of Product Development and is part of the Product Development organization within R&D.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead assigned product development programs from concept through commercialization, translating consumer insights, brand strategies, competitive analysis, and market trends into clear development briefs, technical targets, benchmarks, and product recommendations.
• Drive formula, shade, texture, and packaging development in partnership with internal Formulation and Packaging teams and third-party manufacturers (TPMs), balancing product performance, quality, cost, timing, and consumer expectations.
• Serve as the primary Product Development liaison across internal cross-functional teams, TPMs, suppliers, and external development partners; lead cross-functional project development meetings, communicate priorities and risks, and drive alignment and timely decisions.
• Establish shade strategies and assortments for new launches and line extensions using trend analysis, competitive benchmarking, technical shade input, and consumer insights.
• Manage development timelines, milestones, documentation, specifications, approvals, benchmarks, testing inputs, and launch records; proactively identify risks and trade-offs and support launch readiness, commercialization, reformulations, and post-launch needs.
• Build strong supplier and manufacturing relationships, guide shade matching and scale-up activities, and travel to supplier or manufacturing sites as needed for product evaluations, pilot runs, scale-ups, and commercialization support.
• Monitor new launches, emerging technologies, ingredients, textures, shades, formats, and consumer behaviors across mass, masstige, and prestige beauty; attend supplier presentations, trade shows, and industry events and share relevant opportunities with cross-functional partners.
• Support continuous improvement of Product Development processes, standards, and best practices.

Required

QUALIFICATIONS & EXPERIENCE

• Bachelor's degree required.
• Minimum 5+ years of experience in beauty, cosmetics, personal care, or related product development, with demonstrated experience managing products from concept through commercialization.
• Strong understanding of product development, supplier and TPM management, and commercialization.
• Exceptional project management and organizational skills, with the ability to manage multiple complex programs and shifting priorities.
• Strong communication, presentation, and influencing skills across cross-functional partners and leadership.
• Ability to balance creativity, technical requirements, timing, cost, and business objectives in a fast-paced environment.
• Highly collaborative, solutions-oriented, and passionate about beauty, innovation, consumer trends, and product development.

Preferred

• Experience in color cosmetics across face, eye, lip, or nail categories.
• Strong shade development and competitive benchmarking experience.
• Familiarity with global beauty trends and emerging product technologies.
• Experience supporting innovation, maintenance, and regulatory-driven reformulation projects.
• Experience partnering closely with formulation teams and external manufacturers to develop and commercialize new products.
• Color cosmetic formulation experience or a technical background is a plus but not required.

Revlon is unable to sponsor or transfer employment visas for this role; candidates must be legally authorized to work in the United States without current or future visa support.

The base pay range for this position is $110,000.00 - $125,000.00/ year; however base pay offered may vary depending on skills, experience, job-related knowledge, and geographic location. Certain positions may also be eligible for short-term incentives as part of total compensation.

Employees (and their families) are eligible for medical, dental, and vision benefits. Employees are covered by the company-paid basic life insurance policy and company-paid short-term disability insurance (the benefit commences upon hire and allows for a portion of base salary for up to 26 weeks if you are disabled). Other benefits offered to employees include but are not limited to the following: long-term disability, supplemental life insurances, flexible spending accounts, critical illness insurance, group legal, identity theft protection, etc. Employees are also able to enroll in our 401k Retirement Savings Plan.

Employees will also receive 3 weeks of vacation, pro-rated based on date of hire for the 1st year of employment and twelve paid holidays throughout the calendar year. Vacation will depend on role.

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