Product Development Manager: e.l.f. Beauty in Beverly Hills

parfumsworldwide; Beverly Hills (CA); Hybrid; USD 110,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

e.l.f. Beauty in Beverly Hills, CA is hiring a full-time Product Development Manager for its Rhode brand. The role is hybrid with four or more days in the office each week.

The position pays $110,000 to $140,000 annually and covers development submissions, production reviews, testing, and fragrance adjustments. Five+ years of color product development or color chemistry experience are required; management experience is preferred.

Qualifications

• 5+ years in color product development or color chemistry
• Experience with batch approvals and color jams
• Shade adjustments and fragrance adjustments experience
• Management experience preferred; leads multiple projects

Responsibilities

• Handle development submissions and batch reviews from start to post-production
• Coordinate product testing plans and update test plans
• Oversee on-site approvals, line trials, and production reviews
• Maintain standards, retains, and batch archives
• Manage fragrance and color adjustments within approved specs
• Collaborate with R&D, quality, operations, and manufacturing teams
• Coordinate multiple projects and launches across brands

Skills

Color product development

Color chemistry

Batch approvals

Shade adjustments

Fragrance adjustments

Project coordination

Job description

• Product Development Manager: e.l.f. Beauty in Beverly Hills

Product Development Manager: e.l.f. Beauty in Beverly Hills

e.l.f. Beauty Beverly Hills, CA Start Date10/20/2026

125000 Full-Time

e.l.f. Beauty is hiring a full-time Product Development Manager for its rhode brand in Beverly Hills, California. The hybrid role requires at least four days each week in the office. The position pays $110,000 to $140,000 and covers development submissions, production reviews, testing, and fragrance adjustments. The manager works with product development, research and development, quality, operations, and manufacturing teams.

The role requires five or more years of color product development or color chemistry experience. Management experience is preferred, while hands-on experience with batch approvals, color jams, shade adjustments, and fragrance adjustments is required. The work includes domestic and international travel, typically five to seven trips each year.

• Role: Product Development Manager, rhode
• Employer: e.l.f. Beauty
• Location: Beverly Hills, CA, hybrid, four or more office days per week

Development Work For rhode Products

The manager handles development submissions and batches from initial review through post-production follow-up. Product checks cover formulas, bulk, shades, approved standards, and retained samples. The role also includes standard renewals, shade-matching audits, on-site batch approvals, color jams, and shade adjustments.

Product testing plans receive regular updates as development progresses. Production reviews and line trials take place with manufacturing partners, while the manager records standards, retains, and batch archives. The company resets production standards every 12 months.

• Development submissions and batch reviews
• Product testing execution and Test Plan updates
• On-site approvals, line trials, and production reviews
• Standards, retains, and batch archive maintenance

Fragrance And Color Adjustments

Color assessment is central to the role, but the work also includes fragrance adjustments. Formula, bulk, shade, and production submissions are compared with approved standards before a batch moves forward. The manager identifies execution concerns and recommends changes when a submission does not meet the required standard.

Fragrance development uses repeated evaluation and adjustment rather than a single approval. A fragrance development manager coordinates perfumers, technical specialists, research teams, and product teams as a brief moves toward a final product. The fragrance development process includes submissions, smelling sessions, testing, compliance review, and formula refinement.

Production Standards And Testing

The manager partners with research and development, quality, operations, and manufacturers to resolve production concerns. Testing plans track the work needed to confirm that formulas and finished submissions meet the approved standard. Strong visual color assessment and close attention to detail support decisions about shades and batch quality.

The position also requires organized records. Standards and retains preserve the approved reference points for later production reviews, while batch archives support comparisons across manufacturing runs. Product development managers use those records to separate a formula change from a production variance.

Experience And Team Coordination

Five or more years of color product development or color chemistry experience forms the technical baseline. The role also requires knowledge of cosmetic development, batch review, production processes, and new product introduction workflows. Management experience helps coordinate several projects, manufacturers, and launch timelines.

Communication remains part of the daily work because product decisions cross several teams. The manager needs to explain technical findings, organize next actions, and keep production moving when a formula, shade, or fragrance needs another review. Travel flexibility supports manufacturing-site approvals and line trials.

Office Schedule And Travel

The job is hybrid in Beverly Hills, with four or more days in the office each week. The office schedule places product development work near the teams responsible for research, quality, operations, and manufacturing coordination.

Travel is part of the role rather than an occasional exception. The expected pattern is five to seven trips per year, with additional travel possible when business needs require manufacturing-site support or production approvals.

e.l.f. Beauty's portfolio includes e.l.f. Cosmetics, e.l.f. SKIN, e.l.f. Hair, Well People, Naturium, and rhode. The company reported $1.6 billion in fiscal year 2026 net sales, giving the manager a multi-brand environment for development and production work.

Product development managers who work with fragrance suppliers and fragrance retailers must keep creative adjustments tied to approved specifications, testing, and production records. The role's application remains open through the verified Lever posting.