**Senior NPD Manager - Skincare (12 Month Maternity Cover)**
**Location:** London, England, United Kingdom
Are you passionate about skincare and ready to make a significant impact in the beauty industry? Join our team as a Senior NPD Manager, where you’ll drive and manage the Skincare category from concept through to launch, including NPD pipeline building & execution, and ongoing category and product lifecycle management.
**Responsibilities:**
- Build, drive, and manage the Skincare category from concept to launch, including NPD pipeline building, execution, and ongoing category and product lifecycle management.
- Ideate and develop new product concepts, formulas, and packaging that are globally compliant and commercially viable within agreed launch timeframes.
- Collaborate closely with internal and external key stakeholders and partners (including suppliers, Ops team, Studio, Regulatory partners) for alignment of concept direction, approvals, and compliance.
- Manage critical paths ensuring all actions are achieved within deadlines to hit launch windows.
- Follow and build on processes to support effective execution, including tracking specifications and all project-related information (product specifications, sample trackers, user trials).
- Prepare and present robust business cases for tracking through the commercial stage gate process in line with commercial metrics.
- Prepare concept presentations and training sheets for the Marketing team, Member Happiness, and PR agency for successful showcasing and education on new concepts.
**Qualifications:**
- Proven record of new product development and category management for skincare (luxury/high tech preferred), identifying, planning, and delivering highly efficacious products.
- Exceptional project management skills - highly organized, effective prioritization, and structured.
- Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions and recommendations coupled with sound planning and persistent execution.
- Collaborative approach with the ability to build excellent relationships and work productively cross-functionally.
**About You:**
We believe it’s all about mindset, great skills, the right attitude, and a fantastic work ethic. If you’re aligned with our values, excited about the opportunity, and really good at what you do (even if you don’t tick all the boxes), apply anyway!
**Our Values:**
- **Bring Your ’A’ Game:** Take ownership & accountability. Make things happen. Grow. Support. Evolve. Invent. Be open-minded.
- **Be Intelligently Rebellious:** Challenge the status quo. Push boundaries. Embrace change. Think BIG.
- **Be Customer Obsessed:** Listen & learn. Take ownership. Act fast. Be humble & empathetic. Build & keep trust. Be grateful for feedback.
- **It’s All For One (& One For All):** Take advantage of collective intelligence. Act with integrity. Support & challenge. Embrace individuality. Do right by our company, our members, our colleagues & our environment.
**Benefits:**
- Free membership to our products + 30% off
- Stock options for all employees
- 25 days holiday & your birthday off
- Flexible bank holidays
- Equal leave for all new parents regardless of gender or personal circumstances
- Season ticket loan
- Private medical insurance
- Menopause support
- £2,500/$2,500 to spend on your fertility journey after 2 years of service
- 10 therapy sessions through AXA PPP
- Cycle to work scheme