Technical Development, Claims & Consumer Validation

• Manage formulation and reformulation programmes with manufacturing partners, from technical brief through to commercial production.
• Evaluate ingredients, formulations, packaging compatibility, performance, manufacturability, and cost to ensure products meet consumer, technical, and commercial requirements.
• Lead product benchmarking, consumer testing, and validation programmes to inform development and support substantiated product claims in partnership with Brand and Compliance.

Supplier Management & Commercialisation

• Manage OEM, ODM, laboratory, and packaging partners, leading supplier performance, commercial negotiations, and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Partner with Brand, Commercial, Supply Chain, and Creative teams to deliver commercially viable products and packaging across retail, wholesale, DTC, and marketplace channels.
• Define product specifications, quality standards, and production readiness, using post-launch performance and consumer feedback to drive continuous improvement.

Programme Management & Leadership

• Lead project governance, critical paths, budgets, risks, and development documentation, ensuring projects are delivered on time and to agreed objectives.
• Coordinate internal and external stakeholders to resolve challenges, maintain momentum, and ensure successful product launches.
• Champion continuous improvement across product development processes, fostering a collaborative, consumer-centric, and data-driven innovation culture.

About You

• 4–8 years’ experience in beauty, cosmetics, skincare, personal care or wellness product development, with proven end-to-end ownership of multiple concurrent NPD projects.
• Strong hands-on experience in formulation and reformulation, consumer and competitor benchmarking, product evaluation and claims substantiation.
• Experience working with global manufacturers, laboratories and packaging suppliers, with sound knowledge of stability, compatibility, scale-up and commercial manufacturing processes.
• Strong commercial judgement, including experience balancing consumer performance, cost, margin, speed to market and omnichannel requirements.
• Excellent project, critical path and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to influence cross-functional teams and manage competing priorities in a fast-paced environment.
• Passion for beauty innovation, consumer behaviour and category growth, supported by confident use of insight, trend and performance data.

Benefits

• Generous Holiday: Enjoy 30 days of paid leave in addition to the 8 UK Bank Holidays.
• Flexible Working: Experience the best of both worlds with hybrid working options.
• Pension Scheme: Employee 5% and Employer 3% contribution.
• CycleScheme: Save 25-39% on cycle gear with no upfront payment and tax-efficient salary deductions.
• Techscheme: Save up to 12% on technology and pay in monthly tax-efficient installments.
• Private Medical Insurance: Our Vitality Health insurance offers broad-ranging coverage, including travel, vision, and dental.
• Flexi-Fridays: Choose a Friday each month to finish early and enjoy a longer weekend.
• Discretionary bonus based on company and individual performance.
• Work Abroad for one month a year.
• Mental Health Support: Access for free to confidential therapists and counsellors through our partnership with Spill.
• Events: Quarterly All-Hands meetings, celebrations of key dates and holidays, and sponsored team activities.

Avenir Collective is proud to be a disability-committed employer registered in the UK. If you identify as having a disability and meet all of the criteria set out in the job description, we would like to support you through the interview stage. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive work environment where all employees and applicants can flourish.