Director, Product Development

Location

New York

Posted

2 days ago

Salary

$105K - $150K / year

Seniority

Mid Level

No structured requirement data.

Job Description

Director, Product Development

Bubble Skincare

Director, Product Development Location: New York, NY (Hybrid, 4x Week In-Office) Reporting to: VP Product Development Department: Product Development Salary: $105,000 - $150,000 About Bubble Bubble is on a mission to democratize clinical prestige skincare: dermatologist-developed, vegan formulas that are clinically serious and genuinely accessible, now stocked in roughly 18,000 doors across Target, Walmart, Ulta, and CVS. We want a Director of Product Development who turns a brief into a finished product on shelf: fast, on margin, and good enough that it earns its place in the routine and stays there. The Role You own new product development from first concept to retail launch across core, treatment, OTC, and the adjacent categories we're building into next. You drive formulation, packaging, testing, scale-up, and commercialization, and you keep the existing portfolio compliant, current, and selling. This is a builder's seat. You redirect a formula on paper, hold a lab to its timeline, and move a dozen projects at once without losing the detail that makes a Bubble product feel like a Bubble product. You are the connective tissue between Marketing, R&D, Regulatory, Operations, Supply Chain, and every manufacturing partner we work with. What You'll Do New product development - Own every phase of NPD from concept to launch across core, treatment, OTC, and new adjacent categories. You write the brief, set the timeline, and make the call on what ships. - Drive the labs instead of waiting on them. Set direction, run formulation reviews, and hold external partners to the schedule and the standard. - Find what’s next in consumer insight, derm feedback, social listening, competitive teardowns, and emerging ingredient science. - Build the technical story behind every launch: proprietary blends, substantiated actives, and defensible IP. - Run the full testing slate across stability, compatibility, specifications, safety, and clinical and consumer efficacy. - Solve the hard problems when stability, compatibility, or scale-up breaks. You lead the taskforce, find root cause, and ship the fix. - Keep every formula compliant and on-standard by reviewing ingredient lists, holding the line on Bubble’s vegan formulation standards, and partnering tightly with Regulatory and Quality. - Lead post-mortems and own reformulation/changes related to customer feedback. Existing portfolio - Keep the line strong by updating or replacing formulas as the market and regulations move. - Engineer the cost out through fast formula modifications that protect margin and open new markets. Partners, cost & cross-functional work - Own the partner bench of contract manufacturers, formulation labs, packaging and raw-material suppliers, and grow the relationships that matter most. - Protect the margin by managing COGS through development and finding cost wins that never cheapen the product. - Lead the communication on briefs, formula feedback, packaging, copy and claims, artwork, and regulatory deliverables. - Show up where launches get won in retailer reviews, key customer meetings, and pipeline updates to leadership. - Level up the team by teaching cross-functional partners how product development actually works. What We're Looking For Required - 9+ years in beauty product development across multiple categories (skincare and OTC at minimum; SPF, masks, lip, or other adjacencies a plus), taking projects through the full formula and packaging cycle. - Hands-on formulation skills. You redirect a chemistry on paper instead of routing it to a lab and hoping. - Deep command of ingredients, claims substantiation, testing, and regulatory requirements. - Sharp financial instincts. You manage COGS and protect margin without being asked. - A track record of owning many projects at once and landing every one on time. - Bachelor's in Chemistry, Cosmetic Science, or a related field. Bonus points - OTC and international development and regulatory experience. - You've helped scale a high-growth beauty brand. - A live network of formulation, packaging, and manufacturing partners. - MBA or an advanced scientific degree. How We'll Measure It - Launches that land on time, on budget, and on margin. - Innovation revenue targets, hit. - Speed-to-market that gets faster release over release. - Launch success and retailer acceptance that hold strong. - Gross margin gains from smarter product and packaging. - A real, stocked three-year pipeline sitting behind the next launch. Logistics - Based in New York, in-office, partnering with cross-functional teams every day. Expect domestic and international travel up to roughly 20% to labs, manufacturers, and suppliers. Reports to the VP, Product Development.

Related Categories

Related Job Pages

More Director Jobs

Ascension logo

Foundations Director of Engagement

Ascension

The Leader in Faith Formation

Director2 days ago
Full TimeRemoteTeam 51-200H1B Sponsor

Role Description Manage peer-to-peer fundraising programs by supporting participants, optimizing engagement strategies, and increasing community involvement and fundraising performance. - Coordinate donor and fundraising data tracking, reporting, and database management to improve campaign effectiveness, donor retention, and operational decision-making. - Oversee the Nurse Scholarship program, managing communications, application processes, recipient selection, and donor stewardship to support nursing workforce development. - Manage the Texas market's community investment program, including processing and preparing applications, engaging internal stakeholders, managing relationships with recipient organizations, and regular reporting on investments. Qualifications - High School diploma equivalency with 2 years of cumulative experience OR Associate's degree/Bachelor's degree OR 4 years of applicable cumulative job specific experience required. - Previous experience in peer-to-peer fundraising is preferred. Benefits - Paid time off (PTO) - Various health insurance options & wellness plans - Retirement benefits including employer match plans - Long-term & short-term disability - Employee assistance programs (EAP) - Parental leave & adoption assistance - Tuition reimbursement - Ways to give back to your community Company Description Ascension is a leading nonprofit Catholic health system with a culture and associate experience grounded in service, growth, care and connection. We empower our 97,000+ associates to bring their skills and expertise every day to reimagining healthcare, together. Recognized as one of the Best 150+ Places to Work in Healthcare and a Military-Friendly Gold Employer, you’ll find an inclusive and supportive environment where your contributions truly matter.

United States
$72.3K - $100.8K / year
Noodle logo

Associate Director, Brand & Experience Strategy

Noodle

Founded in 2013, Noodle is dedicated to education in all its forms, from graduate degrees to weekend classes, and offers a "well-researched" database through wh

Director2 days ago

• Shape how Noodle's university partners engage prospective students across the recruitment lifecycle. • Work across brand and messaging strategy, lifecycle communications, content strategy, and student experience design. • Act as a consultative partner to university partners and internal teams. • Contribute to frameworks and execute against them with high independence. • Support discovery for their partners, contributing to partner onboarding, program launches, and portfolio expansions. • Bring strategic grounding and cross-portfolio insight to partner engagements.

United States
$75K - $80K / year
Cotiviti logo

Implementation Director

Cotiviti

Enabling a high-quality and viable healthcare system

Director2 days ago
Full TimeRemoteTeam 5,001-10,000H1B Sponsor

• Coordinate/manage the implementation efforts by ensuring organizational execution against the defined workplan • Identify and initiate joint company and client teams to complete pre-sales and/or implementation opportunity analysis, establish medical policy, integrate applications, establish invoicing, test configuration and interface, train end users and communicate to internal and external audiences • Establish internal IT team to ensure coordination of all our delivery activities through weekly meetings • Establish project plan based on scope of services • Ensure company and client buy-in to project plan and milestones • Ensure work of each company and client committees progress as scheduled against the plan • Serve as a key collaboration catalyst, coordinating and documenting strategic meetings across medical policy, technology, communication, finance, and testing domains to ensure seamless cross-functional alignment • Ensure follow-through against commitments made by company and client resources • Identify, track and ensure closure of all implementations related issues across all aspects of delivery • Report status against key milestones (progress against plans, upcoming activities and issues) on a weekly basis • Deliver projects in conjunction with the client, balancing scope, schedule, resources and quality • Fulfill delivery responsibilities as outlined in the Implementations Responsibility Matrix • Establish outstanding professional relationships within each of the client departments participating in the pre-sales implementation support activities (as needed); implementation; and post go live warranty period

United States
$122K - $155K / year
eClinical Solutions logo

Director, Data Management

eClinical Solutions

We bring people and data together to support tomorrow’s breakthroughs

Director2 days ago
Full TimeRemoteTeam 201-500Since 2012H1B Sponsor

• Provide day-to-day leadership, operational oversight, and strategic direction for Clinical Data Management teams delivering end-to-end data management services across global programs and studies. • Ensure high-quality, timely, and cost-effective delivery of clinical data management services that meet customer expectations, contractual commitments, and organizational objectives. • Drive operational excellence through effective planning, resource management, risk management, financial oversight, and performance monitoring. • Establish, monitor, and report on key operational metrics related to quality, productivity, utilization, customer satisfaction, delivery predictability, revenue, and margin performance. • Proactively identify, escalate, and resolve operational, quality, and delivery risks that may impact customer outcomes or business performance. • Build, develop, mentor, and retain high-performing Clinical Data Management professionals through effective coaching, performance management, and career development. • Foster a culture of accountability, collaboration, innovation, continuous improvement, and customer focus across the Clinical Data Management organization. • Lead workforce planning, resource forecasting, succession planning, and organizational capability development to support current and future business needs. • Ensure Clinical Data Management activities are conducted in compliance with SOPs, ICH/GCP guidelines, regulatory requirements, and applicable quality standards while maintaining inspection readiness. • Partner with customers, internal stakeholders, and cross-functional teams to ensure successful execution of programs and delivery of exceptional customer outcomes. • Develop and maintain strong customer relationships through consultative partnership, delivery excellence, transparency, and responsiveness. • Serve as a senior escalation point for customer concerns and ensure timely resolution of issues impacting delivery, quality, or customer satisfaction. • Lead the modernization of Clinical Data Management operations through the adoption and operationalization of AI/ML-enabled data review, advanced analytics, automation, and Risk-Based Quality/Data Management (RBQM/RBDM) methodologies. • Lead initiatives that modernize clinical data review processes and transition teams from traditional review approaches to scalable, intelligent, and human-in-the-loop workflows. • Partner with Clinical Data Management leadership, Product, Technology, and other stakeholders to execute strategies that evolve data management capabilities and operating models. • Champion adoption of the elluminate platform and related technologies, ensuring capabilities are effectively embedded into operational workflows and deliver measurable value to customers and the organization. • Identify opportunities to improve efficiency, scalability, data quality, and speed of insight through innovative technologies, process improvements, and data-driven approaches. • Serve as a Clinical Data Management subject matter expert, contributing to strategic initiatives, customer engagements, innovation efforts, and the advancement of modern data management practices. • Support business development activities through proposal support, customer presentations, strategic consulting, and participation in sponsor engagements. • Provide regular updates to Clinical Data Management leadership regarding operational performance, organizational health, risks, opportunities, and key transformation initiatives.

Massachusetts
$160K - $210K / year