Project Manager, Product Development

About the Company

e.l.f. Beauty, Inc. stands with every eye, lip, face and paw. Our deep commitment to clean, cruelty free beauty at an incredible value has fueled the success of our flagship brand e.l.f. Cosmetics since 2004 and driven our portfolio expansion. Today, our multi-brand portfolio includes e.l.f. Cosmetics, e.l.f. SKIN, pioneering clean beauty brand Well People, Keys Soulcare, a groundbreaking lifestyle beauty brand created with Alicia Keys and Naturium, high-performance, biocompatible, clinically-effective and accessible skincare.

In our Fiscal year 24, we had net sales of $1 Billion and our business performance has been nothing short of extraordinary with 23 consecutive quarters of net sales growth. We are the #2 mass cosmetics brand in the US and are the fastest growing mass cosmetics brand among the top 5. Our total compensation philosophy offers every full-time new hire competitive pay and benefits, bonus eligibility (200% of target over the last four fiscal years), equity, flexible time off, year-round half-day Fridays, and a hybrid 3 day in office, 2 day at home work environment. We believe the combination of our unique culture, total compensation, workplace flexibility and care for the team is unmatched across not just beauty but any industry.

Visit our Career Page to learn more about our team: https://www.elfbeauty.com/work-with-us

Position Summary

The Project Manager, Product Development will be responsible for driving prioritization, planning and partnerships for key Product, Packaging, Innovation (and other) projects for e.l.f. Beauty. He/she will improve processes to streamline workflows, improve clarity and communication and reduce complexity through the full product creation, core improvement and packaging processes in addition to support the full 360 product launch timelines and needs. He/she will also manage the intake and prioritization of the product and packaging work, collaborating with the lead stakeholders to drive and project-manage key initiatives. He/she will work cross-collaboratively between R&D, Product Development, Sustainability, Product Marketing, Packaging, Creative and Supply as well as the 360 teams. This position will work across teams located in Oakland, NY and China.

Responsibilities:

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Timeline & project management

• Lead, drive and manage the end-to-end operational planning and project management of product development
• For each season/project/request, establish clear timelines and deliverables (in partnership with business partners)
• Track overall project portfolio and lead weekly work schedule with key stakeholders (e.g., product stakeholders, creative & VP leaders)
• Hold the team accountable to established timelines and delivery dates
• Escalate & troubleshoot any issues that put timelines at risk
• Facilitate key meetings within the Product and Packaging teams; cross-functionally drive agendas, recaps, etc.
• Facilitate and lead key review meetings with senior management
• Manage and oversee project management systems, milestones and communications
• Manage integrations with store and digital needs




Process improvement

• Establish, communicate and enforce processes for new product creation, product updates, creative requests and execution
• Work with business partners to identify process challenges and identify opportunities for improvement
• Establish long-term planning, resourcing and efficiencies
• Support / improve visibility to product and sample status




Intake, prioritization & resource management

• Act as a hub within the team with a clear understanding of priorities, requests, and available resourcing
• Ensure work is adequately scoped to allow prioritization. Follow-up, as needed, if information is missing
• With business owner and team leads, interpret requirements, create schedules and resolve conflicting priorities to ensure quality on-time delivery of assets and efficient utilization of resources
• Ensure business owners actively prioritize new requests




Other

• Establish and maintain key relationships (both creative and business)
• Work with the other areas’ Project Managers to ensure coordination and seamless execution for projects that touch more than area (examples: Digital, Stores/Merchandising)

Requirements:

• BA or BS required
• 5+ years of project management experience
• Experience deploying a full set of PMO tools, focused on initiative, risk, and communication management
• Collaborative across a full range of internal stakeholders/levels; demonstrated ability to manage and lead
• Organized, with attention to detail; big picture thinking with a willingness to be hands on
• Highly entrepreneurial, self-directed

This job description is intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed in this position. It also reflects the general details considered necessary to describe the principal functions of the job identified, and shall not be considered, as detailed description of all the work required inherent in the job. It is not an exhaustive list of responsibilities, and it is subject to changes and exceptions at the supervisors’ discretion.

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