[Hiring] Senior Manager, Product Development Project Management @Nutrafol

Role Description

The Sr. Manager, Product Development Project Management is the operational engine behind Nutrafol's product innovation pipeline. This role owns the end-to-end orchestration that turns ambitious product strategy into category-leading wellness products in the market, delivered on time, on budget, and at the quality bar our customers expect.

Reporting directly into the VP of Product Development & Marketing, this is a high-visibility role at the center of one of the fastest-growing brands in hair wellness. You will lead complex, multi-workstream programs across:

• Marketing
• R&D
• Creative
• RA/QA
• Clinical
• Supply Chain
• Operations
• Finance
• Sales
• External manufacturing partners

This is also a builder's role. You will design and stand up the systems, processes, and analytics that scale our product development engine, leveraging the newest project management tools, AI-enabled platforms, and automation technologies to maximize speed, transparency, and efficiency.

Responsibilities

• Roadmap Delivery & Project Execution:
  • Manage the timeline and delivery of the full product development roadmap projects across cross-functional teams, ensuring every initiative meets defined scope, quality, timeline, and budget requirements.
  • Build and maintain integrated master project plans, critical paths, and milestone schedules from concept through commercialization for the full product development pipeline and product promotions.
  • Drive disciplined stage-gate execution, leading kickoff, milestone, risk, and post-mortem reviews with clear decisions, owners, and next steps.
  • Proactively identify, escalate, and resolve risks, dependencies, and blockers before they impact in-market dates.
• Resource & Capacity Management:
  • Manage resourcing across teams to support the prioritization of product development projects, partnering with functional leaders to balance capacity against the active portfolio.
  • Build forward-looking capacity models that flag bottlenecks early and inform leadership trade-off decisions on prioritization, sequencing, and investment.
  • Partner with the VP of Product Development & Marketing to translate the strategic roadmap into a phased, resourced execution plan.
• Stakeholder Communication & Visibility:
  • Track and communicate progress across the portfolio with clear, real-time visibility for executives, project teams, and cross-functional stakeholders.
  • Own the cadence of project status updates, executive readouts, steering committee reviews, and launch readiness reports.
  • Establish a single source of truth for project status, decisions, risks, and changes that any stakeholder can self-serve.
• Tools, Technology & Continuous Improvement:
  • Evaluate, implement, and continuously optimize the newest project management tools, technology, and platforms (e.g., Asana, Smartsheet, Monday, Wrike, Airtable, Jira) to maximize team performance and efficiency.
  • Leverage AI-enabled platforms and automation to streamline status reporting, risk detection, document generation, meeting summarization, and resource forecasting.
  • Build dashboards and analytics that turn project data into actionable insight on cycle time, on-time delivery, scope changes, and resource utilization.
  • Define and continuously improve project management standards, templates, RACI models, intake processes, and stage-gate playbooks for the function.
  • Stay ahead of emerging tools and best practices in project and portfolio management, championing pilots that move the function forward.
• Cross-Functional Partnership:
  • Serve as the operational partner to Product Development & Marketing owning tactical execution.
  • Partner closely with R&D, Creative, Regulatory, Clinical, Supply Chain, Operations, Finance, Sales, and external vendors and co-manufacturers to align timelines and deliverables.
  • Champion a culture of accountability, clarity, and forward momentum across project teams.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree required; advanced degree a plus
• 8+ years of progressive project or program management experience, with at least 3+ years leading cross-functional product development in a CPG, beauty, wellness, healthcare, or consumer goods environment
• Familiarity with FDA, FTC, and regulatory considerations relevant to supplements, wellness, beauty, or healthcare product development is a plus
• PMP, PgMP, PMI-ACP, or comparable certification preferred
• Proven success delivering complex, multi-workstream product launches end-to-end, on time, on budget, and within scope in a high-growth, fast-paced organization.
• Smartsheet, Monday, Wrike, Airtable, Jira, MS Project with hands-on experience standing up or upgrading PM systems
• Demonstrated experience leveraging AI, automation, and the latest productivity technologies to streamline workflows, reporting, and decision-making
• Strong command of project planning, resource allocation, risk management, stage-gate processes, and budget tracking
• Exceptional problem-solving skills with the ability to anticipate issues, drive resolution, and keep projects moving in the face of ambiguity
• Outstanding communication, facilitation, and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to influence without authority and translate between strategic leaders and tactical teams
• Experience building, scaling, and maturing a project management function from the ground up is strongly preferred
• Ability to thrive in an entrepreneurial, fast-moving environment while bringing structure, discipline, and operational excellence to a scaling team

Benefits

• Fully remote work experience
• Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision package, including FSA program
• 401K with employer match
• Quarterly Bonus Program
• Flexible PTO
• Two company-wide wellness breaks every day
• Free lunch on us every Tuesday and Thursday via Seamless/Grubhub
• Monthly wellness stipend
• Monthly internet stipend
• Monthly cell phone stipend
• Annual learning & development stipend
• Free meditation app membership (Headspace)
• Free Nutrafol subscription
• Pet insurance discounts and benefits