Senior Product Developer – Skincare, Beauty Devices

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November 14

🗽 New York – Remote

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🤠 Texas – Remote

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💵 $150k / year

⏰ Full Time

🟠 Senior

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Nood

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Beauty • eCommerce • Hardware

Nood is a direct-to-consumer beauty brand that sells FDA-cleared, at-home IPL (intense pulsed light) hair removal devices alongside complementary body care products like serums, shave products, exfoliants, and razors. The company positions its devices as dermatologist-backed, pain-free, and cost-saving alternatives to professional laser and waxing, and markets primarily through an e-commerce storefront with subscription options and a 90-day guarantee. Nood targets consumers seeking long-lasting hair reduction, smoother skin, and convenient at-home grooming solutions.

1 - 10 employees

Founded 2016

💄 Beauty

🛍️ eCommerce

🔧 Hardware

📋 Description

• Partner with the CEO and CMO to define a multi-year, insight-led innovation pipeline (skincare + devices) aligned to brand strategy and business goals. • Translate consumer insights, science, and feasibility into a prioritized roadmap with clear stage-gates, budgets, and success metrics. • Own concept → brief → prototype → validation → commercialization for new products (skincare and, where applicable, beauty devices). • Develop comprehensive product briefs: target consumer, benefits/claims, ingredient/tech direction, packaging, quality standards, target COGS, MSRP, and margin. • Source, negotiate, and manage external partners (formulators, OEM/ODM, device engineers, packaging vendors). • Oversee testing (stability/safety/compatibility), regulatory and compliance (including IEC/FDA considerations for devices), and QA sign-off. • Deliver launches on-time and on-budget; manage risks and cross-functional dependencies. • Proactively assess existing products for performance, quality, consumer feedback, competitive landscape, and regulatory changes. • Lead reformulations and quality improvements to maintain or elevate efficacy, safety, and sensory experience. • Drive COGS/margin optimization (ingredient substitutions, process improvements, packaging efficiencies) without compromising quality. • Refresh claims, copy, and packaging as needed to maintain competitiveness and clarity; manage label/INCI/regulatory updates. • Partner with Marketing on data-driven optimizations (e.g., claims hierarchy, RTBs, clinicals) and with Operations on supply continuity and cost. • Recommend SKU rationalization/EOL when appropriate, with clear consumer and financial rationale. • Work with Operations on manufacturability, readiness, and supplier risk mitigation. • Collaborate with Marketing and Creative on positioning, claims hierarchy, copy, and launch assets for DTC and retail channels (e.g., Amazon, Target). • Partner with Finance on cost modeling, pricing architecture, and unit-economics trade-offs. • Maintain strong relationships with R&D, QA/Regulatory, and Packaging for best-in-class execution. • Track post-launch KPIs (velocity, repeat, margin, review volume/rating, defect/return rate) and drive iterative improvements. • Monitor trends in ingredients, device technology, sustainability, and regulation; bring forward executable, high-ROI bets.

🎯 Requirements

• Bachelor’s in Cosmetic Science, Chemistry, Engineering, Product Design, or related field (Master’s a plus). • 5–8 years in beauty/skincare product development with multiple end-to-end launches owned. • Demonstrated experience managing labs/OEMs, packaging vendors, and cross-functional partners (Marketing, Ops, Finance, etc.). • Strong technical understanding of formulation principles and/or device program requirements; fluency in QA/regulatory fundamentals. • Data-driven decision-making; excellent brief writing, vendor communications, and project management across concurrent timelines. • Entrepreneurial, hands-on, and comfortable with speed and ambiguity. • Hands-on beauty device experience (hardware + consumables ecosystem). • Anti-aging expertise and familiarity with claim-substantiation pathways (consumer use tests, instrumental/clinical). • Experience across DTC and retail (Amazon/big-box/specialty). • Sustainable packaging or clean-formulation experience. • Financial literacy (COGS/MSRP/margin modeling).

🏖️ Benefits

• Base Salary: Up to $150,000 USD (dependent on experience, device exposure, and location). • Bonus: Tied to launch delivery and KPI outcomes. • Equity: meaningful ownership opportunity in a high-growth brand. • Comprehensive health/vision/dental benefits; 401(k); PTO; hybrid flexibility.