Senior Manager, Innovation

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🇺🇸 United States – Remote

💵 $120k - $150k / year

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👔 Manager

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Onnit

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51 - 200 employees

🍽️ Food & Beverage

🏥 Healthcare

💼 Consulting

Food & Beverage • Healthcare • Consulting

Onnit is a health and wellness company that specializes in providing supplements designed to enhance physical and mental performance. Their product range includes nootropics for cognitive function, nutritional supplements for gut health, and performance enhancers for fitness, all aimed at supporting an optimized human experience. Onnit believes in empowering individuals with the knowledge and tools necessary to achieve their full potential.

📋 Description

• Lead the innovation pipeline end to end, from identifying promising ingredients through product launches • Report to the Chief Marketing Officer and partner closely with the Chief Operating Officer • Lead cross-functional project teams as an individual contributor • Own the ingredient opportunity map across cognition and focus, energy, sleep and stress, recovery, gut health, hormonal health, and longevity • Track clinical research, branded and patented ingredients, delivery technologies, and provide quarterly trend-radar recommendations • Evaluate new formats and flavors, including gummies, chews, stick packs, ready-to-drink products, and functional foods • Recommend new categories and expansion priorities using consumer evidence and competitive teardowns • Lead evidence reviews covering dose, delivery, bioavailability, safety, and study quality • Partner with Regulatory and Legal on regulatory pathways, claims substantiation, and third-party certifications • Create science briefs for launches covering approved claims, supporting evidence, and plain-language explanations • Build and manage a rolling 12–18-month innovation roadmap • Run stage-gate processes and provide monthly pipeline reporting, including recommendations to stop weak projects • Lead launch teams across R&D, Operations, Quality, and Procurement, owning COGS, margin, timeline, formula, packaging, labeling, and supply readiness • Co-lead go-to-market with Brand on positioning, naming, launch story, and product education • Track launch performance at 30, 60, and 90 days

🎯 Requirements

• 8+ years in CPG innovation, NPD or R&D, with multiple products taken from concept to launch • Experience in supplements, functional or sports nutrition, or a closely related category • Strong scientific literacy, including ability to read clinical studies, judge study quality, and explain findings and safety implications • Working knowledge of supplement manufacturing and regulation, including formulation, cGMP, DSHEA, claims substantiation, and NDI requirements • Track record of launching quickly while protecting quality, safety, and claims integrity • Proven ability to lead through influence and align cross-functional partners and leadership around recommendations • Commercial judgment, including business-case development and co-leading launches • Experience in nootropics, performance, recovery, sleep, or longevity is nice to have • Experience across TTS, DTC, Amazon, and retail is nice to have • Ready-to-drink or functional food experience is nice to have • Experience in a fast-moving or early-stage environment is nice to have

🏖️ Benefits

• Position is bonus eligible • Full medical, dental, and vision benefits • Basic Life Insurance • Immediate 401(k) eligibility with company matching • Unlimited vacation • Paid holidays • Flexible workplace policy • $100/month flexible benefit stipend • Tuition reimbursement • In-office meals • Product credits and discounts • Lifestyle spending account • Family planning • Online learning • Fitness stipend