Sr. Manager, Product Development Project Management

About You

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, and external manufacturing partners, bringing the structure, pace, and clarity required to deliver a robust roadmap of innovation.

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. If you are energized by translating strategic vision into flawless execution, modernizing how teams work, and shaping a function from the ground up, this role offers the ownership and impact to do exactly that.

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.

Requirements

• 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