Product Development Junior Manager

The Opportunity: We’re seeking a motivated, highly organized, and entrepreneurial Product Development Junior Manager to support the continued expansion of SpoiledChild’s beauty and wellness portfolio. This role will help develop and commercialize new products, formats, sizes, and packaging solutions across skincare, haircare, ingestibles, and broader wellness. You will work across both new product development and the adaptation of existing products for new growth opportunities, helping ensure that each product meets SpoiledChild’s standards for quality, functionality, consumer experience, and commercial readiness. You’ll work closely with the Revenue Growth team, Product Development team, senior SpoiledChild leadership, Operations, Supply Chain, Regulatory, Design, and external suppliers and manufacturing partners. The role combines strategic problem solving with highly hands-on execution and is well suited for someone who is comfortable managing multiple complex workstreams in a fast-moving environment.

What You Will Do: Support end-to-end product development across SpoiledChild’s beauty and wellness portfolio, from early concept and feasibility through sampling, testing, approvals, production, and launch. Lead development workstreams for new product formats, pack sizes, packaging configurations, and product adaptations designed to support evolving consumer and business needs. Partner closely with suppliers, manufacturers, laboratories, packaging vendors, and internal teams to develop formulas, components, packaging, and finished goods that meet approved product requirements. Support packaging development across primary and secondary components, including structure, materials, dimensions, functionality, sustainability considerations, artwork requirements, and consumer experience. Establish and maintain product specifications, quality standards, approval criteria, and applicable testing requirements; coordinate testing and review results with relevant stakeholders. Support quality assurance and quality control across the portfolio, evaluating formulas, packaging, components, and finished goods against approved standards from development through mass production. Partner with suppliers and internal teams to investigate development or quality issues, identify root causes, and drive timely corrective actions. Maintain clear documentation across development programs, including sample tracking, specifications, approvals, testing, issue logs, timelines, and key risks. Conduct competitive and category research to identify emerging formats, ingredients, packaging innovations, and consumer trends across beauty and wellness. Collaborate across Product Development, Brand, Design, Operations, Supply Chain, Regulatory, Marketing, and other teams to keep projects moving and ensure alignment across stakeholders. Support multiple high-priority development programs simultaneously, proactively escalating risks and adapting quickly as priorities evolve.

Who You Are: You have 1–3 years of professional experience in a fast paced environment such as Investment Banking, Management Consulting, or an early stage startup. You are exceptionally organized and detail-oriented, with the ability to manage multiple high-priority projects and reprioritize quickly. You have strong analytical and problem-solving skills and can use data, observations, and structured thinking to identify root causes and drive solutions. You take ownership, follow through, and have a strong bias toward action. You are both strategic and hands-on, willing to inspect products, document defects, organize samples, and follow issues through to resolution. You communicate clearly and confidently and can work effectively with a wide range of internal and external stakeholders. You are comfortable operating in ambiguity while following detailed standards, specifications, and established processes; you learn quickly and are motivated to build strong judgment across shade matching, formulas, packaging, and finished goods. This role is based in our NYC office (Soho), we are on-site Mon, Tues, Thurs, and Fri with WFH on Wednesday.