Senior Project Manager, Innovation Product Development (Hybrid Role - New York)

OLAPLEX, a category-defining leader in prestige hair care, continuously seeks talented individuals to join in our mission to transform foundational hair health and deliver great hair days today, tomorrow, and for years to come.

As the original bond builder, we are dedicated to fostering a culture that celebrates the bonds within our teams. OLAPLEX elevates individuals from all backgrounds with the belief that together we can unlock the full potential of science to extend the health, life, and beauty of hair for all.

The Senior Project Manager, Innovation Product Development, will lead and manage activities across Product Development, Operations, Marketing, Sales, Education, IT, and Finance to ensure excellence in on-time execution for NPD and Non-NPD projects globally. The Senior Project Manager is the driving force behind the product launch process and must be diligent, assertive, flexible, and adaptive to hold teams accountable to their deliverables and engaged to identify and manage project risks.

• Design and own strategic project plans, identifying critical path and accounting for cross-functional responsibilities and interdependencies, strong understanding of task-mapping required 
• Clearly document and drive milestone adherence across teams. Set due dates/make revisions as needed, and own follow-up to ensure tasks are met. or contingencies developed
• Identify and propose contingency plans as needed to keep initiatives on-time, in-scope, and in-budget, while managing risk
• Lead and facilitate regular cross-functional team meetings, coordinating activities across Product Development, Operations, Marketing, Sales, Education, IT, and Finance team members to create and execute necessary timelines and activities. Ensure all teams are exceedingly clear on their deliverables and expectations on timing
• Proactively identify and suggest ways to mitigate risks. Counter-act and press for decisions in order to execute on-time and within quality expectations
• Prioritize tasks, adjust workflow, cross-functional teams to move projects forward
• Drive continuous improvement by identifying opportunities, creating and refining best practices and processes for successful project execution
• Lead efforts in between formal project meetings to drive action where needed to meet launch timeline and deliverables
• Communicate project status updates, actions and risks to the executive team

Scope of the Role

• Responsible for managing innovation and development projects
• Manage project briefs. Assess accuracy, completion, and scoping, provide feedback to brief-creators as necessary to get to approval
• Lead stage-gate process for assigned projects, ensuring preparation and gate adherence.
• Responsible for working directly and autonomously with the PD team on Formula and Packaging Development
• Responsible for identifying and communicating final forecast due dates for NPD products, in support of strategic project timing
• Coordinate artwork flow and creative team reviews and approvals. Kick off artwork process, manage approvals, revisions, and track to final release 
• Create, plan, and manage strategic timelines in Smartsheet, Asana, and other tools, driving systematic rigor and data-driven decision-making 
• Drive cross-functional accountability for delivery. Lead a cross functional status meeting to review progress against timelines for NPD launches
• Assess future development research projects and timeline scoping

• Bachelor's degree or higher, preferably in either R&D or Supply Chain 
• 7+ years of experience in process/project management across global teams, and/or concentration of R&D or Supply Chain.
• Strong understanding of project management foundations, experience with stage-gate process strongly preferred
• Skilled problem-solver who drives out-of-the-box thinking when appropriate
• Adept at operating autonomously amidst ambiguity
• Ability to lead and influence without being the direct manager of all team members
• Excellent organizational, management, and communication skills
• Excellent attention to detail
• Experience in a fast-paced, high-growth, or PE-backed environment a plus
• A genuine passion for the prestige beauty/haircare industry and an excitement for bringing game-changing science to consumers a plus

We'd love to have you apply, even if you don't feel you meet every single requirement. What's most important to us is finding authentic and accountable people who feel connected to our mission and values, not just candidates who check off all the boxes. We are looking for someone who will bring all their expertise, learn, and grow with us.

The annual base pay for this position is $110,000 - $125,000 with eligibility for an annual bonus. The actual base pay will vary based on factors such as qualifications, years of relevant experience, skill level, functional expertise, certificates or other professional licenses held and geographic location.

• Competitive compensation 
• Work/Life Balance: Flexible paid time off, 11 paid holidays, and flexible work schedules
• Wellness: Company Contribution to Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance for Employees and their Families, Company Paid Employee Life Insurance, Optional additional Life Insurance, and Short and Long-Term Disability Coverage Options 
• Parental Leave: Up to 18 weeks for birthing-parents and up to 10 weeks for non-birthing new parents
• Financial Well-being: Roth and 401k plans: 100% match up to the first 4% and is immediately vested
• Professional Development Reimbursement Program: Career development is as important to us as we know it is to you! 
• Our culture has an “attitude of gratitude” and a shared passion for our brand. Join our Bond Builder DEI committee to play a role celebrating DEI at OLAPLEX 
• Products: Twenty (20) free products per year, plus a friends and family discount 

Our mission is to create a culture that celebrates our bonds by embracing, elevating, and empowering individuals from all backgrounds.

OLAPLEX is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. We do not discriminate based on race, color, ancestry, national origin, religion, or religious creed, mental or physical disability, medical condition, genetic information, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, and related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, marital status, military or veteran status, citizenship, or other characteristics protected by state or federal law or local ordinance.