Associate Manager / Manager, Product Development, Fragrance

ABOUT MAESA #MaesaMagic The next gen beauty company, Maesa is transforming the industry by incubating and growing meaningful, innovative brands and making prestige beauty accessible. Maesa believes beauty ignites inspiration, creativity, imagination, and connection, sparking new ideas and possibilities, and meeting unmet consumer needs. Through best-in-class design, formulation, brand creation and marketing capabilities, Maesa delivers new, better and different products with an unsurpassed speed to market.

Maesa works with a variety of retailers to create and launch brands across beauty and wellness categories. The current portfolio includes Kristin Ess, Hairitage by Mindy McKnight, Fine'ry, Being Frenshe, and Niches Nooks among other brands. com .

About The Role

We are looking for a passionate fragrance innovator with proven experience in beauty to join our Blue Sky Product Development team . This role helps to build the strategy development of new products from ideation to launch for the largest brand in our fragrance po rtfolio. It offers a unique opportunity for someone wanting to leave their mark in the industry by supporting product development for a key fragrance brand .

The ideal candidate is a trend savvy , product guru that can help define steer innovation pipeline. This candidate is social savvy , obsessed with beauty products and brings a mix of creativity and love for data. This role will work closely with cross-functional teams including Sales, Packaging, Design, R D, Supply Chain, Operations and the Go - To - Market brand team.

This role is for someone who thrives in an entrepreneurial environment with the ability to work both independently as well as collaboratively with key cross-functional stakeholders and leaders. The role is based in NYC, and you will be expected in the office 3 days a week, at minimum per Company policy.

Responsibilities

: Retailer Management: Partner with cross-functional sales team to ensure customer service is utmost Help build decks for customer/retailer meetings Organize comps/product mockups and formula samples for all retailer meetings when required Innovation Strategy: Support creatio n, development execution of innovation strategy + products for fragrance innovation, ensuring alignment with brand objectives Manage all aspects of product development lifecycle from concept to counter Utilize data-driven insights to identify opportunities for product innovation and market differentiation Product Development Production: Olfactive knowledge and ability to evaluate fragrance submissions Identify white space opportunity translate into meaningful NPD concepts Present product concepts development stages to cross functional counterparts Support creation of compelling product concepts, applying sharp copywriting skills to articulate unique selling propositions brand narrative Manage the cross-functional team and processes, ensuring project stays on-time and hits GM targets Collaborate closely with design to ensure aesthetics align with brand identity resonate with consumers Lead all artwork mechanical efforts with production teams including copy, legal needs, color matching, finishes, etc. Market Research: Expert in fragrance category trends and market dynamics Lead present ongoing category trends, competitive intelligence and market analysis Collect organize necessary product documentation to support go to market needs Partner with suppliers for innovation, trends, new technologies Ensure internal documents have most updated accurate product information Leverage data analysis to inform product development decisions, ensuring that each product aligns with market demands and preferences.