Technical Product Development Manager

Nood is a pioneering beauty-tech brand recognized for its at-home clinical-style treatments, including IPL hair removal devices, and is rapidly expanding into skincare and next-generation beauty devices. As Technical Product Development Manager, you will play a critical role in shaping the future of Nood’s product portfolio, working directly with the CEO and cross-functional teams to drive innovation and operational excellence across device and skincare programs.Key responsibilities include:

• Own end-to-end development pipelines for device and skincare programs, including timelines, project files, vendor communications, risk registers, and decision logs.
• Manage device development critical paths from industrial design through tooling, engineering validation, testing, certification, and first production run.
• Oversee international manufacturing partners, handling technical correspondence, change orders, and escalations.
• Coordinate across industrial design, mechanical/electrical engineering, firmware, packaging, and QA, resolving and escalating cross-functional conflicts as needed.
• Lead skincare development timelines covering formulation, stability/compatibility testing, packaging, claims substantiation, and regulatory review.
• Manage contract manufacturer relationships, including briefing, follow-up, escalation, and driving data-backed vendor communications with clear deadlines.
• Maintain comprehensive project documentation such as briefs, trackers, spec sheets, launch-readiness checklists, live Gantt charts, meeting notes, decision logs, and action items.
• Proactively identify risks, flag issues early, and provide recommended paths forward to leadership and the CEO.