Product Commercialization Manager

Summary

Nutrafol is a hair wellness company that creates clinically tested products for hair growth and supports people throughout their hair journey. The Product Commercialization Manager owns the day-to-day execution of the Topicals Innovation program, managing timelines, resources, risks, stakeholder communication, and cross-functional collaboration to bring products to market on time, on budget, and at the expected quality level.

Responsibilities

• Own the timeline and delivery of the topicals innovation program and, as capacity allows, additional product development projects, helping ensure each initiative meets the defined scope, quality, timeline, and budget requirements
• Build and maintain project plans, critical paths, and milestone schedules from concept through commercialization for topicals initiatives
• Own stage-gate execution for topicals projects by coordinating kickoff, milestone, risk, and post-mortem reviews, and tracking decisions, owners, and next steps
• Identify and flag risks, dependencies, and blockers on topicals timelines to leadership before they impact in-market dates
• Track resourcing across teams supporting topicals innovation to inform prioritization
• Help maintain capacity views that flag bottlenecks specific to the topicals roadmap and support trade-off conversations with the Sr. Manager
• Support translation of the topicals strategic roadmap into a phased, resourced execution plan
• Track and communicate topicals project progress with clear, timely updates for the project team and cross-functional stakeholders
• Own the cadence of topicals status updates, readouts, and launch readiness reports
• Maintain a single source of truth for topicals project status, decisions, risks, and changes
• Use project management tools and platforms (e.g., Asana, Smartsheet, Monday, Wrike, Airtable, Jira) to run topicals projects, consistent with standards set for the function
• Leverage AI-enabled tools and automation to support status reporting, risk detection, document generation, meeting summarization, and resource forecasting
• Contribute to dashboards and reporting that turn topicals project data into actionable insight on cycle time, on-time delivery, scope changes, and resource utilization
• Apply project management standards, templates, RACI models, and stage-gate playbooks established for the broader product development function
• Serve as the day-to-day operational partner for Topicals Innovation to Product Development & Marketing
• Partner with R&D, Creative, Regulatory, Clinical, Supply Chain, Operations, Finance, Sales, and external vendors/co-manufacturers to align topicals timelines and deliverables
• Support a culture of accountability, clarity, and forward momentum on the topicals project team

Skills

• Bachelor's degree required
• 3–5+ years of project or program management experience, ideally including cross-functional product development experience in a CPG, beauty, wellness, healthcare, or consumer goods environment
• Experience supporting or delivering multi-workstream product launches on time, on budget, and within scope
• Working knowledge of PM tools (Asana, Smartsheet, Monday, Wrike, Airtable, Jira, MS Project, etc.)
• Interest or experience in leveraging AI, automation, and productivity technologies to streamline workflows and reporting
• Solid understanding of project planning, resource coordination, risk tracking, and budget tracking
• Strong problem-solving skills and ability to keep projects moving in the face of ambiguity
• Strong communication and facilitation skills, with the ability to work across both strategic and tactical stakeholders
• Strong organizational skills
• Ability to thrive in an entrepreneurial, fast-moving environment
• Familiarity with FDA, FTC, and regulatory considerations relevant to supplements, wellness, beauty, or healthcare product development
• CAPM, PMP, or comparable certification a plus (not required)

Qualifications

Must Haves

• Bachelor's degree required
• 3–5+ years of project or program management experience, ideally including cross-functional product development experience in a CPG, beauty, wellness, healthcare, or consumer goods environment
• Experience supporting or delivering multi-workstream product launches on time, on budget, and within scope
• Working knowledge of PM tools (Asana, Smartsheet, Monday, Wrike, Airtable, Jira, MS Project, etc.)
• Interest or experience in leveraging AI, automation, and productivity technologies to streamline workflows and reporting
• Solid understanding of project planning, resource coordination, risk tracking, and budget tracking
• Strong problem-solving skills and ability to keep projects moving in the face of ambiguity
• Strong communication and facilitation skills, with the ability to work across both strategic and tactical stakeholders
• Strong organizational skills
• Ability to thrive in an entrepreneurial, fast-moving environment

Nice to Haves

• Familiarity with FDA, FTC, and regulatory considerations relevant to supplements, wellness, beauty, or healthcare product development
• CAPM, PMP, or comparable certification a plus (not required)

Benefits

• Fully remote work experience
• Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision package, including FSA program
• 401K with employer match
• Quarterly Bonus Program
• Flexible PTO
• Two company-wide wellness breaks every day
• Free lunch on us every Tuesday and Thursday via Seamless/Grubhub
• Monthly wellness stipend
• Monthly internet stipend
• Monthly cell phone stipend
• Annual learning & development stipend
• Free meditation app membership (Headspace)
• Free Nutrafol subscription
• Pet insurance discounts and benefits