Product Development Specialist

Who We Are: At Huda Beauty, our Vision is to lead in creating a democratized beauty industry where power is given back to people to define, create, and enjoy beauty for themselves! Launched by award-winning beauty powerhouse Huda Kattan in 2013, Huda Beauty is one of the world’s fastest-growing beauty brands. As a company, we are fueled by purpose and not profit, this allows us to approach things differently so that we can create products, content, and a community like no other. A lot has changed since our launch in 2013, but something that will forever remain at the core of Huda Beauty is our focus on business excellence and our unwavering passion for kindness!

Summary: Responsible for owning and supporting the end-to-end development of color product development, from trend identification and concept creation to formula development, cross-functional alignment, and supplier communication.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Understand key trends and translate them into strong beauty concepts
• Stay up to date of the competitive environment & track launches
• Help fuel PD calendar by proposing innovative product concepts with a focus on color
• Create aesthetic product mood boards aligned with current projects or to inspire new product ideas and concepts.
• Have a feel & excitement for textures & a good eye for colors
• Manage end-to-end development trackers; from conception to production
• Create strong & detailed product briefs to be sent to suppliers including innovative ingredients & target claims
• Assist Manager in the evaluation & approval of textures for color projects
• Manage PD formula standards & dispatch to relevant internal and external partners
• Becoming the project lead for dedicated color programs
• Communicate texture & shade direction changes to suppliers through daily follow up emails or calls
• Redirect submissions until desired attributes and performance is achieved.
• Build strong suppliers and cross-functional relationships.
• Must be able to communicate effectively with key stakeholders
• Work cross-functionally and internationally to drive ideas from conception to execution, partnering with the PD operations, Product & Brand Marketing teams.
• Provide all artwork information (INCI, Claims results…) and their translations for primary and secondary packaging to Design Lead for artwork briefing in time for artwork due dates.  
• Assist in meeting preparation, including agendas and action item follow-up
• Travel required to meet suppliers, execute onsite formula approvals with manager’s guidance

Requirements

• 3–5 years of corporate experience, preferably within the beauty or creative industry

• Solid understanding of formulation basics and ability to assess textures, finishes, sensorial performance and shade payoffs critically.

• Must thrive in a very fast-paced, ever-evolving work environment

• Self-starter with a highly collaborative mindset, able to work with a certain degree of autonomy while partnering closely with manager

• Attention to detail while managing multiple projects

• Solutions-oriented and adaptable to fast-changing projects

• Strong project management mindset with the ability to prioritize and manage multiple launches and changes quickly

• Excellent organizational and communication skills, able to seek answers independently

• Be a make-up lover!

• Must be tech savvy and be able to create nice presentations slides according to brand DNA

• Must have experience in communicating with many different nationalities

• Strong research skills

• Adaptable and flexible team player, conscious of team dynamics, open to quick change

• Passion for and knowledge of the beauty industry – brands, products, bloggers, and influencers

• Skills using Microsoft programs such as Word, Excel and PowerPoint - bonus if have skills in Adobe Photoshop, Canva AI platorms for data extraction, trend forecast platforms

• Makeup artistry experience is a bonus, but not a requirement

Benefits

• Monthly “Self Love Days” – at company discretion

• Premium Medical/Dental/Vision coverage for employee plus dependents

• Monthly coaching sessions with our in-house Success Coach

• Employee discounts on all Huda Beauty products

• Quarterly product gifting

Huda Beauty is committed to building diverse and inclusive teams and upholding an equal employment workplace that is free from discrimination. We hire stellar individuals regardless of their race, color, ancestry, religion, gender identity, national origin, sexual orientation, age, marital status, medical conditions, disability, or veteran status. If you need reasonable accommodations at any point in the application or interview process, please let us know.