The Honest Company

The Honest Company

Senior Director of Product Development

Los Angeles (Hybrid | 2 days/week onsite) · Director · Full-time

Sponsorship not specified$220k-$260kDetected 12 days ago
ComplianceAuditingHRResearchLeadershipCommunicationCollaborationProblem SolvingMentoringSensory Analysis

About the role

  • The Honest Company is expanding our Research and Development leadership team!
  • We're looking for a strategic, visionary, and highly experienced Senior Director of Product Development.

Responsibilities

  • End-to-End NPD Governance: Direct, optimize, and champion high-impact projects through the Honest NPD stage-gate process from initial concept to commercialized launch, ensuring flawless execution, superior quality, and strict adherence to corporate timelines.
  • Lead and orchestrate cross-functional collaboration among key stakeholders-including formulation, packaging, Claims & Clinicals, brand marketing, and sales-to develop robust, highly differentiated product concepts with undeniable Points of Difference (PODs).

Requirements

  • Technical Expertise: Proven, expert-level mastery of product development, advanced sensory evaluation, clean beauty standards, and complex stage-gate operational processes.
  • Ability to travel up to 15%
  • Minimum of 6-8+ years of direct people management experience, with a proven track record of leading, mentoring, and influencing scale cross-functional teams and executive stakeholders across a matrixed organization.
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Nice to have

  • Bachelor's degree required
  • an advanced degree or Bachelor's in Chemistry, Chemical Engineering, Cosmetics Science, or a related technical field is highly preferred but not required.
  • 12+ years of progressive product development experience within a CPG Personal Care environment, paired with an authoritative, deep understanding of R&D operations.
  • Direct formulation or laboratory experience is a distinct plus.

Skills

  • Executive-level interpersonal, communication, and presentation skills.
  • A highly collaborative leader possessing an unshakeable sense of ownership, accountability, urgency, and corporate integrity.
  • This may be different in other locations due to differences in the cost of labor.
  • Benefits & Perks
  • Please note: Benefits offerings may vary based on the position and geographic location.
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Compensation

  • The pay range for this role is $220,000 - $260,000.

Benefits

  • We're dedicated to providing a benefits package that supports your well-being, growth, and balance.
  • Check out our benefits and perks we offer to help you thrive both in and out of the office:
  • Comprehensive Health & Wellness 🏥: We've got you covered with top-tier health, dental, and vision plans to keep you and your family feeling great.
  • We provide a generous and flexible vacation policy to relax, recharge, and spend time on what matters most.
  • Family-Friendly Leave 👶: Growing your family?
  • We offer generous maternity and paternity leave to support you during this exciting journey.
  • Ownership & Equity 💼: Ownership isn't just a mindset here-it's real.
  • Every full time employee is granted equity, giving you a direct stake in our future.
  • Education Reimbursement 🎓: We're committed to your growth-whether it's for professional development or a new passion, we offer education reimbursement to help you learn and level up.
  • Champion comprehensive product and brand education across all global consumer touchpoints.
  • Education: Bachelor's degree required
  • Wellness & Fitness 💪: Stay healthy with a monthly fitness reimbursement and, for those in our Playa Vista office, an onsite gym to keep you active and energized.

Company info

  • The Honest Company (NASDAQ: HNST) is a personal care company dedicated to creating cleanly-formulated and sustainably-designed products spanning categories across diapers, wipes, baby personal care, beauty, apparel, household care and wellness. Launched in 2012, the Company is on a mission to challenge ingredients, ideals, and industries through the power of the Honest brand, the Honest team, and the Honest Standard. For more information about the Honest Standard and the Company, please visit www.honest.com.
  • Our Mission
  • We're on a mission to empower people to live happy, healthy lives. We're a wellness brand with values rooted in consciousness, community, transparency, and design. Every day and in every way, we hold ourselves to an Honest standard. We believe that it is our responsibility to do our part to help create a healthy and sustainable future for all.
  • The Role
  • The Senior Director will ensure all initiatives seamlessly deliver on the company's shared category strategic vision, uncompromising quality standards, and aggressive business growth objectives.
  • The Honest Company (NASDAQ: HNST) is a personal care company dedicated to creating cleanly-formulated and sustainably-designed products spanning categories across diapers, wipes, baby personal care, beauty, apparel, household care and wellness.
  • Launched in 2012, the Company is on a mission to challenge ingredients, ideals, and industries through the power of the Honest brand, the Honest team, and the Honest Standard.
  • For more information about the Honest Standard and the Company, please visit www.honest.com.
  • We're on a mission to empower people to live happy, healthy lives.
  • We're a wellness brand with values rooted in consciousness, community, transparency, and design.
  • Every day and in every way, we hold ourselves to an Honest standard.
  • We believe that it is our responsibility to do our part to help create a healthy and sustainable future for all.
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