Dr. Squatch

Dr. Squatch

Associate Director, Commercialization

Marina del Rey, California, United States · Director · Contract

Sponsorship not specified$145k-$155kDetected 11 days ago
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About the role

  • Squatch is seeking an Associate Director, Commercialization - Retail to join our Product organization.
  • You will be responsible for managing a complex retail roadmap, driving scalable launch processes, identifying operational constraints, and ensuring the organization is set up to execute with excellence as Dr.
  • Squatch continues to expand its retail footprint.

Responsibilities

  • Lead the Retail Commercialization function across Mass, Club, Drug, and other key retail channels, ensuring the organization is set up to execute retail launches and programs with clarity, accountability, and discipline.
  • Own the retail commercialization roadmap in partnership with Sales, Product, Marketing, Creative, Operations, Supply Chain, Manufacturing, Finance, and Executive Leadership.
  • Drive cross-functional alignment on launch priorities, scope, timing, risks, dependencies, tradeoffs, and key decisions.
  • Lead the retail stage gate process, ensuring launch readiness is clearly tracked, risks are surfaced early, and teams are held accountable to critical milestones.
  • Partner with Sales and Retail Operations to ensure retailer-specific requirements, sample needs, line review timing, displays, packaging, and operational deliverables are built into commercialization plans.
  • Proactively identify risks, bottlenecks, and capacity constraints across the retail roadmap, and lead teams toward clear solutions or escalation paths.
  • Build scalable processes, tools, and operating rhythms that improve retail launch execution as the business grows.
  • Proven ability to lead complex, cross-functional initiatives and drive alignment across senior stakeholders.
  • Highly organized and operationally strong, with the ability to manage multiple launches, priorities, timelines, and risks at once.
  • Exceptionally, DRSQ may choose to supplement that internal team with support from temporary staffing agencies, placement services, and/or recruiting agencies ("Agency").

Nice to have

  • 7+ years of experience in commercialization, project management, program management, operations, strategy, or a related field, ideally within CPG, retail, consumer products, or a high-growth environment.
  • Strong understanding of retail commercialization, including retailer timelines, launch readiness, packaging, displays, samples, supply chain dependencies, and cross-functional execution.
  • Strong communicator who can clearly articulate roadmap status, risks, tradeoffs, and decisions to both working teams and leadership.
  • Collaborative, proactive, and team-first, with the ability to influence without authority and hold teams accountable while maintaining strong relationships.
  • Experience with project management tools such as Monday.com, Asana, Jira, Smartsheet, Ziflow, Notion, or similar platforms preferred.

Compensation

  • The anticipated base compensation range for this role will be $145,000 to $155,000.

Benefits

  • include medical, dental, vision, 401k with Squatch match, and PTO.
  • We also have great perks like healthy snacks, frequent company events, and of course, free products!
  • Serve as a senior commercialization partner to cross-functional leaders, providing visibility into roadmap health, launch readiness, and execution risks.

Company info

  • Our core values come naturally and make us a better, more whole, and unique team.
  • We are Bold & Innovative - we are creative, rethink how things are done, and find a way.
  • We Play to Win - we have high standards, we encourage ownership of work, we are scrappy, we act with urgency, and we invest in the outcome of our work.
  • We are Team Squatch - we are humble, help others outside our own wheelhouse, stay positive, have fun, and have approachable and transparent leadership.
  • We offer a competitive salary in a growth-focused & collaborative team environment.
  • Benefits include medical, dental, vision, 401k with Squatch match, and PTO.
  • For Applicants with Disabilities.
  • Reasonable accommodation will be made so that qualified applicants with disabilities may participate in the application process.
  • If you need any accommodations during the hiring process, please let us know when you submit your application and we'll do our very best to adjust as needed.
  • For Information regarding Data Privacy, please review https://privacy.drsquatch.com/.
  • Unsolicited Resume Policy.
  • Squatch ("DRSQ") employs an internal Talent Acquisition department.

Equal opportunity

  • Reasonable accommodation will be made so that qualified applicants with disabilities may participate in the
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