Sr. Manager, Product Marketing

West Hollywood, CA (Hybrid)

$95K/yr – $110K/yrSenior Level5+ years expFull time

Posted 6 months ago

Job Summary

Senior Manager, Product Marketing at Hourglass Cosmetics leads end-to-end product roadmaps, cross-functional planning, and launches, while leveraging market insights to shape the innovation pipeline. The role emphasizes collaboration with Product Development, claims and regulatory reviews, and global strategy. Key requirements include 5+ years in beauty product marketing, a marketing degree, and a global perspective, with preferred experience in indie or luxury beauty. Benefits include comprehensive coverage and retirement plans.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Support the end-to-end product roadmap—including new launches, regional exclusives, and sampling programs—ensuring all initiatives align with overall brand strategy.
  • Lead the product strategy timeline and workflow, driving weekly cross functional Product Marketing meetings with Product Development and Packaging.
  • Stay ahead of market trends and category innovations, bringing forward insights that shape the innovation pipeline and long-term product vision.
  • Analyze product and category performance against goals using POS and NPD/Circana data; develop tracking tools and dashboards to identify white space opportunities and optimize the existing portfolio.
  • Oversee product testing needs from concept through naming and claims development in partnership with Product Development.
  • Lead the Claims Review Process as the primary Product Marketing liaison with Unilever Regulatory & Claims, managing all testing requirements from concept to final approval.
  • Support the Sr. Director in overseeing the clinical and consumer claims budget across all categories each season, ensuring spend aligns with product viability requirements and overall approval criteria.
  • Serve as a key strategic partner to Product Development, with a focus on Core Franchises, brand purpose, and new product development.
  • Facilitate category review sessions and guide Product Brief development to ensure alignment of product strategy across all categories.
  • Oversee the development and delivery of new product launch concepts to senior leadership in partnership with Product Development.

Requirements

  • Minimum 5 years of experience in product marketing within the beauty industry
  • Bachelor's degree in Marketing or a related field
  • Deep passion for product, especially within cosmetics and skincare
  • Exceptional communication skills; a natural collaborator, relationship builder, and highly organized team player
  • Demonstrated success leading cross functional teams and managing complex workflows
  • Strong analytical mindset with experience tracking performance, interpreting data, and generating actionable insights
  • Highly adaptable, resourceful, and forward thinking, with the ability to navigate a fast paced environment
  • Global perspective with experience supporting international markets or global product strategies
  • Must be able to work from Corporate Office at least 60% of the time

Preferred

  • Experience in innovative, fast paced startups or indie beauty brands is a plus
  • Luxury experience strongly preferred

Benefits

  • competitive benefits package to eligible employees
  • medical insurance
  • dental insurance
  • vision insurance
  • life insurance
  • accident insurance
  • critical illness insurance
  • disability insurance
  • retirement savings plans and company match
  • paid family leave
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Hourglass Cosmetics

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Hourglass Cosmetics is a vegan and cruelty-free beauty brand, redefining luxury cosmetics with high-performance products, innovative formulas, and award-winning franchises. Recognized by Forbes, Fast Company and Time Magazine as one of the most inventive beauty companies, Hourglass leads the industry with its breakthrough products and its commitment to animal welfare. Founded in 2004, Hourglass is globally available in 32 markets and nearly 3,000 doors including Sephora, Ulta, Neiman Marcus, Selfridges, Space NK and more. Hourglass became part of the Unilever Prestige division in 2017. Discover more about the Hourglass brand story and mission on our website hourglasscosmetics.com.Hourglass Cosmetics will never request any form of payment or credit card details as part of the hiring process. We encourage prospective candidates to remain vigilant regarding fraudulent employment scams. Please be advised that any official communication from Hourglass Cosmetics regarding career opportunities will always originate from an email address ending in @hourglasscosmetics.com. Hourglass may occasionally partner with reputable external agencies for recruitment purposes. Should you encounter any suspicious emails or individuals claiming to represent Hourglass recruiters or senior staff members, please disregard the message and report any concerns to careers@hourglasscosmetics.com or cs@hourglasscosmetics.com.

Founded in 2004
West Hollywood, California, USA
426 employees (102 in marketing)
39% recommend to a friend
56% CEO approval

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$95K/yr – $110K/yr

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