Associate Manager / Manager, Product Development, Fragrance
Maesa · New York · Posted Jul 6, 2026
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The next gen beauty company, Maesa is transforming the industry by incubating and growing meaningful, innovative brands and making prestige beauty accessible. Maesa believes beauty ignites inspiration, creativity, imagination, and connection, sparking new ideas and possibilities, and meeting unmet consumer needs. Through best-in-class design, formulation, brand creation and marketing capabilities, Maesa delivers new, better and different products with an unsurpassed speed to market. Maesa works with a variety of retailers to create and launch brands across beauty and wellness categories. The current portfolio includes Kristin Ess, Hairitage by Mindy McKnight, Fine'ry, Being Frenshe, and Niches Nooks among other brands. For more information, visit www.maesa.com .
About The Role
We are looking for a passionate fragrance innovator with proven experience in beauty to join our Blue Sky Product Development team . This role helps to build the strategy development of new products from ideation to launch for the largest brand in our fragrance po rtfolio. It offers a unique opportunity for someone wanting to leave their mark in the industry by supporting product development for a key fragrance brand . The ideal candidate is a trend savvy , product guru that can help define steer innovation pipeline. This candidate is social savvy , obsessed with beauty products and brings a mix of creativity and love for data. This role will work closely with cross-functional teams including Sales, Packaging, Design, R D, Supply Chain, Operations and the Go - To - Market brand team. This role is for someone who thrives in an entrepreneurial environment with the ability to work both independently as well as collaboratively with key cross-functional stakeholders and leaders.
The role is based in NYC, and you will be expected in the office 3 days a week, at minimum per Company policy.
Responsibilities:
Retailer Management:
Partner with cross-functional sales team to ensure customer service is utmost
Help build decks for customer/retailer meetings
Organize comps/product mockups and formula samples for all retailer meetings when required
Innovation Strategy:
Support creatio n, development execution of innovation strategy + products for fragrance innovation, ensuring alignment with brand objectives
Manage all aspects of product development lifecycle from concept to counter
Utilize data-driven insights to identify opportunities for product innovation and market differentiation
Product Development Production:
Olfactive knowledge and ability to evaluate fragrance submissions
Identify white space opportunity translate into meaningful NPD concepts
Present product concepts development stages to cross functional counterparts
Support creation of compelling product concepts, applying sharp copywriting skills to articulate unique selling propositions brand narrative
Manage the cross-functional team and processes, ensuring project stays on-time and hits GM targets
Collaborate closely with design to ensure aesthetics align with brand identity resonate with consumers
Lead all artwork mechanical efforts with production teams including copy, legal needs, color matching, finishes, etc.
Market Research:
Expert in fragrance category trends and market dynamics
Lead present ongoing category trends, competitive intelligence and market analysis
Collect organize necessary product documentation to support go to market needs
Partner with suppliers for innovation, trends, new technologies
Ensure internal documents have most updated accurate product information
Leverage data analysis to inform product development decisions, ensuring that each product aligns with market demands and preferences.
Cross-Functional Collaboration:
Foster a collaborative environment by working closely with cross-functional teams key stakeholders, including marketing, project management, packaging, R D, regulatory, sales, operations buyers to ensure seamless execution of product launches.
Qualifications And Requirements
Bachelor's degree in a relevant field of study (business, marketing, product development, etc.); MBA strongly preferred
3-5 years of experience in product and fragrance development or beauty industry (2-3 years of experience for Associate Manager level)
Data savvy: proficient in data-driven decision-making and utilizing data analytics tools (IRI, Nielsen…)
Flexibility resilience to work collaboratively in a dynamic, fast-paced environment
Strong strategic, analytical, critical thinking, and problem-solving skills
Exceptional project management and organizational skills with acute attention to detail
Excellent oral written communication
Creative thinker with a passion for driving innovation and staying ahead of market trends in the beauty industry
Able to convert product/customer feedback into insights that drive development of new products
Social media aware
Creative, inno…