Senior Manager, Process Development

At Revlon, we create beauty innovations for everyone that inspire confidence and ignite joy every day.

Breaking beauty boundaries is in our company’s DNA. Since its game-changing launch of the first opaque nail enamel in 1932 (and later, the first long-wear foundation), Revlon has provided consumers with high-quality product innovation, performance, and sophisticated glamour. Elizabeth Arden made waves as a woman-led beauty company in the 1920s. In 1931, Almay became the original hypoallergenic, fragrance-free beauty brand.

Today, Revlon resiliently continues its legacy as a leading global beauty company. Our diverse portfolio—which consists of some of the world’s most iconic brands and product offerings in color cosmetics, skincare, hair color & care, personal care, and fragrances—is sold around the world through prestige, professional, mass, and direct-to-consumer retail channels. These brands include Revlon, Revlon Professional, Elizabeth Arden, Almay, American Crew, CND, Cutex, Mitchum, Sinful Colors, Creme of Nature, Christina Aguilera, John Varvatos, Juicy Couture, Ed Hardy and more.

We honor our heritage, embrace change, and applaud diversity. We champion our employees and celebrate our consumers.

We are Revlon, together, transforming beauty.

This role is an Onsite Role: This role requires full-time presence at our Kenilworth, New Jersey office.

Position Summary:

We are seeking a highly experienced Senior Manager Process Development to join our R&D team. In this role they will be responsible for developing and scaling manufacturing processes for consumer products across all categories. The ideal candidate will have a proven track record of scaling up innovative products from lab to manufacturing scale, both for bulk making and product filling operations. We are looking for a candidate that has experience developing the capabilities to understand product transformations during these processes, especially filling operations. The Senior Principal Engineer will play a critical role in bringing innovative, high-quality, and cost-effective products to market and improving the capability of our R&D teams.

Key Responsibilities:

Process Development

• Lead the design, testing, and optimization of manufacturing processes for new and existing consumer products (e.g., formulations, packaging integration, filling, and assembly).
• Conduct hands-on lab, pilot and manufacturing-scale trials to validate process feasibility, scalability, and performance.
• Collaborate with R&D Category, Manufacturing, Quality, and Supply Chain teams to ensure smooth scale-up and commercialization.
• Develop Technical Transfer SOPs, and validation protocols in compliance with internal standards and regulatory requirements.
• Develop Process development filling capability to understand scale up of key product filling transformations and ensure successful scale up.

Leadership & Collaboration

• Lead and mentor a team of scientists, engineers, and technical specialists, setting challenging goals and improving team capability to meet them.
• Represent the function in cross-functional product development teams, including Marketing, Regulatory, and Supply Chain.
• Support innovation by identifying new technologies, materials, and process capabilities aligned with consumer and business trends.
• Contribute to R&D strategy and pipeline planning with a focus on speed-to-market and operational readiness.

Qualifications:

Education:

• B.S or M.S. in Chemical Engineering, Food Science, Materials Science, Cosmetic Science, or a related field.

Experience:

• 8+ years of experience in process development in the consumer products industry.

Skills & Competencies:

• Deep understanding of formulation, process scale-up, and raw material performance in consumer product applications.
• Strong working knowledge of regulatory and quality standards (e.g., FDA, ISO, cGMP, or industry-specific).
• Good Understanding of supply chain operations and specially manufacturing
• Excellent problem-solving, communication, and project management skills.
• Experience with sustainability initiatives, digital tools, and data-driven process optimization is a plus.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience in personal care, fragrances or cosmetics.
• Familiarity with clean label, natural, or sustainable product development.
• Lean Six Sigma or similar continuous improvement certification.

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Revlon is unable to sponsor or transfer employment visas for this role; candidates must be legally authorized to work in the United States without current or future visa support.

The base pay range for this position is $135,000.00 - $165,000.00/ year; however base pay offered may vary depending on skills, experience, job-related knowledge, and geographic location. Certain positions may also be eligible for short-term incentives as part of total compensation.

Employees (and their families) are eligible for medical, dental, and vision benefits. Employees are covered by the company-paid basic life insurance policy and company-paid short-term disability insurance (the benefit commences upon hire and allows for a portion of base salary for up to 26 weeks if you are disabled). Other benefits offered to employees include but are not limited to the following: long-term disability, supplemental life insurances, flexible spending accounts, critical illness insurance, group legal, identity theft protection, etc. Employees are also able to enroll in our 401k Retirement Savings Plan.

Employees will also receive 3 weeks of vacation, pro-rated based on date of hire for the 1st year of employment and twelve paid holidays throughout the calendar year. Vacation will depend on role.

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