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Manager, Consumer Technical Insights & Claims - Hair

Kenilworth, New Jersey

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 a Hybrid Role: Employees are expected to work from our Kenilworth office 3 days per week and may work remotely the remaining days

Support the strategic direction of Hair Consumer Technical Insights & Claims, as a proven expert in the hair category shaping the future of hair innovation through deep consumer understanding, superior product experiences, and breakthrough claims In partnership with the Senior Manager you’ll drive category growth by translating insights into action, guiding cross-functional teams, and ensuring our products exceed consumer expectations and competitive benchmarks.

Major Duties: 

Strategic Trend Leadership - Set the agenda for what’s next in hair care

    • Identify and analyze emerging trends across hair technology, color, texture, formats, and benefits.
    • Translate macro consumer shifts and competitive intelligence into actionable innovation opportunities.
    • Influence upstream strategy by integrating digital, social, and trade insights into long-term category planning.

Concept & Portfolio Co-Creation - Shape the future of our hair portfolio

    • Partner with Marketing and R&D leadership (Hub leads) to co-create compelling, insight-driven concepts.
    • Ensure concepts are technically feasible, consumer-relevant, and aligned with brand strategy.
    • Guide prioritization and portfolio planning across short- and long-term innovation pipelines.

Product Experience & Claims Strategy - Own the consumer experience from brief to shelf

    • Manage the product design brief co-creation process, translating insights into technical KPIs and guiding cross-functional alignment.
    • Ensure governance inputs are delivered with excellence and agility across development milestones.
    • Partner with Project Management to proactively mitigate risks and unlock alternative design or claims pathways.

Claims Innovation & Compliance - Lead claims that inspire and convert

    • Oversee claims co-creation across R&D, ensuring resonance, differentiation, and compliance.
    • Develop substantiation strategies that stretch into new benefit territories and unlock innovation.
    • Ensure claims integrity across all consumer-facing materials, from master text to activation.

Research Strategy & Validation - Drive research that fuels superior design

    • Guide the approach for blind testing and claims validation in partnership with CTIC Research.
    • Leverage consumer, clinical, and sensory data to guide formula optimization and claims substantiation in partnership with formulation R&D.
    • Champion data-driven decision-making to maximize consumer preference and efficacy.

Holistic Product Superiority Leadership - Define and deliver what “best in class” means

    • Support the development of the Hair category’s Product Superiority strategy in partnership with R&D leadership, marketing & Insight partners, including competitive benchmarking, key performance attributes, and activation plans.
    • Guide CTIC Research on methodology and reporting to ensure actionable insights.
    • Drive retailer activation and design improvements based on superiority outcomes.

Consumer Benefit Platform Strategy - Build the strategic foundation for future innovation

    • Translate deep consumer understanding into Consumer Benefit Platforms that guide brand wardrobes, technology pipelines, and claims roadmaps.
    • Influence long-term innovation strategy through insight-led platform development.

Knowledge and Skills: 

  • Proven experience leading and influencing cross-functional teams across R&D, Marketing, Regulatory, and Project Management
  • Direct experience developing products in Hair Color, Basic Hair Care, and Styling categories.
  • Hands‑on expertise with brands focused on Hair Color consumers, male grooming, and/or textured hair needs
  • Current or previous experience in a Product Development or CTI (Consumer Technical Insights) role specifically focused on Hair
  • Passionate about building and growing high-performing teams
  • Experience working with R&D, Regulatory, and Quality Assurance partners
  • Demonstrated ability to translate macro trends and deep consumer insights into actionable innovation strategies
  • Experience in building consumer benefit platforms that inform long-term technology and claims roadmaps
  • Ability to navigate ambiguity, manage risk, and pivot strategies to keep projects on track and impactful for our consumer
  • Expertise in crafting compelling, compliant claims and building robust support through testing and validation
  • Comfort with clinical, sensory, and consumer research data to guide product design and claims substantiation
  • Strong proficiency in evaluating and re-directing formula design based on attributes that drive preference and perceived performance
  • Skill in translating concepts into technical KPIs and guiding product development from ideation to launch
  • Demonstrates creative problem-solving, strategic thinking, and strong conceptual and tactical formula development skills
  • Detail-oriented with strong organizational capabilities
  • Strong communicator who can translate technical insights into compelling narratives for internal and external stakeholders
  • Self-starter with the ability to work independently and adapt to changing priorities

Minimum Requirements: 

  • Bachelor’s or advanced degree in a relevant field
  • 5+ years of experience translating consumer insights into product innovation, preferably within the beauty, hair, personal care, or other CPG industry.

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.

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The base pay range for this position is $105,000.00 - $135,000.00 / 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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