Make Up For Ever Senior Product Development Manager (Makeup)

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Location
France
└Île-de-France
└Levallois-Perret
Employment
Full-Time
Seniority
Senior
Posted
Mar 29, 2026

About Make Up For Ever

Make Up For Ever is a professional French cosmetics Maison within the LVMH group, recognised for high-performance, artistry-led makeup distributed internationally. The brand blends creative expertise and technical rigour to develop products for both consumer and professional markets and operates within the luxury cosmetics ecosystem of its parent company.

Make Up For Ever seeks a Senior Product Development Manager (Makeup) in Levallois-Perret to lead complexion product innovation and cross‑functional launches.

Role & Responsibilities

  • Conduct continuous market analysis and competitive intelligence to capture consumer and professional insights, benchmarking and trend signals for the complexion category.
  • Contribute to and help define the 3-year innovation roadmap for the teint (complexion) axis, aligning strategic vision across brand leadership and markets.
  • Drive ideation and maintain a prospective innovation pipeline in collaboration with R&D to generate disruptive and relevant product concepts.
  • Define the product assortment and positioning (formulation, performance targets, price architecture, SKU mix) that reflect the brand DNA and market needs.
  • Lead end-to-end product development and project management (formulation choices, performance validation, packaging, mix) ensuring time-to-market (TTM) targets and milestone adherence.
  • Plan, coordinate and follow up consumer tests and technical trials (in-use, sensory analysis, qualitative and quantitative tests) to validate formula, pack and concept.
  • Own 360° marketing briefs and work cross-functionally with Marketing Operations, Image, Education, Communication, Omnichannel and Merchandising to build impactful launches.
  • Ensure compliance with regulatory and quality constraints and manage external partners and suppliers when required.
  • Provide managerial leadership to the product development team, fostering collaboration and ensuring delivery excellence.

Qualifications

  • Master's degree (Bac+5) from a business school or university in marketing, business or a related discipline.
  • Minimum five years' experience in product development or marketing within the beauty/cosmetics industry, with strong expertise in makeup.
  • Proven managerial experience (people management and cross‑functional leadership).
  • Deep knowledge of the makeup market, retail dynamics and consumer expectations for complexion products.
  • Fluent English (spoken and written).

Skills

Product development & formulation knowledge (cosmetics) Innovation roadmap planning and ideation Time-to-market (TTM) project management Consumer testing: qualitative and quantitative methodologies Competitive benchmarking and market analysis Cross-functional stakeholder management (Marketing, R&D, Packaging, Merchandising) 360° brief writing and campaign coordination Supplier and external partner coordination

Experience

At least 5 years of proven experience in product development or product marketing within the beauty or cosmetics sector, including experience managing projects and teams focused on makeup/complexion products.

Education

Master's degree (Bac+5) from a business school or university in marketing, business, cosmetics science or a related field.

Workplace

This position is based in Levallois-Perret, Île-de-France, France, within easy reach of Paris.

Culture

The Maison promotes a creative, inclusive collective that values diversity and personal expression while upholding professional rigor. Operating within the LVMH ecosystem, the environment combines artistic freedom with strong cross-disciplinary collaboration between R&D, marketing and education teams.

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