Technical Product Development Manager
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NoodBeauty Tech
United States. Austin, United States. New York, United States, US time-zone business hoursFull-TimeManager
SalaryCompetitive base salary of $85,000–$110,000 USD (plus performance-based bonus tied to product launch milestones).
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Job Details
- Languages
- English, Mandarin
- Experience
- 5+ years
- Required Skills
- Project ManagementProduct DevelopmentGoogle SheetsAsanaNotion
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree (BS).
- 5+ years managing physical product development programs in beauty/skincare, consumer devices/hardware, or technically rigorous fields.
- Experience owning launch timelines across multiple cross-functional teams for physical products.
- Experience managing international manufacturers or contractors across time zones and holding vendors accountable to deadlines.
- Experience building and maintaining product development project documentation (briefs, trackers, spec sheets, Gantt charts, decision logs).
- Experience writing vendor and manufacturer communications independently, including technical updates, change requests, and escalations.
- Experience communicating with technical stakeholders (engineers, chemists) and international manufacturing partners (including China).
- Available to work during US time-zone business hours.
- Professional fluency in English.
- Professional working proficiency in Mandarin.
- Able to travel regularly for work.
Responsibilities
- Own end-to-end development pipelines for device and skincare programs, including timelines, project files, vendor communications, risk registers, and decision logs.
- Manage device development critical paths from industrial design through tooling, engineering validation, testing, certification, and first production run.
- Oversee international manufacturing partners, handling technical correspondence, change orders, and escalations.
- Coordinate across industrial design, mechanical/electrical engineering, firmware, packaging, and QA, resolving and escalating cross-functional conflicts as needed.
- Lead skincare development timelines covering formulation, stability/compatibility testing, packaging, claims substantiation, and regulatory review.
- Manage contract manufacturer relationships, including briefing, follow-up, escalation, and driving data-backed vendor communications.
- Maintain comprehensive project documentation such as briefs, trackers, spec sheets, launch-readiness checklists, and Gantt charts.
- Proactively identify risks, flag issues early, and provide recommended paths forward to leadership and the CEO.
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