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Salary: USD 145,000 - 165,000 / annual
Sol de Janeiro, a globally recognized award-winning beauty brand founded in 2015, is seeking a Senior Manager, Package Development to lead fragrance packaging from concept through commercialization. Headquartered in New York with teams in Paris, London, and Germany, the company has been recognized by TIME100, Fast Company, and WWD as one of the most innovative and influential beauty brands.
In this role, you will serve as the senior technical and category lead for fragrance packaging, setting technical direction and managing portfolio priorities across the organization. You will drive end-to-end packaging development, from feasibility assessment through commercialization, while serving as the technical authority on packaging systems, materials, componentry, and manufacturing processes.
Key responsibilities include:
- Leading feasibility studies, risk assessments, testing, validation, and technical recommendations for packaging systems
- Serving as senior technical partner to Global Product Marketing, Creative, Procurement, Supply Chain, Quality, and Operations teams
- Communicating technical risks, trade-offs, and recommendations clearly to cross-functional and senior stakeholders
- Building and maintaining strong supplier and contract manufacturer partnerships, driving accountability for execution
- Influencing supplier strategy, technical transfers, regionalization, and packaging capability investments
- Leading value engineering, sustainability initiatives, troubleshooting, and continuous improvement efforts
- Mentoring colleagues and building technical capability and innovation across the team
- Modeling strong decision-making, prioritization, accountability, and resource management
This is a strategic role requiring deep technical expertise combined with cross-functional leadership and the ability to influence without direct authority.
Requirements:
- Bachelor's degree in Packaging Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or related technical field (preferred)
- 8+ years of progressive packaging development experience with expertise in fine fragrance
- Proven experience leading complex packaging programs from concept through commercialization
- Strong knowledge of packaging materials, componentry, testing, manufacturing, and supplier capabilities
- Experience with global suppliers, contract manufacturers, value engineering, and technical transfers
- Demonstrated success mentoring others and influencing cross-functional decisions without direct authority
- Deep technical judgment and strong problem-solving skills
- Strategic thinking with ability to prioritize across complex portfolios
- Clear, confident communication with technical and non-technical stakeholders
- Strong ownership, accountability, and decision-making in ambiguous situations
- Ability to build partnerships and influence suppliers, contract manufacturers, and cross-functional teams
- Leadership presence that builds capability, drives innovation, and supports continuous learning
