About Marie-Stella-Maris

Marie-Stella-Maris is a renowned lifestyle and beauty brand where design, conscious living and social impact come together. Founded in Amsterdam, we create elevated home and body care essentials that enhance everyday routines while contributing to a greater purpose. Through our products and initiatives, we contribute to clean drinking water projects worldwide.

Driven by creativity, social responsibility and an entrepreneurial spirit, Marie-Stella-Maris moves with intention refined in execution and committed to making a positive impact through everything we create.

The Position

As our Senior Product Development Manager, you play a key role in bringing innovative, high-quality products to market and continuously improving our existing assortment. With strong technical product knowledge and hands-on ownership, you lead the end-to-end development process from initial concept through formulation, packaging development, testing, feasibility and production.

You translate product concepts into technically feasible and commercially viable products, ensuring they meet our quality, cost, timing and brand standards. You are comfortable getting into the details of formulations, packaging specifications, testing requirements and production challenges, while keeping the overall project moving forward.

Through strong project ownership and close collaboration with suppliers and internal stakeholders, you identify risks early, solve development challenges and ensure products are ready for a successful launch. As part of the Product Development team within the Marketing department, you work closely with the Product Development Director and collaborate cross-functionally with teams such as Sourcing & Procurement, Supply Chain, Brand and Sales.

Key Responsibilities

End-to-End Product Development

• Lead the full product development process within specific categories, from concept and feasibility through formulation, packaging development, testing, validation, production and launch.

• Translate product concepts and briefs into clear technical requirements for suppliers and development partners.

• Drive development timelines hands-on, ensuring all technical and operational milestones are met before production.

• Identify development risks and bottlenecks early and proactively drive solutions.

Formulation, Packaging & Quality

• Work closely with suppliers and partners on formulations, ingredients, packaging specifications and product performance.

• Coordinate sampling, testing and validation throughout the development process.

• Ensure products meet agreed quality, functionality, cost and brand requirements.

• Drive improvements and optimizations of existing products, formulations and packaging where relevant.

Project & Stakeholder Management

• Own timelines, budgets and deliverables across multiple development projects simultaneously.

• Coordinate closely with Sourcing & Procurement, Supply Chain, Brand, Sales and external suppliers to ensure smooth handovers and production readiness.

• Act as the central owner of the development process and ensure stakeholders remain aligned throughout.

Performance

• Deliver technically and operationally ready products on time, in full and within budget.

• Ensure a smooth transition from development into production and launch.

• Continuously improve development processes, ways of working and product quality.

We’re Looking for People Who Are…

• Passionate about beauty, home and lifestyle products, with a strong understanding of how products are developed and brought to market.

• Hands-on and technically curious, comfortable diving into formulations, packaging, testing and production challenges.

• Strong project managers who naturally take ownership from start to finish.

• Solution-driven and pragmatic, with the ability to anticipate risks and resolve issues quickly.

• Strong communicators who can effectively challenge and manage suppliers as well as internal stakeholders.

• Highly organized and detail-oriented, while able to maintain oversight across multiple complex development projects.

• Brand-sensitive and naturally aligned with the Marie-Stella-Maris brand, values and premium positioning.

And Who Bring…

• 5 –7 years of experience in product development, R&D or technical product development within the beauty, personal care, home fragrance or related consumer goods industry.

• Demonstrated experience owning products through the full development lifecycle, from concept through technical development and production.

• Strong knowledge of formulation development, packaging development, testing and manufacturing processes.

• Experience working directly with manufacturers, laboratories, packaging suppliers and other external development partners.

• A good understanding of product quality, regulatory requirements and technical feasibility within beauty and/or home categories.

• Strong project management skills and experience managing multiple complex development timelines simultaneously.

• Strong analytical skills and proficiency in Excel and PowerPoint.

• Fluency in English.

What we offer

• Competitive salary

• 25 vacation days + 2 days for social responsibility + your birthday off

• Workcation

• Pension

• 20% discount on Marie-Stella-Maris products

• Refill products available at the office and in stores

• A healthy lunch at the office

• An iPhone and laptop

Interested?

Do you think you're the perfect candidate for the role? We'd love to hear from you. You can apply via the button below, and you might be invited for an initial meeting.