Manager- Global Marketing & Innovation (EltaMD)

No Relocation Assistance Offered
Job Number #166488 - New York, New York, United States

Who We Are

Colgate-Palmolive Company is a global consumer products company operating in over 200 countries specializing in Oral Care, Personal Care, Home Care, Skin Care, and Pet Nutrition. Our products are trusted in more households than any other brand in the world, making us a household name!

Join Colgate-Palmolive, a caring, innovative growth company reimagining a healthier future for people, their pets, and our planet. Guided by our core values—Caring, Inclusive, and Courageous—we foster a culture that inspires our people to achieve common goals. Together, let's build a brighter, healthier future for all.
 

CP Skin Health Group is a place for your career to thrive!  We offer opportunity, challenge, and a great team of driven and dynamic individuals.  Encompassing the innovative skincare brands of PCA SKIN, EltaMD, and Filorga, CP Skin Health Group is a fast-paced, agile organization dedicated to providing skin care solutions that are backed by science.

 

CP Skin Health Group is looking for a Category Innovation Manager to join our team and lead our efforts to uncover breakthrough innovation opportunities for the Skin Health Group.  The Category Innovation Manager is responsible for working with our EltaMD  brand teams, Insights, R&D teams and commercial partners to identify, validate and launch new products, services and solutions.  This individual is people centric and leverages empathy and creativity to envision new solutions to help people achieve their skin health goals. This position is based in New York, NY.

 

What you will do

• Generate opportunity spaces by building a deep understanding of category unmet needs and challenges.

• Monitor the external marketplace (both inside and outside of the category) for emerging trends, novel solutions, and technologies.

• Collaborate with Insights,  R&D, brands, and external accelerators to identify, assess and validate new to the category and new to-world skin health innovation.

• Work with regional teams to develop go-to-market models for innovation and develop incubation business plans.

• Manage ongoing innovation projects and resources.

 

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Marketing/Business or related discipline

• 6+ years of work experience in a product marketing innovation role

 

Preferred Qualifications

• Master’s degree or MBA

• Experience with Design Thinking / Business Model Canvas

• Prior working experience in the skincare industry, sun care industry, and in a large, multi-national company

• Prior working experience in global marketing developing concept writing and storytelling

• Strong project management skills and ability to manage multiple innovation projects

• Proven ability to successfully build a network and operate as a team member working to collaborate and influence others.
• Passionately curious and proficient at connecting people’s needs, technologies, and business opportunities with an experimental, resilient, and agile approach to design thinking and creative experimentation.

 

Compensation and Benefits
Salary Range $120,000.00 - $150,000.00 USD

Pay is determined based on experience, qualifications, and location. Salaried employees may also be eligible for discretionary bonuses, profit-sharing, and long-term incentives for Executive-level roles.

Benefits: Salaried employees enjoy a comprehensive benefits package, including medical, dental, vision, basic life insurance, paid parental leave, disability coverage, and participation in the 401(k) retirement plan with company matching contributions subject to eligibility requirements. Additional benefits include a minimum of 15 vacation/PTO days (hourly employees receive a minimum of 120 hours) and 13 paid holidays (vacation days are prorated based on the employ