Program Manager, Beauty

Join our Engineering team at Helen of Troy and make an immediate impact on our trusted brands: OXO, Hydro Flask, Osprey, Honeywell, PUR, Braun, Vicks, Hot Tools, Drybar, Curlsmith, Revlon and Olive & June. Together, we build innovative and useful products that elevate people's lives everywhere every day. 

Look around your home, and you'll find us everywhere, in your kitchen, living room, bedroom, and bathroom. We are already making your everyday lives better. We are powered by knowledgeable, enthusiastic, and forward-thinking people committed to developing a culture of inclusion. Whether you are just starting your career or in need of a challenge, we recognize, develop, and empower talent! 

Position: Program Manager, Beauty  

Department: Engineering 

Work Location: Marlborough, MA, Hybrid (work 3 days onsite) 

Hybrid Schedule: At Helen of Troy, we embrace a flexible hybrid work model designed to support collaboration and productivity. For roles eligible for hybrid work, our standard schedule includes in-office collaboration from Tuesday through Thursday, with the option to work remotely on Mondays and Fridays. Any updates to this model will be communicated in advance. Please note that hybrid eligibility and schedules may vary based on business needs and manager expectations. 

What you will be doing: 

As a Program Manager, you will be responsible for leading the successful delivery of projects that drive our strategic direction and goals. You are the cross-functional leader of your program team, and you will drive accountability and engage the team to ensure the proper execution of our development objectives. You will manage the development process from concept to go-to-market and be accountable for the day-to-day new product development activities for leading beauty brands, such as Drybar, Hot Tools, Curlsmith, and Revlon. Utilizing risk management techniques, you will equip your team with known issues, identify potential parallel paths, and guide them to address unknown risks in a way that mitigates impact to our time to market and effectively communicates our action plan to the executive leadership team.  The ideal candidate will have demonstrated project management delivering beauty appliances on time, within budget, and within quality standards.  

• Lead the planning, execution, and delivery of multiple concurrent development projects for beauty.  

• Own the full project life cycle from intake to delivery and act as the primary source of contact for cross functional partners.  

• Develop and maintain project schedules, budgets, and resource plans.  

• Communicate and collaborate cross-functionally between all key departments (marketing, product development, engineering, design, manufacturing, overseas partners). 

• Facilitate meetings and design reviews, capturing key ideas, decisions, issues, and action items in meeting notes.    

• Regularly report project status, milestones, and key metrics to stakeholders.  

• Manage project risks and develop mitigation strategies as needed.  

• Monitor project progress, identify dependencies and proactively address roadblocks.  

• Proactively identify and make recommendations to solve problems, roadblocks, and/or bottlenecks.    

• Drive timely decision making; capture and communicate its impact on risk, cost and schedule.  

• Lead project review meetings and