Product Development Manager (Operations)

The Unmarked Group is where strategic expertise meets entrepreneurial innovation. We are a multi-brand business group spanning consumer products, sourcing services and digital ventures. Across our portfolio including brands in pet care, beauty and health. We combine creative marketing, performance-driven digital execution and advanced technology to drive scalable growth.

Growing a portfolio of beauty brands, including iconic Australian brands frank body and al.ive body, takes someone who knows exactly how a product gets from idea to shelf, and isn't afraid of a critical path. This role sits on the operational side of product: you won't be writing the campaign, you'll be making sure there's a compliant, on-cost, beautifully made product for it to launch.

About Us:

The Unmarked Group is where strategic expertise meets entrepreneurial innovation. We are a multi-brand business group spanning consumer products, sourcing services and digital ventures. Across our portfolio including brands in pet care, beauty and health. We combine creative marketing, performance-driven digital execution and advanced technology to drive scalable growth.

Growing a portfolio of beauty brands, including iconic Australian brands frank body and al.ive body, takes someone who knows exactly how a product gets from idea to shelf, and isn't afraid of a critical path. This role sits on the operational side of product: you won't be writing the campaign, you'll be making sure there's a compliant, on-cost, beautifully made product for it to launch.

Job Summary:

The Product Development Manager owns how products across our portfolio get made,



launched and kept on shelf, from formulation to finished goods. The role turns approved product ideas into compliant, cost-effective, on-time launches, and manages the range through its life.

You'll be the operational owner of each product: the person who knows the formula, the pack, the cost, the supplier, the timeline and the risk. You'll report to the Product Director and work closely with Regulatory & QA, Supply Chain, Marketing, Finance, and our contract manufacturers and suppliers.

Key Responsibilities:

- Recent Product Development and Commercialisation

- Run products through the NPD stage-gate process, from approved brief to launch, keeping critical paths and gate decisions on track.

- Translate briefs into technical requirements: formulation targets, pack specifications, fill weights, shelf life and testing needs.

- Lead briefing, sampling and approvals with contract manufacturers and component suppliers, including lab samples, stability and compatibility results.

- Build and maintain product costings and COGS, working with Finance to hit margin targets.

- Own launch readiness: specifications signed off, artwork approved, first production scheduled, stock in DC by launch date.

- Supply Chain and Manufacturing Partnership





- Act as day-to-day product contact for contract manufacturers and packaging suppliers.

- Work with Supply Chain on MOQs, lead times, forecasting inputs and first-order quantities.

- Support supplier selection and assessments, and help resolve production issues, deviations and non-conformances.

- Identify cost-down, packaging and sustainability improvements across the existing range.

- Regulatory and Quality

- Partner with Regulatory & QA so every product meets requirements in each market it is sold in.

- Coordinate technical file inputs: ingredient lists (INCI), safety assessments, stability and challenge testing, claims substantiation.

- Check artwork and pack copy for technical and regulatory accuracy before sign-off.

- Support product notifications and registrations for export markets.

- Range and Lifecycle Management

- Maintain accurate product master data and specifications across systems.

- Manage reformulations, renovations, component changes and discontinuations end to end.

- Track range performance with Marketing and Sales, recommending SKU additions, changes and deletions.

- Cross-Functional Communication

- Keep Marketing, Sales, Customer Care and retail partners briefed on timelines, product details and any changes.

- Provide accurate product information for retailer listings, new-line forms and training materials.

- Flag risks early and bring options, not just problems.

Qualifications:

- 4+ years in product development, product management or technical commercialisation, ideally in cosmetics, skincare, or p

📌 Product Development Manager (Melbourne)
🏢 The Unmarked Group
📍 Melbourne