Vice President, Category Lead - Beauty & Wellness

About You

You are a dynamic storyteller with the ability to influence others with data and market insight. You have a proven ability to launch products successfully and are up to date on the latest products and trends in clean beauty, with a strong commercial awareness of the beauty, skincare & wellness industries. Organization and collaboration are key reasons to your success, and you thrive working with many different teams within an organization on a day-to-day basis.   

About The Role

As the VP, Category Lead - Beauty & Wellness, you will own and support the beauty and wellness product marketing and business strategy at goop – including goop Beauty, goop Wellness, good.clean.goop & Multi-Brand beauty and wellness. You will drive beauty and wellness product strategy with team and cross-functional alignment and financial ownership, including managing growth strategies, product launches, revenue targets and deadlines. You have extensive experience in the beauty industry, including in a product marketing role, preferably within the clean beauty space.  

• Launch Ownership: Work in tandem with Product Development to own 3+ year global product launch decisions and timing for goop Beauty, goop Wellness and good.clean.goop., including product architecture, pricing, positioning, go to market strategy and product launch process, taking into account input from internal stakeholders. 
  • Work with cross-functional partners to ensure on-time launches from concept to trade.
• Provide Insights & Recommend Categories: Lead consumer insight research and analytics to understand consumer trends and make recommendations based on territory, market size and white space. Lead beauty and wellness product launch and reformulation strategy based on trends, seasonality, and key business priorities, taking into account other company vertical launch strategies. 
  • Deliver innovation concepts based on market research and data.
  • Drive ongoing analysis of the category and provide data-informed recommendations for product portfolio, including hero SKU strategy.
  • Define target consumer by product in partnership with brand and integrated marketing teams and channels.
  • Ideate new storytelling angles around hero products to recruit and drive consumer love.
• Market Size and Scope: Define market size and scope for potential new product and reformulation concepts, referencing appropriate benchmarks, competitive analysis, and data points.
• Product Positioning and Messaging: Provide product brand positioning/marketing tactics for new and existing products in partnership with product development, wholesale, and integrated marketing teams to grow market share in current channels and versus competition. This includes preparing and executing comprehensive launch plans inclusive of product naming, package selection, artwork, fact sheets, claims, differentiation, key messaging, positioning and drive incremental revenue.
• Financial Planning and Budgeting: Work cross functionally to ensure that innovation planning and core products meet business objectives and deliver on vertical financial plans in partnership with channel owners. Define & measure against beauty and wellness vertical KPIs (goop-owned and multi).
  • Maximize ROI and value by regularly assessing performance metrics and consumer feedback and data insight across all channels.
  • Lead on reporting overall product performance monthly.
  • Work with channel owners to set annual beauty and wellness category sales projections and update annual projections based on YTD performance through quarterly forecasting process.
  • Own departmental budget that supports beauty and wellness revenue targets.
• Portfolio Management: Lead execution of existing SKU management with planning team, overseeing inventory and hero priorities, markdown inclusions, discontinued/sunset SKUs. Provide strategic recommendations for goop vs multi portfolio, including strategies for percentage of revenue contribution, product category and SKU split.
• Multi-channel: Lead merchandising selection and strategy for multi-beauty and wellness brands and products for goop to sell that fit company standards and fill white space in assortment, trends, or consumer demand.
• Team Management: Supervise, lead, and develop beauty and wellness team talent
• Wholesale Partnership – Partner with wholesale sales team to identify strategic and growth opportunities for wholesale channel, including as it relates to, product assortment and/or exclusive products specific to retail outlet consumers.

Qualifications & Experience

• 10+ years’ experience working in the beauty and/or wellness categories (e.g., skincare, makeup), with at least 6 years in a product marketing role. Exposure to clean beauty is a plus.
• Experience in understanding and navigating the nuances of the beauty market and how it has been evolving with changes in overall consumer behavior.
• Demonstrate a strategic and broad view of the beauty business, industry, and consumer environment to anticipate and plan for the future. Identify new areas of opportunities beyond current opportunities.
• Multi-functional leader and strong collaborator across teams and levels within an organization.
• A business builder and strong marketer who has respect for and an understanding of the design and product development process.
• Prior supervisory experience.

• Compensation: $200,000 - $250,000 + Equity. This is a full-time, exempt role. Please note that this range represents the low and high end of the anticipated base salary range for the Los Angeles, CA based position. Goop, in good faith, reasonably expects to pay the position within this salary range. Goop provides the salary range in compliance with all applicable federal, state, and local laws. The actual base salary will depend on numerous factors such as: experience, training, knowledge, and skills, and if the location of the job changes.
• Benefits: Generous health & wellness benefits package, family-building benefits and paid parental leave. 
• Perks: “goopcation” paid company summer break, generous goop discounts, special offers with brand partners, access to custom lifestyle resources and events, and a beautiful workspace in Santa Monica.   
• Work Philosophy: At goop we believe that creativity, innovation, and camaraderie are essential to our business, our culture and our employee’s growth and development. With our Hybrid Work Policy, we are committed to promoting collaboration, productivity, and employee well-being by maximizing the benefits of both in-person and remote work. We are in office Tuesdays and Thursdays, as well as Mondays for those within a 15-mile radius of our Santa Monica office.