Global Innovation Manager – Beauty Tech Incubator
London (Sedley Place)
Who we are
No7 Beauty Company is made up of five iconic brands - No7, Liz Earle, Soap & Glory, Botanics and Sleek Make-up. We believe in creating the best in beauty for everyone - we're innovators with a passion for challenging perceptions with ground-breaking products, proven results and positive impact. We have built a reputation on scientific innovation, whilst being environmentally sustainable and socially responsible. We are an equal opportunity employer, empowering our team members to be their authentic selves as we share a culture where diversity, equity and inclusion are at the centre of everything we do.
About the role
We are looking for a dynamic Global Innovation Manager can navigate the intersection of beauty and technology and can guide initiatives that offer personalised and impactful experiences to consumers both online and in-store.
You will steer strategic Incubator programs, using a Beauty Tech pipeline to achieve growth and differentiation by delivering consumer-centric, transformative, and sustainable experiences through continuous learning and agile development.
If you excel in complex scenarios, excel at cross-functional leadership, and have a solution-oriented mindset, this is your opportunity to join a dynamic team and to revolutionise the beauty landscape.
What you'll need to have
We are looking for someone with experience with beauty and skincare, and a desire to discover new solutions to consumer challenges and unmet needs, through the application of the latest beauty technologies.
You will have experience delivering consumer-centric innovations and operating in an agile manner. You can demonstrate and apply to identify unique opportunities, have the desire to challenge conventional mindsets, and can translate ideas into commercially successful propositions.
If you're ready change the beauty industry through the delivery of creative beauty technologies, we want to hear from you!
Key Responsibilities:
- Lead the end-to-end delivery of consumer-centric, technology-enabled Test and Learn programmes, embracing a learn-through-doing approach with drive.
- Collaborate with our teams (across No7 Beauty Company and Boots) and external tech partners to conceptualise consumer-facing trials across our brand portfolio.
- Validate consumer desirability, technical feasibility, and commercial viability for scale, in order to improve incremental revenue.
- Utilise data-driven insights to evaluate and report on the effectiveness of trials and improve performance and key metrics.
- Foster a culture of creativity, collaboration and experimentation and proactively identify opportunities to improve awareness of the Beauty Incubator and our beauty tech trials.
Our benefits
- Retirement Savings Plan
- Enhanced maternity/paternity/adoption leave pay
- Discretionary annual bonus
- Generous discount on our own brands and partner businesses
- Flexible benefits scheme including holiday buying, discounted gym membership, life assurance, activity passes and much more.
We have a great range of benefits in addition to the above that offer flexibility to suit you - go to working-here to find out more. Please note, any salary estimates given on third-party sites are not provided or endorsed by No7 Beauty Company and may not be accurate.
What's next
Where a role is advertised as full-time, we are open to discussing part-time and job share options during the application process. If you require additional support as part of the application and interview process, we are happy to provide reasonable adjustments to help you to be at your best.
This role requires you to complete a Pre-employment check after receiving an offer. Depending on your location you will be asked to submit either a DBS (Disclosure & Barring Service), PVG (Protection of Vulnerable groups) or an Access NI Check.
We are a Ban the Box employer and will consider the suitability of applicants with criminal convictions on a case-by-case basis.