Director, Commercialization

The role

The Director of Commercialization leads commercialization strategy, governance, and cross-functional execution for the portfolio. This role serves as a central business and operational leader across multiple departments to move initiatives from concept to commercialization readiness.

What you will do

• Lead commercialization strategy and execution for the portfolio
• Own portfolio-level visibility across priorities, timing, risks, and resource requirements
• Provide strategic direction to project teams
• Partner with supply teams to resolve risks affecting launch timing or cost
• Lead commercialization planning and governance for new market and regional expansion
• Lead commercialization governance from concept through Commercialization Readiness
• Oversee integrated cross-functional commercialization timelines
• Lead cross-functional readiness activities and launch authorization reviews
• Lead continuous improvement across commercialization governance, tools, and processes
• Serve as the senior commercialization partner for all portfolio initiatives

Required qualifications

• 10+ years of experience in commercialization, new product development, program management, project management, product innovation, supply chain, or a related cross-functional leadership role
• Significant experience leading complex product commercialization programs within beauty, cosmetics, personal care, consumer products, or a related industry
• Demonstrated experience managing a significant portfolio of concurrent global initiatives
• Strong understanding of the end-to-end product lifecycle
• Experience leading commercialization governance, integrated timelines, stage gates, and readiness reviews
• Demonstrated experience with global market expansion and coordination across international or regional stakeholders
• Strong understanding of product development, regulatory, sourcing, manufacturing, supply chain, and commercialization dependencies
• Proven experience driving process improvement, organizational change, and scalable ways of working
• Strong business acumen with the ability to assess operational, financial, and strategic trade-offs
• Strong executive communication, facilitation, stakeholder management, and influencing skills
• Demonstrated ability to anticipate risks, navigate ambiguity, and drive decisions in a fast-paced environment
• Strong proficiency in Excel, PowerPoint, Word, Outlook, and web-based project or portfolio management tools

Benefits

• Competitive salary
• Bonus program
• Flexible hybrid work environment
• Inclusive culture

About the company

Sol de Janeiro is a globally recognized, award-winning beauty brand launched in 2015. Headquartered in New York, it has expanded globally with teams in Paris, London, and Germany.