About Westman Atelier
A new standard of clean luxury. Founded by world-renowned editorial makeup artist Gucci Westman, Westman Atelier is a curated edit of skin-loving, performance-first makeup that is always effortless, never overdone. A mother, makeup artist, and champion of holistic living, Gucci believes passionately that ‘luxury’, ‘efficacy’ and ‘clean’ can be synonymous with exceptional makeup.
- A skincare approach to high performance make-up formulated with clean ingredients and no-compromise integrity
- Balancing perfect shades and buttery textures that melt into the skin with plant-based actives and cutting-edge science
About Our Founder
Gucci Westman has more than 20 years of professional experience as a major editorial makeup artist, contributing to publications like Vogue and Harper’s Bazaar. Gucci is known for creating dewy, supernaturally glowy looks and her highly coveted “second-skin approach” to makeup, resulting in naturally beautiful, radiantly amplified skin.
Position Summary
The Director, Product Development will play a pivotal role in driving innovation and ensuring the successful development of high-quality, sustainable, and ethically sourced products aligned with our brand and founder ethos. Reporting to the VP, Product Development & R&D, you will lead a team of talented professionals and collaborate closely with immediate and cross-functional teams to bring new products to market, consistently upholding our brand's commitment to clean beauty standards.
Responsibilities:
- Develop and execute a strategic product development roadmap that aligns with the brand's clean beauty ethos, market trends, and identifies opportunities for innovation and expansion within the clean beauty space.
- Manage the entire product development lifecycle from concept through launch, including defining timelines, setting milestones, and allocating budget to ensure on-time delivery of new product launches.
- Bring deep expertise in building and expanding shade ranges across all product categories, ensuring they are diverse, relevant, market-competitive, and aligned with Gucci’s creative vision and brand values.
- Collaborate closely with the VP of PD + R&D and Regulatory Affairs Manager to oversee the formulation process from initial concept briefing to final launch, ensuring all products meet stringent clean beauty standards, regulatory requirements, and performance expectations.
- Brief labs on new projects across all makeup and skincare categories, lead weekly lab calls, and ensure continuous follow-through on product lifecycle with external partners and internal teams.
- Oversee and support the approval and meticulous tracking of pre-production samples for all open product orders, ensuring consistency and quality.
- Rigorously manage timelines for formula development, shade matching, and all required testing phases in collaboration with the team.
- Collaborate with the team to proactively identify, troubleshoot, and resolve any challenges that arise throughout the product development cycle.
- Assist directly in all innovation initiatives alongside the founder.
- Provide guidance, mentorship, and support to team members, fostering a culture of creativity, collaboration, and continuous improvement within the product development team.
Requirements:
- Bachelor's or Master's degree in Product Development, Cosmetics Science, or a related field.
- Proven experience (8-10 years) in product development within the beauty or cosmetics industry, with a strong, demonstrated focus on clean beauty products.
- Deep understanding of clean beauty principles, ingredient sourcing, formulation techniques, and global regulatory requirements.
- Impeccable attention to detail and a commitment to product excellence.
- Strong leadership and team management skills, with a track record of building, mentoring, and developing high-performing teams.
- Excellent project management abilities, including the capacity to prioritize tasks, meet aggressive deadlines, and manage multiple complex projects simultaneously.
- Exceptional communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams, external partners, and senior leadership.
- A genuine passion for sustainability, ethical sourcing, and advancing the principles of clean beauty.
*this is a remote position*
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What We Do
Founded in 2018 by professional makeup artist Gucci Westman. For Westman, there are three vital signs of modern beauty: luxury, efficacy, and clean, consciously-crafted ingredients. For her first makeup line, she combines supremely buttery, rich textures with the best plant-based active ingredients. The ultimate naturally beautiful complexion — now available to everyone.
We are creating a new standard in luxury that we like to call consciously crafted beauty. Consciously crafted beauty means a transparent and thoughtful approach to innovation that recognizes modern needs, balancing ethical beauty standards with science, technology and product performance. It means we are always evolving and learning. And it means we are passionately committed to products formulated with integrity.
We believe makeup should do more than enhance — it should calm, nourish and balance. Westman Atelier ingredients are thoroughly and thoughtfully curated by both artist and chemist so you can enjoy skin-benefiting, non-toxic makeup that performs at the highest possible standard.
Our commitment is to constantly review, research and reassess our ingredients as fresh information comes to light — in the meantime, we’ll always be completely transparent about our formulations, which meet the European Union’s rigorous standards for clean beauty. And we promise never to use, parabens, PEGs, phthalates and many other harmful chemicals. Feel good about your skin from the inside out.
