As Senior Product Development & Regulatory Affairs Manager, you will guide gitti’s product development activities across the nail, makeup, and care categories during a maternity leave cover until April 2027.
You will manage and guide the Project Manager ensuring cross-functional alignment, smooth gateway process execution, and timely delivery of launches. In addition, you will manage formula development for key nail innovations and oversee efficiency testing.
You will be the central point of expertise for all regulatory topics across the gitti product portfolio to ensure compliance of our products with EU, UK, and US cosmetics regulations.

Your tasks:

• Own and deliver the 2026 product roadmap, ensuring timely execution and prioritization. Monitor the approved budget and resource allocation.
• Define the 2027 product roadmap and related budget in close collaboration with Management.
• Manage and guide the Project Manager, ensuring cross-functional alignment, gateway process execution, and timely delivery of launches.
• Drive major nail innovations per year that require technical expertise by managing the formula development process in close collaboration with external laboratories.
• Oversee external testing processes (esp. efficiency testing) for all new product developments.
• Own all regulatory processes (internal and external), ensuring compliance with EU, UK, and US requirements. Closely monitor updates of the regulations.
• Conduct product notifications for the different markets and review PIFs.
• Ensure correct product labeling and communication by providing necessary information and supporting the artwork creation and approval process.
• Act as primary contact with regulatory authorities on product safety and compliance topics, ensuring timely and transparent communication.
• Design, implement, and maintain a structured product safety and recall process, including risk assessment, authority communication, and cross-functional execution.
• Train and advise internal stakeholders (e.g. Copywriter, Customer Service) on product-specific questions and regulatory requirements.
• Ensure that new product packaging meets the requirements of the new EU Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR) coming into effect in August 2026. Develop and oversee a long-term compliance strategy for the existing portfolio, tracking deadlines and adapting to evolving PPWR requirements.

• Degree in Cosmetology, Chemistry, or a related technical field.
• Minimum 5 years of professional experience, including 3+ years in Regulatory Affairs or technical product development in cosmetics.
• Deep knowledge of EU Cosmetic Regulation required; UK and US regulations would be ideal.
• Strong knowledge of cosmetic ingredients and formulations, with experience in technically complex nail formulas.
• Solid project management skills with excellent organizational and planning abilities.
• Proven leadership or team management experience.
• Passion for beauty products and emerging trends.
• Structured, hands-on, and solution-oriented mindset.
• Positive, collaborative personality with a strong team spirit.
• Fluent in English and German, additional languages are always welcome.
• Willingness to work from our Berlin office at least 3 days per week.

• Being part of gitti means working with an ambitious and highly motivated team that wants to set new standards. Every day brings a new challenge: our fast-paced, performance-oriented environment offers you great opportunities to learn and take on responsibility. We want to continue building gitt into an international brand. Join our team and be part of our journey.
• Room for entrepreneurship: Be creative, present your ideas and implement them from start to finish.
• Freedom to grow: Support for personal and professional development with individual development planning and on-the-job training.
• Flexible working conditions: hybrid working model, two months of remote working abroad per year, training and charity days.
• Incentives that make you happy: whether it's, a membership to Urban Sports Club or Class Pass or a monthly voucher for Wolt.
• Employee discounts.
• BVG-ticket.
• Big city flair: our office in the heart of Berlin makes dreams come true.

WE ARE CONSCIOUS BEAUTY PIONEERS.
WE STAND FOR PRODUCTS THAT ARE BETTER FOR US AND THE PLANET.

The Conscious Beauty Brand from Berlin was founded by Jennifer Baum-Minkus with a clear mission: to usher in a new era in the beauty industry with product innovations that are better for the planet and for us humans. The brand stands for a conscious and holistic approach to beauty that focuses on positive change. Since its inception, gitti has been pushing the boundaries of the industry through innovation for the future: from selecting safe ingredients to developing powerful formulas and sustainably designed packaging solutions. gitti is also strongly committed to rethinking beauty standards and advocates for diversity and inclusion. The close connection between nature and science is the basis for all gitti products. In its development process, gitti emphasizes the highest possible use of ingredients of natural origin and supplements these with carefully selected, highly effective functional ingredients. gitti became known for its groundbreaking product innovations. From water-based nail polish and a 100% natural nail polish remover to makeup and skincare, the brand stands for combining natural ingredients with powerful formulas. All products are always vegan and PETA-certified. Over the years, gitti has become a popular multi-category brand.

Find out more about who we are and what we stand for here.
Are you ready to revolutionize the beauty industry with us?
We cannot wait to meet you!