Head of Product

About Us Avenir Collective. Building the future of beauty, personal care and lifestyle brands. We acquire and scale high-potential consumer brands, bringing together the capital, people and operating expertise to turn strong brands into enduring businesses. Our difference is that we are operators, actively managing our brands and providing the capabilities, infrastructure and expertise they need to scale, while preserving the product, purpose and consumer connection that make each brand special. We’re building a connected house of brands where great people, brands and ideas come together. If you’re excited by building businesses, solving problems and working with a collaborative, entrepreneurial team, we’d love to hear from you. Your role at a Glance The commercially minded, entrepreneurial Head of Product leads the end-to-end product strategy, innovation and lifecycle management across Avenir Collective's portfolio of beauty, personal care and lifestyle brands. This is a high-impact, group-level leadership role responsible for defining and scaling our product capability, ensuring we continue to deliver differentiated, consumer-led products that drive brand growth, commercial performance and long-term competitive advantage. Reporting to the Chief Brand Officer, this role acts as the strategic product leader for the organisation, partnering closely with Brand Managers, who define brand strategy and positioning, to translate consumer insight, market opportunity and commercial objectives into market-leading product portfolios. You own the innovation roadmap, end-to-end product lifecycle, commercial evaluation, regulatory excellence and supplier partnerships, whilst building the systems, governance and processes required to support a scalable, multi-brand business. This role offers the opportunity to shape the future of Avenir Collective's beauty and personal care portfolio, while supporting expansion across adjacent lifestyle categories and integrating future acquisitions into a unified product capability. Working cross-functionally with Brand, Commercial, Supply Chain and Finance, you will ensure product innovation remains a strategic driver of growth, balancing consumer desirability, operational excellence, commercial viability and regulatory compliance Location & Flexibility Full-time, permanent role based at our modern office in Holborn, London 40 hours per week, 9 am to 6 pm with a one-hour lunch This position is hybrid, with the expectation to go to the office 3 days per week Key Responsibilities Product Strategy & Portfolio Own the product strategy and innovation roadmap across our portfolio of beauty, personal care and lifestyle brands, aligned to brand, consumer and commercial priorities. Identify and assess new product, category and portfolio opportunities using consumer insight, market trends, competitive intelligence and commercial analysis. Lead portfolio prioritisation and investment decisions, developing robust business cases and ensuring resources are focused on the highest-value opportunities. Review portfolio performance and drive optimisation, renovation, reformulation, rationalisation and investment decisions. Product Development & Innovation Own the end-to-end product lifecycle from ideation and development through launch, optimisation and retirement. Drive innovation across formulations, ingredients, formats, packaging and product experience, with a particular focus on beauty and personal care. Establish effective stage-gate, project management and product governance processes to deliver products on time, within budget and against agreed commercial objectives. Partner with Brand, Commercial, Operations, Supply Chain and Finance to ensure products are differentiated, commercially viable, scalable and successfully launched. Quality, Regulatory & Commercial Governance Own product quality, regulatory compliance, testing, claims subs