Sr. Product Manager - Product Partnerships

Create new products and ensure we continue to woo our customers in their quest for soulful living! Category management at its best. Are you ready to join and give your all?

Share your talents

As our Sr. Product Manager – Product Partnerships, you will lead the strategy, development, and execution of a product portfolio tailored to the hospitality and travel business. You will balance creative vision with strong operational skills, developing products from concept to launch while ensuring commercial impact, brand alignment, and global compliance. You understand the dynamics of Hotels, Airlines & Hospitality and can translate customer trends and partner needs into compelling Rituals experiences. With strong storytelling and strategic thinking, you fuel the innovation pipeline and activate customers to build brand love.

In this standalone role, you will guide market stakeholders, shape the category roadmap, and build business cases together with marketing and commercial teams. You will collaborate with category & product managers across Home, Body, Beauty and Gifting, and work closely with external full-service manufacturers in and outside Europe. You will report to the Category Director Innovation – Body & Beauty.

Key Result Areas

1. Drive Category Strategy
   Create and deliver the category strategy and product roadmap for the Hotels, Airlines & Hospitality portfolio.
2. Lead Product Development
   Own the full product lifecycle—concepting, testing, packaging, and launch—ensuring products are profitable, compliant, and on brand.
3. Fuel Innovation
   Identify new ideas and activations that strengthen the Rituals brand story and meet customer needs.
4. Activate Customers
   Develop concepts and storytelling that bring products to life and drive engagement.
5. Collaborate Cross-Functionally
   Align developments with broader category strategies and partner with market stakeholders on feasibility and business cases.
6. Manage Manufacturers
   Work with full-service manufacturing partners to ensure high-quality and timely delivery.

Bring all of you

What do we need:

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Marketing, Innovation, Industrial Design Engineering or similar creative fields.
• 8+ years of experience in product innovation or product management in Cosmetics or FMCG.
• Affinity with hospitality, travel retail, strategic partnerships, or co-branding.
• Strong understanding of cosmetics, hospitality trends, and customer needs.
• Proven ability to lead product development from concept to launch.
• Strong stakeholder and project management skills.
• Experience with licensing or partnership-driven product concepts.
• Excellent communication, design affinity, and storytelling skills.
• Knowledge of cosmetic regulations, ingredients, and sustainability principles.

Location and Working Conditions

This role requires a strong on-site presence at our Central Head Office in Amsterdam to collaborate closely with cross-functional teams and business stakeholders.

Benefits of working at Rituals

• Unique opportunities for personal and professional growth
• Staff discount on Rituals products
• Attractive bonus
• Flexible working hours tailored to your personal rhythm
• Company & team events