NPD Manager

Hiring: NPD Head – Health & Wellness

Location: New Delhi / NCR
Experience: 3-5 Years
Industry: Nutraceuticals, Dietary Supplements & Health & Wellness

About the Role

We are looking for an experienced NPD Head – Health & Wellness to lead end-to-end product innovation, formulation development, and commercialization across nutraceuticals, vitamins, minerals, herbal supplements, and wellness products.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the NPD pipeline from concept ideation to product launch.
• Drive formulation development, ingredient selection, and product differentiation.
• Manage third-party manufacturers, R&D labs, and ingredient suppliers.
• Ensure regulatory compliance, including FSSAI requirements, labeling, and product claims.
• Own product costing, BOM, COGS, vendor negotiations, and margin optimization.
• Oversee stability testing, quality validation, packaging development, and manufacturing scale-up.
• Track market trends, competitor innovations, and emerging wellness ingredients.
• Collaborate with Marketing, Quality, Regulatory, Procurement, and Supply Chain teams to ensure timely launches.

Requirements

• 3-5 years of experience in NPD/R&D within nutraceuticals, dietary supplements, or health and wellness.
• Strong understanding of formulations, active ingredients, herbal extracts, and delivery formats.
• Hands-on experience with third-party manufacturing and product commercialization.
• Knowledge of FSSAI regulations, product claims, quality standards, and documentation.
• Strong commercial acumen, project management, and stakeholder management skills.
• Degree in Pharmacy, Food Technology, Chemistry, Biotechnology, or a related scientific field.

Apply now if you are passionate about building innovative, science-backed health and wellness products from concept to market.

Pay: ₹50,000.00 - ₹79,000.00 per month

Work Location: In person