WANT TO KNOW MORE ABOUT OUR BIG TECH TRANSFORMATION?
L’Oréal is present in 130 countries on five continents. For more than a century, L’Oréal has devoted itself solely to one business: beauty; it is now the industry world leader with €42 billion consolidated sales.
Today, L’Oréal includes +2000 tech positions and it’s constantly growing. Especially with our ambition to become the #1 BeautyTech company, meaning inventing the beauty of the future while becoming the company of the future.
BeautyTech will equip the Group with the key assets it needs to conquer this new world, where Tech has become strategic.
To achieve this ambition, L’Oréal needs to continue recruiting diverse, innovative, skilled and passionate minds in different tech domains such as Data, Digital, Cloud, Cyber Security, IT Architecture, DevOps, Applications and Infrastructure.
HOLD ON, WHERE ARE OURS MANNERS? WE HAVEN’T PRESENTED OUR TEAM!
Our mission is to design, build deploy and maintain solutions to provide the best digital working environment for the chemists dedicated to beauty in our laboratories.
We leverage cutting-edge technologies (Cloud, API, Container, Algo) and master acceleration tactics (Design Thinking, Lean Startup, Agile, UX, DevOps), to foster the digital transformation in Beauty Tech.
As a Product Manager, within a motivated and focused team of 12 people which manages the major R&I repositories (Formula, Raw Materials and Patents) to contribute to innovation and maximize business value, you will take advantage of the acceleration of the digital transformation program to strengthen and develop the Master data around Formulation and the creation of beauty products.
Do you want to take an active and decisive part in L’Oréal’s transition to Beauty Tech and Green Sciences worldwide? Are you motivated by project combining Science and Digital and in tune with a Research and Innovation state of mind?
INTERESTED? THIS IS WHAT YOU WILL DO IN NUTSHELL!
We can summarize your missions in several missions:
- Business Needs Analysis & Prioritization : Identify, challenge, and prioritize business needs in collaboration with Product Owners and stakeholders.
- User-Centric Design : Design new applications and features focused on user experience to maximize business value.
- Agile Project Leadership : Coordinate, plan, and deliver MVPs (Minimum Viable Products) within an Agile environment, ensuring all technical aspects are solid and reliable.
- Governance & Best Practices : Implement and promote project management best practices, ensuring they are well understood and adopted within the team.
- Application Delivery & Support : Oversee development, production delivery, and ongoing maintenance, engaging with technical teams to optimize value for users.
- Technical Oversight : Coordinate, guide, and challenge development teams in close collaboration with the Tech Lead to ensure adherence to technical guidelines, architecture principles, and delivery of high-quality, relevant code.
- Technical Specifications : Actively contribute to drafting clear and precise technical specifications that accurately translate business needs into efficient, scalable, and well-designed solutions.
- Testing & Validation : Perform or supervise unit testing, support users during acceptance testing, and ensure overall quality.
- Communication & Reporting : Communicate proactively with stakeholders by providing regular status reports on projects and support activities, highlighting risks and proposing action plans.
- Transversal Project Coordination : Ensure smooth integration of multiple interfaced projects and effective collaboration across teams.
STILL INTERESTED? THIS IS WHAT YOU WILL NEED TO SUCCEED!
First and foremost, we love people that are curious, collaborative, eager to have an impact, proactive and who value innovation, autonomy, and team spirit. Secondly, in this specific position, it will be important for you to show great curiosity in:
Technical Skills
- Strong knowledge of software development principles and practices: C#, OOP, SQL databases, object design, REST APIs, refactoring.
- Proven ability to analyze, challenge, and contribute to functional and technical architecture design, working effectively with Architects and Tech Leads.
- Curiosity and willingness to learn and explore new technologies (Cloud, Containerization, DevOps…) to inform strategic decisions.
- Solid understanding of Agile methodologies with hands-on experience in technical project coordination.
- Demonstrated ability to translate complex business needs into clear, actionable technical specifications.
Transversal Skills
- Ability to build and foster collaborative relationships with users and diverse stakeholders, ensuring alignment and clear communication.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills to identify and resolve technical and project impediments.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills, essential for documentation, reporting, and stakeholder engagement.
- Ability to understand, model, and challenge business processes, acting as a key player in digital transformation.
- Fluent English in a multicultural environment.
Attitude & Mindset
- Strong autonomy and leadership, with a clear sense of ownership and accountability.
- Open-mindedness, with the ability to build consensus and create alignment within a project framework.
- Agility to manage priorities effectively and proactively address urgent challenges.
- Strong team player with a collaborative mindset, fostering a positive and productive team dynamic.
Experience
- Engineering degree (or equivalent university qualification).
- Minimum 3 years of experience in application development, with a strong technical foundation and proven track record in project coordination, technical leadership, and application of management best practices.
In short: You are curious, collaborative, proactive, and passionate about innovation. You thrive at the intersection of product vision and technical expertise, empowering teams to deliver meaningful and impactful digital solutions.
WAIT, THERE IS MORE! LET US GIVE YOU 4 OTHER REASONS TO JOIN US!
Joining L'Oréal means joining a company that:
- Invests in Tech and positions its Tech teams at the heart of its digital transformation strategy.
- Allows its employees to have a real impact, to test their ideas, to innovate and to build our future.
- Has a powerful and innovative HR policy: a very dynamic mobility policy, significant investment in employee training, regular re-evaluation of remuneration, numerous innovative HR measures: Time Savings Account, paternity leave, Citizen Day, etc.
- Has chosen to uphold strong values and to be particularly advanced from a social and environmental point of view (strong diversity and inclusion policy, L'Oréal for the Future program, commitment to numerous communities, etc.).
The L'Oréal Group is convinced that difference is a deep source of wealth, that allows everyone to grow, to challenge themselves and to go further. We strongly encourage everyone to always dare and never censor themselves. Skills can always be learnt.
We will be delighted to exchange with you!
Ready to build the future of L'Oréal together? Apply now!
