Packaging & Sustainability Manager

Overview

Revance is seeking a Packaging & Sustainability Manager to support the development of packaging across our portfolio. This role will be responsible for leading day-to-day packaging engineering activities while also owning tracking of packaging sustainability and ESG initiatives.

The ideal candidate is a hands-on Packaging Engineer with 3+ years' experience in a CPG environment, who is comfortable managing multiple priorities, maintaining detailed technical and sustainability data, partnering cross-functionally, and balancing technical, cost, regulatory, and sustainability considerations in a fast-paced organization.

Reporting to: Sr. Director, Commercialization & Sustainability
Location: Johnson City, TN - onsite

• Lead packaging development and execution for assigned projects from initiation through launch, ensuring alignment with product, brand, regulatory, and sustainability objectives.
• Develop and maintain packaging specifications, drawings, BOMs, and technical documentation for primary, secondary, and tertiary packaging, including e-comm, retail-ready, and club channel packaging formats.
• Support commercialization activities, including qualification planning, line trials, scale-up, and first production runs at internal and external manufacturing sites.
• Develop and execute packaging test plans, including compatibility, functionality, and shelf-life testing, in partnership with external labs.
• Proactively identify, troubleshoot, and resolve packaging-related issues during development and commercial production.
• Partner with Supply Chain and suppliers to evaluate packaging components, materials, and cost-optimization opportunities.
• Own and maintain centralized trackers for all packaging material specifications, including material type, weights, recyclability status, PCR content, and supplier attributes.
• Ensure packaging data accuracy and readiness to support sustainability regulations, labeling requirements, and recyclability claims.
• Support packaging sustainability initiatives, including recyclability improvements, PCR material adoption, material reduction, and supplier engagement.
• Support setting packaging sustainability targets and track progress against goals.
• Assist with sustainability and ESG reporting activities (e.g. CDP Climate and Water disclosures, internal scorecards, and supplier questionnaires).
• Collaborate cross-functionally with Project Management, R&D, Regulatory, Quality, Marketing, Creative, Supply Chain, Operations, and external partners.
• Ensure packaging solutions meet regulatory, quality, and safety requirements for applicable categories (cosmetics, OTC, etc.).

• Bachelor's degree & 3-5 years' directly related experience; OR
• Master's degree & 1-2 years' directly related experience.

• Bachelor's degree in Packaging Engineering, or related technical field.
• 3-5+ years' packaging engineering experience in CPG, consumer health, beauty, OTC, or regulated products environment.
• Hands-on experience with primary and secondary packaging development and commercialization; experience supporting retail-ready, shelf-ready, or club channel packaging design.
• Experience working with contract manufacturers, packaging suppliers, and external testing labs.
• Experience owning packaging material specifications, trackers, or sustainability datasets.
• Experience supporting packaging sustainability initiatives, GHG calculations, or ESG/CDP reporting.
• Strong technical problem-solving and organizational skills, with the ability to manage multiple projects in parallel.
• Excellent communication skills and ability to work effectively across technical and commercial teams.
• Detail-oriented, proactive, and comfortable operating in a fast-paced, cross-functional environment.

Revance is a fast-growing global aesthetics and skincare company focused on providing innovative aesthetics and market-leading skincare offerings throughout every stage of life. With a differentiated portfolio of products spanning 60 countries, Revance meets the evolving needs of patients and consumers worldwide through continued innovation and commercialization of new products and treatments.

What Revance invests in you:

• Competitive Compensation including base salary and annual performance bonus.
• Flexible PTO, holidays, and parental leave.
• Generous healthcare benefits, HSA match, 401k match, employer paid life and disability insurance, pet insurance, wellness discounts and much more!

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