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Role Description

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: Nashville, TN, or Johnson City, TN, or Remote (US-Based Only)

Responsibilities/Essential Duties:

• 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.).

Qualifications

• 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.

Requirements

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

Benefits

• 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!

Company Description

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.