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Brain Effect

Nutritional supplements for mental performance

Head of Product and Innovation - Nahrungsergänzung, DTC & Retail

Product ManagementConfirmed live in the last 24 hours
Full-timeBerlin, GermanyNo salary listed

About the Job

Requirements

  • Several years of experience in Product Management, Innovation, or Portfolio Management, ideally in FMCG, food, supplements, sports nutrition, health, beauty, or a D2C/e-commerce environment.
  • Experience leading physical products end-to-end from ideation through launch, with demonstrable results in innovation, portfolio growth, or profitability.
  • Ability to work with business cases, margins, forecasts, and portfolio key performance indicators and make clear prioritization decisions.
  • Strong consumer and brand understanding, high quality orientation, curiosity, and an ability to identify relevant trends.
  • Ability to lead with clarity, empathy, and ownership; communicate openly; and create alignment in complex cross-functional projects.
  • Must be based in Berlin or willing to relocate to Berlin.

Responsibilities

  • Develop and own the Product and Portfolio strategy, including category vision, innovation roadmap, positioning, business cases, and prioritization.
  • Manage the full product development process from the initial consumer insight through briefing, formulation, packaging, claims, testing, and successful launch.
  • Translate customer feedback, market and trend data, and scientific and regulatory requirements into differentiated and relevant product concepts.
  • Lead the innovation pipeline with clear stage gates, timelines, budgets, and key performance indicators, ensuring projects launch on time and at high quality.
  • Work closely with Brand, Marketing, Operations, Supply Chain, Quality and Regulatory, and external partners to enable fast, robust decisions.
  • Develop the team, roles, and Product processes; measure portfolio performance; and make data-based decisions about which products to scale, optimize, or phase out.

About the Company

Brain Effect

Nutritional supplements for mental performance

BrainEffect creates nutritional supplements and functional foods in Berlin to support mental and physical performance. Its products use science-backed natural ingredients across vitamins, minerals, prebiotics, probiotics, collagen, proteins, and sleep aids, with core offerings like FOCUS, SLEEP, and DAILY GUT that address sleep, gut health, focus, energy, and recovery. It sells through its own online store and more than 2,500 retailers, including dm, Budni, and Amazon; founder Fabian Foelsch remains CEO, and Schwabe Group owns a majority stake but BrainEffect operates independently. The goal is to expand internationally with evidence-based products that help people optimize mental performance and well-being in daily life and sports.

Company size
51-200
Company stage
Not listed
Total funding
Not listed
Headquarters
Berlin, Germany
Founded
2015

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