Product Development Manager Jobs in Arizona
Product Development Manager jobs in Arizona are in strong demand, with concentrated hiring in aerospace and defense, semiconductor manufacturing, medical devices, and enterprise software, covering the full range from associate-level managers to senior directors. Phoenix, Tempe, and Tucson anchor most of the openings, with established employers such as Honeywell, Raytheon Technologies, and Intel maintaining large Arizona operations that regularly add product development leadership. The most sought-after specializations are hardware product management, embedded systems development, and cross-functional NPI program leadership. Find a role that fits below and apply directly.
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Company Overview
21st Century Healthcare is a leading international manufacturer of dietary supplements dedicated to creating innovative and affordable health solutions. With nearly three decades of experience, we are committed to fostering a dynamic environment where employees can learn, grow, and thrive as we shape the future of health and wellness.
Overview
This is a hands-on product development role responsible for supporting the development, formulation, and improvement of nutritional supplements and wellness products for pet health. The position supports product development from initial concept through formulation, testing, scale-up, transfer to manufacturing, and troubleshooting once in manufacturing.
Essential Functions:
- Develop and support the formulation of new pet nutraceutical, nutritional supplement, and wellness products from concept through commercialization.
- Evaluate ingredient functionality, compatibility, stability, palatability, processing characteristics, and product performance.
- Develop products across applicable dosage and delivery formats, which may include powders, soft chews, chewable tablets, tablets, capsules, liquids, or other supplement formats.
- Reformulate existing products to improve quality, performance, cost, manufacturability, ingredient availability, or customer requirements.
- Research emerging ingredients, technologies, delivery systems, and trends within the pet health and nutraceutical markets.
- Translate customer, marketing, and business concepts into technically feasible product formulations.
- Troubleshoot formulation and manufacturing issues related to product consistency, processing, stability, appearance, texture, palatability, or other product characteristics.
- Identify opportunities to improve formulations or manufacturing processes while maintaining product quality and performance.
- Develop and maintain product specifications, formulations, manufacturing instructions, and technical documentation.
- Maintain accurate and complete R&D records, formulation histories, testing results, and technical documentation.
- Develop products and technical documentation in accordance with applicable FDA, AAFCO, NASC, cGMP, company quality requirements, and other applicable standards, in partnership with Quality and Regulatory.
- Plan, execute, and document bench-top development, laboratory testing, and pilot trials; support manufacturing trials, scale-up activities, and first production runs.
- Design, coordinate, and evaluate product stability, shelf-life, palatability, and performance testing; interpret results and recommend formulation or process changes.
- Collaborate with Quality, Regulatory, Operations/Manufacturing, Procurement, Sales, Marketing, suppliers, customers, and external manufacturing partners to support product development and commercialization activities.
- Evaluate new ingredients, raw materials, and supplier alternatives for functionality, quality, safety, regulatory suitability, manufacturability, availability, and cost.
Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:
- Bachelor's degree in Food Science, Animal Science, Animal Nutrition, Chemistry, Biology, Pharmaceutical Sciences, Nutrition, or a related scientific discipline required.
- 3+ years of experience in R&D, product development, or formulation within pet supplements, pet nutrition, dietary supplements, nutraceuticals, functional foods, animal health products, or a closely related regulated manufacturing environment.
- Product-development experience in pet supplements, pet nutrition, pet food/treats, animal nutrition, or animal health preferred.
- Experience with design of experiments, analysis of technical data, and application of results to guide formulation and process-development decisions preferred.
- Experience formulating multiple delivery formats such as powders, soft chews, tablets, capsules, and/or liquids preferred.
- Experience managing or supporting multiple product-development projects simultaneously.
- Understanding of nutraceutical, dietary supplement, pet nutrition, or related manufacturing processes.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to troubleshoot formulation and manufacturing challenges.
- Ability to interpret technical data and translate findings into practical product-development decisions.
- Strong project-management and organizational skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities and deadlines.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills and the ability to communicate technical information to technical and non-technical audiences.
- Proficiency with Microsoft Office and experience with applicable formulation software, laboratory systems, or product-development systems.
Work Environment and Physical Demands:
- Ability to adhere to company guidelines, including cGMPs, SOPs and safety procedures.
- Ability to stand and walk for extended periods while supporting trials and production activities.
- Ability to wear required personal protective equipment when working in laboratory or manufacturing areas.
- Ability to lift up to 50 pounds as required for laboratory or product-development activities.
- Occasional travel may be required for supplier, customer, manufacturing, or industry-related activities.
- Position may require extended hours, including occasional nights or weekends, to support production trials, scale-up, product launches, or other business needs.
- Regularly exposed to noise, moving mechanical parts, and to airborne particles, including strong odors, and some allergens in the manufacturing areas.
The company has reviewed this job description to ensure that essential functions and basic duties have been included. It is not intended to be construed as an exhaustive list of all functions, responsibilities, skills and abilities. Additional functions and requirements may be assigned by supervisors as deemed appropriate.
Pay: $75,000.00 - $90,000.00 per year
Benefits:
- 401(k)
- Dental insurance
- Health insurance
- Health savings account
- Life insurance
- Paid time off
- Vision insurance
Work Location: In person
Company Overview
21st Century Healthcare is a leading international manufacturer of dietary supplements dedicated to creating innovative and affordable health solutions. With nearly three decades of experience, we are committed to fostering a dynamic environment where employees can learn, grow, and thrive as we shape the future of health and wellness.
Overview
This is a hands-on product development role responsible for supporting the development, formulation, and improvement of nutritional supplements and wellness products for pet health. The position supports product development from initial concept through formulation, testing, scale-up, transfer to manufacturing, and troubleshooting once in manufacturing.
Essential Functions:
- Develop and support the formulation of new pet nutraceutical, nutritional supplement, and wellness products from concept through commercialization.
- Evaluate ingredient functionality, compatibility, stability, palatability, processing characteristics, and product performance.
- Develop products across applicable dosage and delivery formats, which may include powders, soft chews, chewable tablets, tablets, capsules, liquids, or other supplement formats.
- Reformulate existing products to improve quality, performance, cost, manufacturability, ingredient availability, or customer requirements.
- Research emerging ingredients, technologies, delivery systems, and trends within the pet health and nutraceutical markets.
- Translate customer, marketing, and business concepts into technically feasible product formulations.
- Troubleshoot formulation and manufacturing issues related to product consistency, processing, stability, appearance, texture, palatability, or other product characteristics.
- Identify opportunities to improve formulations or manufacturing processes while maintaining product quality and performance.
- Develop and maintain product specifications, formulations, manufacturing instructions, and technical documentation.
- Maintain accurate and complete R&D records, formulation histories, testing results, and technical documentation.
- Develop products and technical documentation in accordance with applicable FDA, AAFCO, NASC, cGMP, company quality requirements, and other applicable standards, in partnership with Quality and Regulatory.
- Plan, execute, and document bench-top development, laboratory testing, and pilot trials; support manufacturing trials, scale-up activities, and first production runs.
- Design, coordinate, and evaluate product stability, shelf-life, palatability, and performance testing; interpret results and recommend formulation or process changes.
- Collaborate with Quality, Regulatory, Operations/Manufacturing, Procurement, Sales, Marketing, suppliers, customers, and external manufacturing partners to support product development and commercialization activities.
- Evaluate new ingredients, raw materials, and supplier alternatives for functionality, quality, safety, regulatory suitability, manufacturability, availability, and cost.
Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:
- Bachelor's degree in Food Science, Animal Science, Animal Nutrition, Chemistry, Biology, Pharmaceutical Sciences, Nutrition, or a related scientific discipline required.
- 3+ years of experience in R&D, product development, or formulation within pet supplements, pet nutrition, dietary supplements, nutraceuticals, functional foods, animal health products, or a closely related regulated manufacturing environment.
- Product-development experience in pet supplements, pet nutrition, pet food/treats, animal nutrition, or animal health preferred.
- Experience with design of experiments, analysis of technical data, and application of results to guide formulation and process-development decisions preferred.
- Experience formulating multiple delivery formats such as powders, soft chews, tablets, capsules, and/or liquids preferred.
- Experience managing or supporting multiple product-development projects simultaneously.
- Understanding of nutraceutical, dietary supplement, pet nutrition, or related manufacturing processes.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to troubleshoot formulation and manufacturing challenges.
- Ability to interpret technical data and translate findings into practical product-development decisions.
- Strong project-management and organizational skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities and deadlines.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills and the ability to communicate technical information to technical and non-technical audiences.
- Proficiency with Microsoft Office and experience with applicable formulation software, laboratory systems, or product-development systems.
Work Environment and Physical Demands:
- Ability to adhere to company guidelines, including cGMPs, SOPs and safety procedures.
- Ability to stand and walk for extended periods while supporting trials and production activities.
- Ability to wear required personal protective equipment when working in laboratory or manufacturing areas.
- Ability to lift up to 50 pounds as required for laboratory or product-development activities.
- Occasional travel may be required for supplier, customer, manufacturing, or industry-related activities.
- Position may require extended hours, including occasional nights or weekends, to support production trials, scale-up, product launches, or other business needs.
- Regularly exposed to noise, moving mechanical parts, and to airborne particles, including strong odors, and some allergens in the manufacturing areas.
The company has reviewed this job description to ensure that essential functions and basic duties have been included. It is not intended to be construed as an exhaustive list of all functions, responsibilities, skills and abilities. Additional functions and requirements may be assigned by supervisors as deemed appropriate.
Pay: $75,000.00 - $90,000.00 per year
Benefits:
- 401(k)
- Dental insurance
- Health insurance
- Health savings account
- Life insurance
- Paid time off
- Vision insurance
Work Location: In person
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What Arizona Employers Look For
The qualifications that appear most often in product development manager jobs across Arizona.
- Bachelor's degree in engineering, computer science, or a related technical field required
- Five or more years of product development or product management experience in a technical environment
- Demonstrated experience leading cross-functional teams through a full product lifecycle
- Proficiency with stage-gate development processes, Agile, or similar product delivery frameworks
- Familiarity with Arizona defense, semiconductor, or medical device regulatory environments preferred
- Strong stakeholder communication skills with experience presenting to executive leadership
Product Development Manager Jobs in Arizona: Frequently Asked Questions
How do you become a product development manager in Arizona?
Most product development managers in Arizona enter the role through a technical degree in engineering, computer science, or a related field combined with several years of hands-on product or program experience. Arizona does not require a state-issued license for this role. Employers in the Phoenix metro's defense and semiconductor sectors often promote from senior engineering or program coordinator positions, and an MBA or PMP credential is a common differentiator for candidates targeting director-level roles.
Which companies hire product development managers in Arizona?
Employers hiring product development managers in Arizona right now include FLSmidth, onsemi, and FM Industries, based on current listings on Migrate Mate as of October 2026. Arizona's concentration of aerospace primes, chip manufacturers, and medical device companies means product development manager roles here tend to require a stronger technical background than in many other states.
Which Arizona cities have the most product development manager jobs?
Tucson, Phoenix, and Tempe account for the largest share of product development manager openings in Arizona. The Phoenix metro drives volume through its dense cluster of defense contractors, semiconductor fabs, and tech campuses, while Tucson's openings are closely tied to Raytheon and the University of Arizona's commercialization ecosystem, which makes smaller markets still worth searching even if posting counts look modest.
Are there remote product development manager jobs in Arizona?
Yes, and more than many comparable management roles, because much of the planning, roadmapping, and stakeholder coordination can be done remotely. About 71% of product development manager openings tied to Arizona are remote or hybrid as of October 2026, though defense and hardware-focused roles typically require on-site presence during lab and manufacturing phases. Software and SaaS product development positions show the highest remote availability.
How can I get hired as a product development manager in Arizona with little or no experience?
The most realistic entry path is moving laterally from a technical individual-contributor role such as systems engineer, quality engineer, or project coordinator into a junior or associate product manager position. Large Arizona employers like Intel and Honeywell run rotational programs and new-grad development tracks that place candidates without direct management experience onto product teams. Building a portfolio of end-to-end projects, earning a CAPM or equivalent credential, and targeting associate product manager postings at Chandler or Scottsdale tech firms are the most concrete first steps.
Where can I find and apply to product development manager jobs in Arizona?
You can find and apply to product development manager jobs in Arizona on Migrate Mate, which lists current Arizona openings updated regularly. Search the listings, find the roles that match your background and location preference, and apply directly to the employers posting them.
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