A personal care manufacturer is seeking a Senior Formulations Chemist to join their growing lab team. This position offers a challenging, hands-on lab environment, and exposure to the full product lifecycle from concept to shelf.
Responsibilities:
- Leading formulation development of cosmetic/personal care products from concept through commercialization, owning projects end-to-end with minimal oversight
- Partnering cross-functionally with Sales, Marketing, and Product Development to translate customer briefs and market trends into technically sound, differentiated product concepts
- Serving as technical lead on batching and scale-up activities, including cGMP product qualifications, ensuring smooth transfer from bench to pilot to full production
- Designing and evaluating test protocols to confirm product conformance, stability, and performance claims
- Overseeing stability testing programs — protocol design, monitoring, data interpretation, and reporting
- Writing protocols, performing data analysis, and authoring technical reports
- Maintaining rigorous R&D documentation and batch/stability records in a standardized, accurate, traceable, and timely manner, in line with cGMP standards
- Owning regulatory compliance for product categories (FDA OTC monograph, ISO, etc.), staying current on evolving requirements
- Representing R&D in customer-facing and raw material vendor meetings, contributing technical expertise to commercial conversations
- Providing technical direction and mentorship to junior chemists, formulators, and manufacturing/support staff
Qualifications:
- MS or BS in Chemistry, Cosmetic Science, Biochemistry, or a related field
- 5+ years of formulation experience in personal care, cosmetics, or a related industry (pharma topical/dermal formulation background also applicable)
- Hands-on manufacturing/scale-up experience, ideally including cGMP environments
- Familiarity with stability testing protocols and product conformance testing
- A positive attitude, strong work ethic, and the ability to work both independently and in cross-functional teams
- Experience in a personal care or cosmetics lab environment strongly preferred
