Principal/ Sr. Scientist- Dermal Clinical Research

No Relocation Assistance Offered

159791 - Piscataway, New Jersey, United States

Our company invites applications for the Sr. Research Scientist / Principal Scientist position, Dermal Clinical Research, Personal Care / Skin Health based in our Piscataway, New Jersey location.

Responsibilities :

• Coordinate internal and external clinical studies.
• Monitor the conduct of external clinical studies (travel required as needed).
• Identify and help develop new innovative clinical methods to explore new technical leads, active ingredients and product claims substantiation.
• Work with cross-functional project teams (Product Development, Implementation & Support, Research & Implementation, Safety, Regulatory, Legal, Marketing) to review concepts / claims trackers and develop robust clinical programs to support Personal Care, Skin Health products.
• Identify and help validate new clinical labs to meet increasing Regulatory demands.
• Keep current of science and instrumentation relevant to clinical research through literature, scientific meetings and consultants.
• Serve as a resource for expertise in clinical design, bio-instrumentation and data interpretation.
• Prepare journal manuscripts along with scientific posters / presentations for industry meetings.
• Assist with administrative tasks (request of study agreements, processing invoices, etc).

Required Qualifications :

• Minimum Bachelor's Degree required (preferably in an area of Science; biology, chemistry).
• 3 - 4 years of functional experience required (combination of industry and advanced degree or lab research acceptable).
• Moderate experience in clinical research (study design and / or execution, clinical methodologies, bio-instrumentation) with Personal Care / Skin Health cosmetic products
• Ability to travel up to 10% of time.

Preferred Qualifications :

• Understanding of statistical methods to design / interpret clinical data preferred.
• Able to multi-task and manage projects independently.
• Excellent communication, presentation and writing skills.
• Experience with peer-reviewed journal publications.
• Strong management skills.
• Innovative & strategic.

Compensation and Benefits

Salary Range $128,000.00 - $144.00 USD

Pay is based on multiple non-discriminatory, individualized factors including but not limited to experience, job-related knowledge and education, skills and office / market location.

In addition to base salary, salaried employees are eligible for annual discretionary bonuses, profit-sharing and, for Executive-level (salary grade 16 and above) roles only, long-term incentives in the form of Restricted Stock Units and / or Stock Options.

Subject to the terms and conditions of the applicable benefits plans then in effect, all salaried employees are also eligible for a competitive benefits package which includes :

• Insurance : Employees (and their eligible dependents) are eligible to participate in Company-sponsored Medical, Dental, Vision, Basic Life Insurance, Accidental Death & Dismemberment and Disability insurance plans.
• Retirement Plans : Employees are eligible to enroll in Colgate's 401(k) plan, which provides for company matching contributions subject to eligibility requirements
• Vacation / PTO : Employees receive a minimum of 15 days of vacation / PTO leave annually
• Paid Holidays : Employees receive a minimum of 13 paid / floating holidays annually
• Paid Sick Leave : Based on location and consistent with applicable state and local law, employees receive a minimum of 40 hours of paid sick leave on January 1st of each year
• Paid Parental Leave : Eligible employees may take up to eight weeks of paid parental leave and 12 weeks of unpaid leave (varies for employees with fewer than 12 months of service and is subject to hours worked requirements)
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