Senior Scientist I, Skin Product Safety & Toxicology, L'Oréal Research & Innovation (Hybrid)

Position Title :  Senior Scientist I, SkinProduct Safety & Toxicology

Location : Clark, New Jersey (Hybrid)

Department : Product Safety, SRCM (Safety,Regulatory, Claims, & Microbiology)

For more than onehundred years, L’Oréal believes that beauty needs Science. In a world nowtransformed by digital technology and the emergence of new scientific domains,we are confident in our ability to turn these opportunities into majorinnovations, closely linked to the new consumer expectations all over theworld. Science & Technology are allowing us to invent safe, trustable,sustainable & responsible beauty products and experiences that will changepeople’s lives.

L’Oréal Research& Innovation (R&I) has continuously invested upstream in its researchwith a high level of ambition. Our , L'Oréal R&I people are talentedand highly skilled, located in major markets, working in a cooperative way,open to the world. L’Oréal, Research & Innovation is a vast,multidisciplinary, scientific community working in more than specializedfields, spread out across the world in research centers across regionalhubs, evaluation centers, and scientific and regulatory departments. Ouremployees represent over nationalities and are united for one passion : toinvent and perfect innovative, high-performance products for the well-being ofall across the world.

The Product Safety Department is responsible for building the safety assessments of the future at L’Oréal. The individual will serve as critical member of the team responsible for the safety evaluation, testing and documentation of raw materials and finished formulations developed by, or acquired by L’Oréal USA, in compliance with global regulations and guidelines. This is a technical role that will require in-depth working knowledge of toxicology and risk assessment principles. Computational toxicology and new approach methodology (NAMs) expertise (e.g., in silico predictions, PBPK modeling, Toxico-Cheminformatics, etc.) is highly desirable.

We are seekinga Senior Scientist I to join our Product Safety & Toxicology team in our Clark Research facility, supporting the evaluation of our Skin metier. TheProduct Safety team is part of the Safety, Regulatory, Claims and Micro (SRCM)team that supports the work for R&I and the Americas zone.

As a Senior Scientist I in our Product Safety &Toxicology team, your main responsibilities are :

• Conduct robust safety assessments that meet global regulations on raw materials and finished formulations for a category of products (e.g. Skin, Hair, Make-up or Fragrance) including OTC products
• Evaluation of ingredients, raw materials and formulations for internal and external labs based on risk assessments conducted and communicate safety approvals through product specific meetings
• Assist with compiling and reviewing of Cosmetic Safety Reports for compliance with EU and other global regulations
• Interact and collaborate with various groups within the organization, to ensure sufficient supporting data (in silico, in vitro, and / or clinical safety studies) is developed and executed to substantiate safety of raw materials and finished formulations
• Integrate relevant data / information as needed to generate robust safety assessments
• Participate in discussions and preparing of internal safety positions
• Represent Product Safety at product development meetings to provide safety support of new and existing product development
• Expected to be an effective communicator across the organization to provide clear recommendations on various safety issues to both scientific and non-scientific audiences

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