Senior Scientist II, Photoprotection Domain, Research & Innovation

Senior Scientist II – Photoprotection Application Domain, L’Oréal Research & Innovation – Clark, New Jersey.

• Lead as a Project Champion:
  Drive high-impact research projects from conception to final delivery. Manage, coordinate, and align the project core team and cross-functional supporting teams to successfully achieve strategic project directives.
• Coordinate Cross-Functional Collaborations:
  Act as the central connector across borders and disciplines – engaging with fellow scientists, global R&I counterparts, academic institutions, and external partners to continuously expand our expertise and unlock new scientific possibilities.
• Oversee Research and Testing Strategies:
  Design, execute, and steer comprehensive research and testing strategies. Partner with global teams to ensure product robustness, scientific rigor, and the highest standards of quality and performance – overseeing the transition from lab bench to consumer reality.
• Translate Science into Business Impact:
  Synthesize complex research findings into clear, compelling insights to drive technology transfer to our Development Laboratories and inform L’Oréal's broader innovation pipeline.
• Maintain Hands‑on Lab Excellence:
  Perform laboratory work for complex analysis, characterization, and formulation. Integrate innovative raw materials and pioneering formulation strategies to set new benchmarks in photoprotection performance, sensoriality, and sustainability.
• Champion Scientific Curiosity & Mentorship:
  Deepen our collective understanding of UV filters, photoprotection mechanisms, and sun care formulation science while exploring emerging domains (photochemistry, spectroscopy) and mentoring junior team members.

• Education: A PhD in Chemistry, Biology, Biochemistry, Physics, Materials Science, or a related discipline is required. Candidates with a Master's degree and more than 4 years of relevant formulation research and project leadership experience will also be considered.
• Experience: Proven research success in a physical science field, with a demonstrated ability to take complex projects from scientific conception through to robust, tangible outcomes.
• Experience: Demonstrated experience acting as a project leader, with a track record of coordinating multi-disciplinary core teams and aligning supporting stakeholders.
• Technical Expertise: Expertise in one or more of the following: optics, imaging, spectroscopy, photochemistry, UV science, or sunscreen formulation technology.
• Technical Expertise: Strong hands‑on laboratory experience in formulation research, including design of experiments, characterization of raw materials, and finished formulas.
• Technical Expertise: Proven capability in managing project milestones, timelines, and deliverables in a highly fast‑paced, matrixed environment.
• Technical Expertise: Experience in medical sciences is a plus but not required.
• Soft Skills & Attributes: A Project Leader – strong organizational, communication, and interpersonal skills, with a proven ability to motivate and align diverse teams toward a shared vision.
• Soft Skills & Attributes: An Innovator – challenges the status quo, asks bold questions, and relentlessly strives for scientific and operational excellence.
• Soft Skills & Attributes: An Entrepreneur – takes full ownership of project scope with courage, transparency, and a results‑driven mindset.
• Soft Skills & Attributes: An Integrator – fosters seamless cooperation and agility across core and supporting teams, actively encouraging open communication and knowledge‑sharing.
• Soft Skills & Attributes: A Problem‑Solver – demonstrates sound judgment and creative thinking, leveraging all available expertise to overcome complex technical and organizational challenges.
• Authorization: Authorization to work in the United States on a full‑time, permanent, ongoing basis is required. No immigration support/sponsorship offered for this role.
• Onsite Requirement: The ability to be onsite, in the office at least 3 days a week, as this is a requirement of the position.

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