OLAPLEX is seeking a Global Product Safety & Toxicology Senior Manager to lead the safety and toxicological evaluations of raw materials and cosmetic formulations to ensure a high degree of consumer protection. The role requires an in-depth working knowledge of toxicology and safety risk assessment principles.
Requirements
- Provide toxicology and safety expertise to product development programs, ensuring safe and compliant product design from concept through commercialization
- Manage and interpret complex scientific data related to product safety, ensuring robust data stewardship and integrity within regulatory submissions
- Assess raw materials, ingredients, and finished formulations for safety, considering Chemical structure and toxicological profiles, Exposure scenarios and dosage, Product use patterns and target populations, Stability, microbiological, and test data
- Lead and execute comprehensive safety evaluations of cosmetic products and ingredients using available toxicological, clinical, and scientific data
- Identify and assess potential risks for specific products and intended end users, including scenarios with higher or unique exposure conditions
- Develop and apply risk identification and assessment frameworks for cosmetic ingredients and formulations
- Continuously enhance cosmetovigilance program and lead the monitoring and evaluation of adverse event data, ensuring timely reporting, identifying emerging trends, and recommending corrective actions as needed
- Ensure alignment with global regulatory expectations for post-market safety monitoring
- Lead regulatory toxicology assessments for new and existing ingredients, including support for global registration requirements
- Define and implement next-generation safety strategies, including the use of in silico tools and alternative methods
- Design and oversee safety testing programs, including In vitro and in vivo studies (as applicable and compliant with regulations) and Clinical and consumer safety testing
- Manage network of external laboratories and clinical research organizations (CROs) to ensure high-quality data generation
- Recommend appropriate precautions, warnings, and usage instructions based on safety assessments
- Partner with business units to ensure accurate safety-related information is reflected on product labeling and packaging
- Support claims substantiation from a safety and toxicology perspective
- Drive change management initiatives related to evolving regulatory landscapes and internal safety guidelines, ensuring seamless adoption across relevant departments
- Participate in trade associations, industry groups, and scientific forums related to toxicology and risk assessment
- Support regulatory dossiers and provide scientific defense of products and ingredients as needed
- Act as a subject matter expert in regulated processes, providing guidance and support to R&D, Product Development, Legal, and business teams on toxicology-related matters
- Develop and deliver training programs on safety standards and regulatory compliance to various internal audiences
Benefits
- Competitive compensation
- Flexible paid time off
- 11 paid holidays
- Flexible work schedules
- Company Contribution to Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance for Employees and their Families
- Company Paid Employee Life Insurance
- Optional additional Life Insurance
- Short and Long-Term Disability Coverage Options
- Up to 18 weeks for birthing-parents and up to 10 weeks for non-birthing new parents
- Roth and 401k plans: 100% match up to the first 4% and is immediately vested
- Professional Development Reimbursement Program
- Twenty (20) free products per year, plus a friends and family discount
