Clinical Research Specialist - Skin Health/Personal Care

No relocation assistance offered.

About the role

Colgate-Palmolive Company is a global consumer products company operating in over 200 countries specializing in Oral Care, Personal Care, Home Care, Skin Care, and Pet Nutrition. Our products are trusted in more households than any other brand in the world. We are looking for a Clinical Research Specialist for Dermal Clinical Research - Skin Health/Personal Care based in our Piscataway, New Jersey location.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate in-house testing and external clinical/case studies.
• Monitor the conduct of external clinical/case studies.
• 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, and Home Care.
• Identify and help validate new clinical labs to meet increasing Regulatory demands.
• Keep current with science and instrumentation relevant to clinical research through literature, scientific meetings, and consultants.
• Serve as a resource for expertise in clinical design, bio-instrumentation, data interpretation, and in the preparation of manuscripts/posters/oral presentations.
• Assist with study agreements and the processing of invoices (as needed).

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree in Biology or a science-related field.
• 4+ years of functional experience or 2+ years experience with a Master’s degree.
• Subject matter expert with moderate experience in clinical research including study design & execution, clinical methodologies, claim support, and bio-instrumentation (preferably with Personal Care/Skin Health products).
• Strategic and innovative multi-tasker with proven project management expertise.
• Willingness to travel up to 10% of time.

Qualifications

• Moderate experience in clinical research, bio-instrumentation, and peer-reviewed publications (preferably with Personal Care/Skin Health products).
• Understanding of statistical methods to design/interpret clinical data.
• Strong management skills.
• Exceptional communication, presentation, and writing skills.

Pay

Salary Range $96,800.00 - $137,000.00 USD. Pay is determined based on experience, qualifications, and location. Salaried employees may also be eligible for discretionary bonuses, profit-sharing, and long-term incentives for Executive-level roles.

Benefits

• Comprehensive benefits package, including medical, dental, vision, basic life insurance.
• Paid parental leave, disability coverage.
• Participation in the 401(k) retirement plan with company matching contributions subject to eligibility requirements.
• Minimum of 15 vacation/PTO days and 13 paid holidays (vacation days are prorated based on the employee's hire date within the calendar year).
• Paid sick leave adjusted based on role and location in accordance with local laws.