Pet & Product Science officer H/F/X

mars; France; On-site; EUR 80,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Mars – Royal Canin in Aimargues (near Montpellier) seeks a Pet & Product Science Officer to lead the management of scientific knowledge assets and robust claim substantiation. You will govern scientific evaluation processes and drive QUEST projects using internal expertise and external specialists.

You will interface with Regulatory Affairs, Legal, Digital, Innovation, Marketing and other R&D functions to ensure knowledge is current, accessible, and translated into business value.

Qualifications

• Master's degree or equivalent in Animal Nutrition, Veterinary Medicine, Animal Science, Biology, Food Science or related field.
• Experience leading cross-functional projects with multiple stakeholders.
• Ability to translate complex science into actionable business recommendations.
• Experience in knowledge management, scientific communication, or claim substantiation.
• Experience collaborating with Regulatory Affairs and Legal teams.
• Strong written and verbal English communication.
• Experience with digital knowledge management and data-driven decision making.

Responsibilities

• Provide guidance on nutritional and scientific content of development projects (QUEST).
• Ensure rigorous scientific approach during innovation projects and pre/post-market phases.
• Connect project teams with scientific expertise to accelerate decision-making.
• Provide evidence for product claims substantiation and assess on-pack risks.
• Balance scientific depth with business potential and adapt messaging for products.
• Build and maintain substantiation dossiers and knowledge repositories.
• Lead governance processes for scientific evaluation and traceability of decisions.
• Support Regulatory Affairs and Legal in responding to scientific/regulatory challenges.
• Oversee tools and data capabilities for PPS, ensuring data quality and governance.

Skills

Cross-functional project management

Synthesising scientific data

Knowledge management

Scientific communication

Regulatory affairs collaboration

Data-driven decision making

Fluency in English

Education

Master's degree or higher in a relevant scientific field

Veterinary degree, PhD or equivalent

Tools

PIU

PatentBox

Darewin

Job description

Job Description:

Segment : Royal Canin

Contract : CDI/Permanent

Location : Aimargues, near to Montpellier

As Royal Canin continues its ambition to be the reference in Health Nutrition, maintaining robust scientific evidence and efficiently leveraging existing knowledge are critical to enabling innovation, claim development, and market compliance.

The Pet & Product Science Officer is responsible for managing and amplifying Royal Canin's scientific knowledge assets, ensuring robust claim substantiation, governance of scientific evaluation processes and tools, and delivery of QUEST projects leveraging existing knowledge or consulting subject matter experts as needed.

The role acts as a key interface between Pet & Product Science, Regulatory Affairs, Legal, Digital, Innovation, Marketing and other R&D functions to ensure scientific knowledge is accessible, current, and effectively translated into business value.

What are we looking for?

• Master's degree, Veterinary degree, PhD or equivalent scientific qualification in Animal Nutrition, Veterinary Medicine, Animal Science, Biology, Food Science or a related scientific discipline.
• Experience managing cross-functional projects involving multiple stakeholders.
• Demonstrated capability to synthesize complex scientific information into actionable business recommendations.
• Experience in knowledge management, scientific communication, or claim substantiation.
• Experience working with Regulatory Affairs and Legal teams.
• Strong oral and written communication skills
• Experience with digital knowledge management systems and data-driven decision making.
• Fluency in English.

What will be your key responsibilities?

• Provide guidance and insights regarding the nutritional and scientific content of development projects (QUEST).
• Ensure a consistent and rigorous nutritional and scientific approach is leveraged during the development of our innovation projects. Act as a custodian of nutritional & scientific consistency & knowledge during the entire pre- and post- market launch process.
• Facilitate efficient decision-making by connecting project teams with the relevant scientific expertise and evidence.
• Provide scientific evidence for product claims substantiation. Accountable for referral claims and evaluatioof scientific risk of on pack claims, proposing solutions to secure the business.
• Balance the level of science requested with business potential and influence to adapt the story for the Product.
• Support Claim Substantiation & Scientific Knowledge Management
  • Promote effective capitalization and re-use of existing scientific learnings, studies, publications, scientific conclusions and substantiation dossiers.
  • Build, maintain and continuously improve Royal Canin's knowledge management capability for health and nutrition claim substantiation.
  • Develop and maintain claim substantiation dossiers (CSDs) and associated scientific evidence repositories.
  • Lead claim substantiation data analysis upon business needs, map substantiation gaps and opportunities.
  • Support Global and Local Regulatory Affairs teams in responding to scientific and regulatory challenges.
  • Ensure claims are supported by current, robust and accessible scientific evidence.
  • Ensure documentation supporting product registrations, technical dossiers and scientific challenges remains current and accessible.
• Lead Governance Processes for Scientific Evaluation
  • Build, implement and maintain governance processes related to Scientific Conclusions, Claim Substantiation, ProtoClaims, Patent identification, Darewin codification frameworks.
  • Drive continuous improvement of scientific evaluation methodologies and governance standards.
  • Facilitate cross-functional alignment on scientific positioning and claim substantiation decisions.
  • Maintain traceability and transparency of scientific decisions and evidence sources.
  • Provide training, guidance and support to stakeholders on governance processes and best practices.
• Manage Patent Box Reporting
  • Coordinate the identification of products linked to patents with relevant R&D teams.
  • Compile and analyze supporting data for Finance to enable Patent Box tax benefits.
• Manage Tools, Digital Solutions & Data Capability for PPS
  • Own the business administration and continuous improvement of substantiation and patent management tools including PIU, PatentBox and Darewin.
  • Ensure data quality, governance and long-term sustainability of scientific databases.
  • Identify opportunities for new digital capabilities and analytical tools including Claim Heat Maps, Competitive Claim Benchmarking, Knowledge Discovery Tools and Scientific Evidence Dashboards.
  • Ensure consistency and connectivity between the tools.
  • Partner with Digital teams to define requirements and implement solutions that improve scientific knowledge accessibility and decision-making.
  • Support training, adoption and change management for existing and future tools.

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