In-Office Singapore: Formulation Knowledge Architect

PatSnap; Singapore; On-site; SGD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Patsnap’s Formulation Domain Specialist role is based in our Singapore office, focused on building a structured formulation knowledge base from patents, literature, and technical sources. You will define how formulation knowledge is represented, evaluated, and connected to evidence, working with scientists, data scientists, engineers, and product managers.

You will translate expert judgment into schemas, curation guidelines, benchmarks, and evaluation rules to improve quality and traceability of

Qualifications

• Degree in formulation science, chemistry, polymer science, materials science, chemical engineering, pharmaceutical science, cosmetic science, or a related field.
• At least 5 years of relevant experience in formulation R&D, scientific information analysis, technical data curation, or knowledge management.
• Strong understanding of formulation design, including ingredient functions, concentrations, processing conditions, test methods, and performance relationships.
• Ability to evaluate evidence across patents, scientific papers, technical datasheets, and experimental records.
• Experience developing structured domain knowledge through schemas, taxonomies, controlled vocabularies, normalization rules, or similar approaches.
• Ability to translate scientific judgment into clear, repeatable guidelines and quality standards.
• Strong project leadership and cross-functional communication skills. Proficient in English and Chinese.

Responsibilities

• Define and maintain the knowledge model for formulations, including ingredients, functions, concentrations, processes, properties, test methods, and performance results.
• Establish evidence and quality standards, including how proposed, prepared, and tested formulations are distinguished and how provenance, confidence, and conflicting information are represented.
• Develop normalization rules that connect formulation information across patents, scientific literature, datasheets, and other technical sources.
• Build guidelines, benchmarks, and evaluation datasets for formulation extraction, search, and AI-generated outputs.
• Work with product, data science, and engineering teams to turn expert judgment and user feedback into improvements to the data and product.
• Lead the review and resolution of complex formulation-data questions and support the quality management of internal or external curation work.

Skills

Project leadership

Cross-functional collaboration

English and Chinese proficiency

Education

Degree in formulation science, chemistry, polymer science, materials science, chemical engineering, pharmaceutical science, cosmetic science, or related field

Tools

Formulation informatics

ELN/LIMS

Knowledge graphs

Job description

Patsnap’s Formulation Domain Specialist role is based in our Singapore office, focused on building a structured formulation knowledge base from patents, literature, and technical sources. You will define how formulation knowledge is represented, evaluated, and connected to evidence, working with scientists, data scientists, engineers, and product managers.

You will translate expert judgment into schemas, curation guidelines, benchmarks, and evaluation rules to improve quality and traceability of