Specialist Healthy Longevity Physiology

Nestlé; Singapore; On-site; SGD 140,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Nestlé R&D, Singapore seeks a Specialist in Healthy Longevity Physiology to join an interdisciplinary team. You will drive the scientific basis for nutrition that slows aging and prevents chronic diseases, collaborating with computational biologists, nutritionists, and clinicians.

You will design and interpret translational experiments, contribute to clinical trials, and publish in high-impact journals, while communicating results to stakeholders and advancing Nestlé's innovation pipeline.

Qualifications

• PhD or MD/PhD in Physiology, Human Biology, Clinical Nutrition, or related fields.
• 4-6 years of life sciences research experience.
• High-impact publications in healthy longevity and aging research.
• Experience with integrating geroscience trials and biomarkers of aging.
• Ability to apply R-scripts and basic statistics to large cohorts.

Responsibilities

• Ideate and execute research activities using large scale observational human datasets in collaboration with a team of computational biologists, nutritionists, and longevity specialists.
• Understands and works on the application of nutrition that slows biological aging and improves cardiometabolic health in populations at risk. Leverage deep expertise in hallmarks of aging and their link to nutrition to refine research questions applied to human cohorts and contribute to the design and interpretation of clinical research interventions.
• Catalyze generation of research hypotheses into translational concepts and clinical trials in close collaboration between academic scientists and interdisciplinary functions at Nestlé, including scientists, regulatory, product development and legal specialists.
• Collaborative reports and presentations to inform on project updates, align with stakeholders, and drive decision towards advancing the innovation pipeline.
• Ideate, execute and interpret research for publication of impactful manuscripts in well-recognized scientific journals

Skills

R-scripts

Statistics

Science communication

Stakeholder influence

Education

PhD or MD/PhD in Physiology, Human Biology, Clinical Nutrition, or related fields

Tools

R

Job description

Position Summary

Joining Nestlé means you are joining the largest Food and Beverage Company in the world. At our very core, we are a human environment - passionate people driven by the purpose of enhancing the quality of life and contributing to a healthier future. A Nestle career empowers you to make an impact locally and globally, as you are provided with the opportunity to make a mark and stand out, as long as you seek it. With Nestle, you are enabled and encouraged to grow not only as professionals, but also as people.

Position Snapshot

Location: Jurong, Singapore

Company: Nestle R&D, Singapore

Job Type: Full Time

Position Summary

Joining Nestlé means you are joining the largest Food and Beverage Company in the world. At our very core, we are a human environment - passionate people driven by the purpose of enhancing the quality of life and contributing to a healthier future. A Nestle career empowers you to make an impact locally and globally, as you are provided with the opportunity to make a mark and stand out, as long as you seek it. With Nestle, you are enabled and encouraged to grow not only as professionals, but also as people.

The Specialist Healthy Longevity Physiology is working with an interdisciplinary team, driving the scientific basis for innovative nutritional solutions that slow the pace of aging and prevent chronic age-related diseases

A day in the life of a Specialist Healthy Longevity Physiology...

• Ideate and execute research activities using large scale observational human datasets in collaboration with a team of computational biologists, nutritionists, and longevity specialists.
• Understands and works on the application of nutrition that slows biological aging and improves cardiometabolic health in populations at risk. Leverage deep expertise in hallmarks of aging and their link to nutrition to refine research questions applied to human cohorts and contribute to the design and interpretation of clinical research interventions.
• Catalyze generation of research hypotheses into translational concepts and clinical trials in close collaboration between academic scientists and interdisciplinary functions at Nestlé, including scientists, regulatory, product development and legal specialists.
• Collaborative reports and presentations to inform on project updates, align with stakeholders, and drive decision towards advancing the innovation pipeline.
• Ideate, execute and interpret research for publication of impactful manuscripts in well-recognized scientific journals

What Will Make You Successful...

• PhD or MD/PhD in Physiology, Human Biology, Clinical Nutrition, or related fields
• 4-6 years of experience in life sciences research.
• Expertise and a track-record of high impact scientific publications in the field of healthy longevity and aging research
• Experience in contributing to the design and interpretation of clinical interventions, ideally with expertise in integrative GeroScience trials using biomarkers of aging
• Ability to apply R-scripts and perform basic statistics in large human cohort datasets and intervention studies to stratify populations and perform data analytics are a strong plus
• Expertise in the field of menopause research and reproductive aging is a plus
• Experience with industry research and product translation are a strong plus
• Ability to influence stakeholders through strong scientific rationale and storytelling
• Strong communication skills to present research progress and key data.
• Curiosity and motivation to stay updated on in the rapidly evolving field of healthy longevity and human potential.