Cosmetics Safety & Chemistry SME II: Regulatory Data

Cognizance Technologies, LLC; Silver Spring (MD); On-site; USD 95,000 - 135,000; Full time

Job summary

Cognizance Technologies, LLC in Silver Spring, MD seeks a Subject Matter Expert II with a chemistry background and pharmaceutical sciences, including botanicals for cosmetics, to support FDA post-market safety assessments.

The role involves interpreting registration, product listing, and adverse event data to inform compliance and risk decisions, developing tooling for data analyses, and preparing monthly COR deliverables documenting work and findings.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or Master’s in Chemistry, Pharmaceutical Sciences, or a related field.
• 5+ years of relevant professional experience.
• Knowledge of cosmetic and/or pharmaceutical formulation and analytical specs.
• Understanding of ingredient function in formulations.

Responsibilities

• Cosmetic Registration and Product Listing: interpret FDA data for safety and compliance.
• Ingredient Assessments: assign functional identifiers for safety assessments.
• Tool Identification and Development: create tools using listing and adverse event data.
• Data Reporting: report product listing, registration, and adverse event findings.
• Guidance and Policy Support: contribute to data analyses in guidance documents.
• Prepare monthly deliverables for the COR with findings.

Skills

Cosmetics formulation

Data interpretation

Technical writing

MS Office

Education

Chemistry/Pharmaceutical Sciences

Job description

Cognizance Technologies, LLC in Silver Spring, MD seeks a Subject Matter Expert II with a chemistry background and pharmaceutical sciences, including botanicals for cosmetics, to support FDA post-market safety assessments.

The role involves interpreting registration, product listing, and adverse event data to inform compliance and risk decisions, developing tooling for data analyses, and preparing monthly COR deliverables documenting work and findings.