Toxicologist- Beauty, Consumer Goods

Henkel; Trumbull (CT); In loco; USD 90.000 - 100.000; Tempo pieno

Vantaggi offerti da questo lavoro

Health Insurance

Work-Life Balance

Financial: 401k & bonus

Family Support

Career Growth

Descrizione del lavoro

Henkel is seeking a Toxicologist for the Consumer Brands unit in Trumbull, CT. You will perform safety reviews of cosmetics, collaborating with product development, regulatory affairs, and consumer insights from ingredient selection through launch and post-market stewardship.

The role requires advanced toxicology training, strong communication, and leadership capabilities, with opportunities to engage in industry groups and apply cutting-edge risk assessment principles.

Competenze

• Excellent communication skills to convey complex toxicology concepts to technical and non-technical audiences.
• Strong collaboration with cross-functional teams across geographies.
• Ability to apply risk assessment principles and new scientific tools.
• Willingness to learn and lead in a fast-paced environment.
• Experience communicating with regulatory affairs and external consultants.

Mansioni

• Oversee safety and toxicological review of consumer cosmetic products.
• Collaborate with Product Development, Regulatory Affairs, and Consumer Technical Insights from ingredient selection to launch.
• Serve as liaison with regulatory bodies and external parties.
• Apply Next Generation Risk Assessment principles in product risk assessment.
• Represent Henkel in toxicology societies and industry groups.
• Contribute to process improvements and new toxicological methodologies.

Conoscenze

Excellent communication

Explain complex toxicology

Collaboration across teams

Critical thinking

Formazione

PhD or Master in Toxicology

Descrizione del lavoro

Toxicologist- Beauty, Consumer Goods

Consumer BrandsResearch & DevelopmentUnited States, Trumbull, CT, CTFull TimeRegular

About this Position

At Henkel, you’ll be part of an organization that’s shaping the future through innovation, sustainability and collaboration. With our trusted brands like Persil®, ‘all®, Loctite®, Snuggle®, and Schwarzkopf® and our cutting‑edge technologies, you’ll have countless opportunities to explore new paths and grow.

This position is with our Consumer Brands business unit – where we empower our employees to bring the best Laundry & Home Care and Hair products to people around the world.

Dare to learn new skills, advance in your career and make an impact at Henkel.

What you´ll do

• Responsible for safety and toxicological review of Henkel consumer products with focus on cosmetics.
• The toxicologist will work closely with Product Development, Regulatory Affairs and Consumer Technical Insights, from early ingredient selection through product launch and post‑market stewardship to assure Henkel product safety standards are upheld.
• This role will also serve as a liaison for regulatory affairs with outside parties, such as regulatory organizations, stakeholders and external consultants.
• Study, understand and apply Next Generation Risk Assessment principles and tools to continue development of cosmetic product risk assessment practices at Henkel North America.
• Represent Henkel in external toxicological societies as well as relevant industry groups and associations. Integrate new scientific principles and tools in areas of chemical risk assessment and exposure evaluation.
• Responsible for ensuring that formulations and new product applications are evaluated using science‑based approaches that support both consumer protection and product innovation. Contribute to process improvements and development of new toxicological principles to be applied internally.

This role sits at the intersection of toxicology, regulatory science, consumer safety and product development.

What makes you a good fit

• PhD or Master in field of Toxicology
• Regulatory knowledge is a plus.
• Excellent communication skills.
• Ability to communicate complex toxicological concepts clearly to both technical and non‑technical audiences.
• Strong collaborator, working well with professionals across different backgrounds and geographies.
• Critical thinker, relevant scientific methodologies and processes.
• Eager to learn and lead.

Some benefits of joining Henkel

• Health Insurance : affordable plans for medical, dental, vision and wellbeing starting on day 1
• Work-Life Balance : Paid time off including sick, vacation, holiday and volunteer time, flexible & hybrid work policies (depending on role), and vacation buy / sell program
• Financial : 401k matching, employee share plan with voluntary investment and Henkel matching shares, annual performance bonus, service awards and student loan reimbursement
• Family Support: 12-week gender neutral parental leave (up to 20 weeks for parents giving birth), fertility support, adoption & surrogacy reimbursement, discounted child and elderly care, and scholarships
• Career Growth: diverse national and international growth opportunities, access to thousands of skills development courses, and tuition reimbursement

The salary range for this role is $90,000.00 and $100,000.00. This range represents the good‑faith minimum and maximum wages the Company reasonably expects to offer for this role at the time of posting. In addition to base salary, this position may be eligible for incentive pay or other forms of compensation, as applicable. The Company also offers a comprehensive benefits package as described above. Actual compensation will be based on factors such as the candidate’s skills, experience, education, training, and work location. This posting is intended to comply with all applicable state and local pay transparency laws.

At Henkel, we come from a broad range of backgrounds, perspectives, and life experiences. We believe the uniqueness of all our employees is the power in us. Henkel is an equal opportunity employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, disability, veteran status, genetic information, and other legally protected categories.

JOB ID: 26102491

Job Locations: United States, CT, Trumbull, CT