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As a Scientist III, you’ll take ownership of new products from concept through to commercialization. This is a senior, innovation-led role that combines hands-on formulation and product development with market insight, trend scouting, and ingredient innovation. You’ll turn scientific and commercial opportunities into differentiated pet products that strengthen our pipeline.You’ll lead ingredient reviews, develop product formulations, and guide products through lab testing, substantiation, and nutritional testing. Working with internal specialists, external partners, suppliers, and manufacturers, you’ll be responsible for progressing products through each stage of development and preparing them for a successful launch.Acting as a bridge between R&D, marketing, and product development, you’ll bring together scientific expertise, consumer insight, and commercial thinking. You’ll identify emerging ingredients, formats, and category trends, influence product direction, and help ensure innovation is both scientifically credible and commercially relevant.We move and think quickly, so you’ll need to thrive in a fast-paced environment, take confident ownership of your work, and be ready to roll up your sleeves when needed. If that sounds exciting, we’d love you to join our pack!Your day to day will look a little bit like this…Tracking category trends, ingredient research and scientific/clinical developments (new ingredient efficacy data, novel delivery formats, published studies) to keep the pipeline ahead of the market.Leading the aggregation of insight and research findings across the R&D science team into a unified view of white space and pipeline opportunities and translating these into forward-looking innovation briefs.Leading efforts with our Chief Scientist and external partners to formulate new products and bring projects from concept to commercialization.Reviewing and optimising current products, including ongoing review of ingredient scientific data to assess suitability for new or existing formulations.Working closely with compliance, and keeping abreast of evolving regulatory expectations to ensure ingredient, label and marketing claims stay compliantWorking closely with the wider interdepartmental team (NPD, operations, growth and marketing) to support the successful launch of products.What You Need…Bachelor & Masters of Science in a technical area including animal science and nutritionExtensive experience with product formulationDeep knowledge of ingredients, their mode of action, quality variance etcExperience with R&D of early stage yet unproven ingredientsExperience with setting up and executing in-vitro and in-vivo trials, reviewing and reporting on data and resultsExperience in clearly explaining and justifying final formulations and product formatsProven project management skills typically acquired through 5+ years of professional experience leading NPD projects as the key technical member of a cross-functional team, with hands-on experience managing complex projects through to successful launch of new products, packages and processesExcellent oral and written communication skills, people development skills and learning agilityExperience in working with a range of outside partners to deliver project requirementsAbility to translate market intelligence, competitor activity and scientific research into clear, actionable innovation strategy and briefs for cross-functional stakeholdersThe Good Stuff…20 days PTO excluding bank holidaysCompany BonusMedical, Vision and Dental InsuranceShort Term and Long Term disability InsuranceLife Insurance401KWork RemoteMonthly Uber coffee/bagel and lunchMonthly Internet StipendPetlab Co is an equal opportunity employer that is committed to diversity and inclusion. We encourage all applications irrespective of gender, race, sexual orientation, religion, age, nationality, marital status, and disability. We believe that diversity is at the heart of innovation and we welcome passionate candidates from all backgrounds. Come join the family and see for yourself!
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