Product Safety Scientist (Toxicology)

Job Location

Reading

Job Description

Procter & Gamble (P&G) owns globally recognisable brands such as Gillette, Pampers and Oral-B whose winning formulas are built around the model of innovation. Personal Health Care at P&G is a rapidly growing and exciting business which includes brands such as Vicks, Seven Seas and Clearblue.

We are looking for an Associate Scientist to provide Product Safety leadership for our Personal Health Care businesses in Europe and globally. In this role you’ll join the team as they grow and reach more consumers with outstanding health and wellness products via the introduction of new brands and products, global expansion of existing products and a strong innovation pipeline.

The role will be based in Reading Innovation Centre, an inspiring centre of excellence that delivers R&D innovations for the Global markets.

Key Responsibilities:

• Accountable for category product knowledge including key safety issues and regulatory constraints in a Health Care context, covering oral, inhalation, injection and topical exposure.

• Development of safety assessments for actives/raw materials (including botanical/natural substances) used in P&G’s Personal Health Care portfolio. This will involve:

  • review of complex data sets including pre-clinical and clinical safety data to develop safety assessment judgement;

  • assessment of potential for drug/drug, drug/herb and herb/herb interactions and potential for adverse events in a population;

  • support for safety-related product claims, development of label input and assessment of packaging.

• Develop safety related information for our internal and external business partners, consumers, and medical professionals on our major brands in Personal Health Care. This will involve evaluation of the question or concern, partnering with other experts across multiple functions to establish an appropriate safety strategy and development of a safety risk assessment to fully address the need.

• Preparation of safety assessments to support global products and ingredients from innovation through to launch alongside development of Product Safety capability.

• Additional responsibilities may involve developing specific technical expertise, knowledge and methodologies for safety risk assessment for communication with academic, professional or regulatory communities.

• Work effectively in a global context, across multiple functions within R&D, Quality Assurance, Regulatory Affairs, Global Safety Surveillance, Process, Technology and Communications, where you will provide strategic insights to the business, and represent safety as well as with external scientists and regulators.

What we offer you

• Development of world-class skills on the job: you will develop category-specific product and safety risk assessment knowledge for Health Care businesses globally.

• Career opportunities: P&G has a build from within philosophy, meaning you will be offered not just a job but a career with us. You will have the opportunity to decide your own career path with varying experiences for you to develop your skills and progress through the organisation.

• Competitive Benefits: P&G take a Total Rewards approach meaning on top of your salary you can expect a whole range of benefits including: Double Match Pension Scheme; Private Medical Insurance; P&G Contributed Share Programme; 25 Days Holiday, Onsite Gym, and much more.

• Dynamic and respectful work environment: At P&G our employees are at the core, we value every individual and encourage initiatives, promoting agility and work/life balance

Job Qualifications

What we are looking for

• A MSc / PhD in Pharmacology/Toxicology preferred; an equivalent bioscience qualification will be considered.

• Working knowledge of the effects of drugs, chemicals, biological materials, etc. on biological pathways.

• Proven ability forming positive relationships with diverse customers and functions.

• Passion to grow personal capability, technical proficiency, and develop the organization.

• Ability to proactively identify skill/capability gaps and develop a learning plan to expand knowledge.

At P&G #weseeequal

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. At P&G we strive to build a culture where everyone feels welcome, included, and able to bring their full selves to work.

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Job Schedule

Full time

Job Number

R000096433

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