WHO WE ARE:

Founded by a dream team of world-class cosmetic scientists, MIT engineers, and developers, Function of Beauty creates personalized hair and skin care formulations that are individually filled and formulated based on one's unique hair/skin type, hair goals, and preferences.

THE PERKS:

Function of Beauty perks includes eligibility for medical, dental, and vision starting the month after you are hired. You also receive short-term and long-term disability, 401(k) with company match, paid time-off, safe and sick time, and discounted customized products. As a growing company there is plenty of room for professional growth. Function of Beauty believes in great employee culture, so we often have employee events for our people.

WHAT YOU'LL DO:

Function of Beauty is looking for a hands-on Research Chemist to help drive our business growth and product initiatives. The role will report into a senior level chemist where you will independently lead projects and support platform projects, developing customizable cutting-edge formulations across hair and skin care, correlating the relationship between ingredients and product performance.

THIS POSITION IS BASED OUT OF OUR R&D CENTER IN SOHO, NYC

WHAT YOU NEED:

• 3+ years of experience formulating personal care products
• A minimum of a BS in Chemistry, or related field, is required.
• Basic understanding of surfactant, emulsion, and cosmetic science.
• Expertise in materials and surface characterization techniques used for evaluation of products applies to hair.
• Show creativity and resourcefulness to come up with solutions to issues, which may arise during product development and/or in anticipation to issues which may appear.
• Familiar with GLP, GMP, QA, and QC personal care industry best practices.
• Demonstrate exceptional aptitude towards understanding consumer insights and applying them towards the formulation of new hair care products.
• Familiar with formulation and raw material regulatory guidelines and restrictions, specifically for NA and EU.

REQUIRED SKILLS & ABILITIES:

• Exhibit project management skills and the ability to manage several projects.
• Adaptable around changing project requirements and priorities
• Good experimentalist with ability to expand deeper into structure or mechanism of action
• Strong interpersonal, written/verbal, and presentation skills.
• Demonstrated ability to work effectively with cross-functional teams.
• Interact with raw material vendors and other industry representatives to further expand on the understanding of their products, technologies, and services.
• Support Manufacturing and Quality teams as needed.

Employment Category:

• Full Time, Exempt

The information contained herein is not intended to be an all-inclusive list of the duties and responsibilities of the job, nor are they intended to be an all-inclusive list of the skills and abilities required to successfully do the job.

Function of Beauty is an Equal Opportunity Employer