Formulation Scientist (Personal Care)
Atrium Staffing
New Rochelle, NY
Our client, a well-established global consumer products company, is seeking a Formulation Scientist (Personal Care) to support the development of innovative products for global markets.
Salary/Hourly Rate:
$105k - $125k
Position Overview:
This Formulation Scientist (Personal Care) role will focus on new product development and formulation while also contributing to technologies that enhance product performance and support consumer health. This is a high-impact opportunity supporting a flagship product portfolio, with close collaboration across marketing, manufacturing, regulatory, and quality to bring innovative products from concept through launch.
Responsibilities of the Formulation Scientist (Personal Care):
- Lead the formulation and development of innovative personal care products supporting a range of new product initiatives.
- Design and develop targeted formulations, including treatment and specialty care products, to enhance product performance, sensory attributes, and overall consumer benefit.
- Manage multiple product development projects from concept through commercialization while collaborating closely with cross-functional teams.
- Optimize formula performance using technical expertise in surfactants, emulsions, polymers, and related formulation systems.
- Conduct stability, physicochemical, and efficacy testing, including instrumental analysis and application-based product evaluation.
- Partner with marketing to translate consumer insights into innovative product concepts, positioning, and claims.
- Support product claims development through scientific substantiation, testing, and consumer-focused evaluation.
- Troubleshoot formulation, stability, and scale-up challenges that arise during development and commercialization.
- Evaluate emerging raw materials and technologies to support innovation and continuous product improvement.
- Monitor competitive products, technology trends, and relevant patent activity within the personal care category.
- Collaborate with Regulatory and Safety teams to help ensure products meet applicable global compliance and safety standards.
- 5+ years of R&D and formulation experience in consumer products, personal care, or a related category.
- Strong technical expertise in formulation development, including surfactants, emulsions, polymers, and ingredient functionality.
- Experience optimizing products for performance, stability, sensory attributes, and consumer benefit.
- Proven ability to manage product development from concept through commercial launch.
- Familiarity with product safety, testing, and regulatory requirements in a consumer-facing industry.
- Strong collaboration, communication, and problem-solving skills in cross-functional settings.
- Demonstrated creativity and innovation in product and formulation development.
- Bachelor's degree in Chemistry, Biochemistry, Chemical Engineering, or a related scientific field is required.
- An advanced degree is preferred.
- Annual bonus.
- 401(K) with company match.
- PTO.
- Summer Fridays and many more!
As a woman-owned firm, we value diversity. We are an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer and will consider all applications without regard to race, sex (including gender, pregnancy, sexual orientation and gender identity), age, color, religion or creed, national origin or ancestry, veteran status, disability (physical or mental), genetic information, citizenship or any other characteristic protected by law. We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Candidates who apply for roles through the Atrium website will be added to our candidate pool and may be considered for additional roles of a similar title. Please contact us to request an accommodation.
EOE/M/F/D/V/SO
Position ID: 389019
About the Company
Atrium Staffing
Founded in 1995, Atrium is a privately held, woman-owned staffing and recruitment firm. Our mission is to find people jobs they love and create custom staffing and contingent workforce solutions for our clients’ toughest business challenges. We remain dedicated to our founding Applicant-Centric philosophy, the personalized service we offer to every client and the importance of hiring talented, hard-working internal staff who embody our core values every day! Everyone we place and every problem we solve is made that much more rewarding by the motivated, engaging people that make up our team.
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