Role Description
Based in Dubai and reporting to the Head of Skin Sciences within the Discovery Sciences Group, you will lead the R&D Portfolio of Himalaya Skin Care across NPDs and EPDs. You will identify unmet needs and emerging opportunities, translating them into relevant concepts for the innovation pipeline. You will be responsible for claims ideation, evidence generation, and substantiation strategies. You will translate product science into robust and differentiated consumer-facing claims, ensuring speed-to-market while driving technical credibility, product superiority, and portfolio growth.
Key Responsibilities
- Drive the R&D portfolio across NPDs and EPDs within the Skin Care franchise (Face, Body, Lip), ensuring clear differentiation and competitive positioning.
- Partner with Brand teams to define product target profiles, technical requirements, and innovation priorities from concept to launch.
- Evaluate market trends, scientific literature, consumer insights, and derma perspectives to identify unmet needs and develop differentiated product concepts.
- Identify emerging technologies, ingredients, and scientific advancements to strengthen the future innovation pipeline of the Skin Care franchise.
- Develop regulatory compliant and scientifically sound claims, reasons-to-believe, and evidence-generation strategies, including design and interpretation of clinical studies.
- Translate complex clinical and technical data into clear, compelling, and credible communication for consumers, healthcare professionals, and internal stakeholders.
- Review artwork and communication materials to ensure alignment with substantiation plans, scientific evidence, formulation benefits, and study outcomes.
- Support Marketing through scientific communication materials, FAQs, and educational content.
- Propose impactful demos to communicate product safety, efficacy, and ingredient science across promotional, e-commerce, and educational platforms.
- Maintain the master repository for actives, clinical evidence, claims grids, substantiation assets, and artwork.
Required Expertise
- Previous experience in skincare industry with deep knowledge of skin science and regulatory landscape.
- Demonstrated ability to translate complex clinical and technical insights into compelling consumer narratives.
Behavioral & Language Skills
- Ability to influence and collaborate effectively across R&D, Marketing, Regulatory, and Senior Leadership teams.
- Highly organized with portfolio-management mindset.
- High accountability, proactive ownership, and collaborative approach.
Preferred Qualifications
- PhD, MD, PharmD, or master's degree in Cosmetic Science, Life Sciences, Formulation, or related field.
