Clinical Research Specialist - Skin Health/Personal Care
About The Position
Colgate-Palmolive Company is a global consumer products company operating in over 200 countries specializing in Oral Care, Personal Care, Home Care, Skin Care, and Pet Nutrition. We are looking for a Clinical Research Specialist for Dermal Clinical Research - Skin Health/ Personal Care based in our Piscataway, New Jersey location. Join Colgate-Palmolive, a caring, innovative growth company reimagining a healthier future for people, their pets, and our planet. Guided by our core values—Caring, Inclusive, and Courageous—we foster a culture that inspires our people to achieve common goals. Together, let's build a brighter, healthier future for all.
Requirements
- Bachelor's Degree in Biology or a science related field.
- 4+ years of functional experience or 2+ years experience with a Master’s degree
- Subject matter expert with moderate experience in clinical research including study design & execution, clinical methodologies, claim support and bio-instrumentation (preferably with Personal Care/Skin Health products).
- Strategic and innovative multi-tasker with proven project management expertise.
- Willingness to travel up to 10% of time.
Nice To Haves
- Moderate experience in clinical research, bio-instrumentation and peer-reviewed publications (preferably with Personal Care/Skin Health products).
- Understanding of statistical methods to design/interpret clinical data.
- Strong management skills.
- Exceptional communication, presentation, and writing skills.
Responsibilities
- Coordinate in-house testing and external clinical/case studies.
- Monitor the conduct of external clinical/case studies.
- Identify and help develop new innovative clinical methods to explore new technical leads, active ingredients and product claims substantiation.
- Work with cross-functional project teams (Product Development, Implementation & Support, Research & Implementation, Safety, Regulatory, Legal, Marketing) to review concepts/claims trackers and develop robust clinical programs to support Personal Care, Skin Health and Home Care.
- Identify and help validate new clinical labs to meet increasing Regulatory demands.
- Keep current science and instrumentation relevant to clinical research through literature, scientific meetings and consultants.
- Serve as a resource for expertise in clinical design, bio-instrumentation, data interpretation and in the preparation of manuscripts/posters/oral presentations.
- Assist with study agreements and the processing of invoices (as needed).
Benefits
- medical
- dental
- vision
- basic life insurance
- paid parental leave
- disability coverage
- participation in the 401(k) retirement plan with company matching contributions subject to eligibility requirements
- a minimum of 15 vacation/PTO days
- 13 paid holidays
- Paid sick leave
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
