Within the Satefy Department, you will actively contribute to building the Safety assessment of the future at L'Oréal while managing the current portfolio of regulatory toxicology ingredient assessment and defense. 

As part of your missions you will : 

    • Lead the development of Safety science strategies (including in cerebro, in silico and in vitro) in the context of post-animal testing ban and their application to ingredient safety assessment and registration

    • Oversee and foster the development of non-clinical safety evaluation approaches and, when needed, in vitro testing of cosmetic formulas & cosmetic solutions

    • Manage regulatory toxicology defense of ingredients as well as assessment of new ingredients

    • Foster collaboration within project-related platforms including Chemistry, Early Toxicology, Safety for optimization of chemical entities and participate in research-based external consortia involved in the development of new safety assessment paradigm in Cosmetics

    • Contribute to the implementation of digital related safety strategies and solutions for ingredients and new fields of innovation

    • Manage CROs portfolio and lead outsourcing of in vitro Safety tests for ingredients and formulas 

    • Promote and enhance dissemination of Safety sciences and safety risk assessment applied to new cosmetics fields within the department

    • Lead mechanistic toxicology concepts development and use of appropriate tools when appropriate in collaboration with Advanced Research

    • Build modern literature-based hazard/risk identification approaches for cosmetic ingredients and chemicals as well as external safety content watch & mining strategies

    • Lead (directly and indirectly) a community of Safety scientists/toxicologists

To succeed you have : 

    • A PhD in Toxicology / Life Sciences, at least 10 to 15 years’ experience in product development-related toxicology in regulated Pharma/Chemicals environments

    • Hands on experience in mechanistic toxicology, in vitro/silico toxicology methods and investigative toxicology strategies development and their use in the context of product development & registration

    • Proven track record of participation/leadership in intra-sectorial, cross-sectorial Research initiatives in new toxicological/safety assessment methods and strategies development

    • Proven scientific and leadership track record in Safety Sciences (publications, oral communications)

    • Proven experience of people management (various levels from technicians to PhDs)

    • A full English spoken/written proficiency (French optional) 

You are : 

    •  A team player with the ability to work within a multinational organization.

    •  Strong communication skills and influential leadership 

    • Able to coordinate cross-functional stakeholders  

    • Able to adapt to different stakeholders 

    • Able to anticipate and prioritize skills; thoroughness and organization