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We are looking to hire a R&D Associate in our S&T Human Biology team based in Bangalore:

Job Purpose:

Human Biology (HB) team in Bangalore, is responsible for delivering superior skin brightening technologies across skin care and cleansing brands like GAL, PNDS, Lakme, Vaseline, Murad, Lux, Dove etc. The team’s responsibilities span new technology findings, generating new insights, building novel claims, developing new models and capabilities. One of the current requirements from skin care and cleansing category is to build expertise for sunscreen-bioactive for skin pigmentation and glow benefit. Sunscreens are known to give protection for UV induced damages including pigmentation, aging and barrier. However, using sunscreen in the product has its own challenges like cost, sensory, biodegradability, blue light protection etc. The current strategy to build potent bioactive with SPF combination to overcome challenges and also to drive significant consumer benefits.

Key accountabilities:

The appointee will be responsible for understanding photobiology, developing cell culture and 3D tissue models, understanding mode of action, exploring pigmentation benefits in the day vs night, developing consumer demo and implementing robust technologies that are aligned to our skin care and cleansing categories.

Towards this, she/he will

Skills and Competencies