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Director, Consumer Science & Claims Excellence
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Job Details
Contract Type: Unlimited / Full-Time
Country / City: United States / NJ United States
Company: Beiersdorf Inc.
Job Function: Research & Development
Your Tasks
Consumer Research & Evidence Generation
Lead consumer and product interaction activities across key stages of the innovation process
Lead the design, execution, and interpretation of consumer and product-use studies that inform product development and renovation.
Ensure consumer learning is systematically captured, synthesized, and applied to development programs across the portfolio.
Establish and maintain standardized methodologies for consumer research, product testing, and experience evaluation
Science Translation and Product Experience
Translate scientific and technical findings into clear consumer-relevant insights and communication materials to support cross-functional decision making.
Provide scientific input to claims development, substantiation, and interpretation
Develop and maintain sensory, performance, and experience evaluation frameworks
Partner with global teams on scientific communication tools, demos, and visual materials as appropriate
Support U.S. claims governance processes in collaboration with Regulatory and Legal
Claims Substantiation & Governance
Provide scientific input and guidance for claims development, substantiation, and interpretation in collaboration with Regulatory and Legal.
Maintain claims frameworks, standards, templates, and documentation to ensure consistency and readiness for internal/external review.
Monitor external claims landscapes, including regulatory guidance, industry practices, and emerging claim trends, to inform internal testing and substantiation approaches.
Support the U.S. claims governance process and related documentation practices.
Cross-Functional Partnership & Communication
Act as a key scientific partner across Consumer Insights, Marketing, Medical, Regulatory, Packaging, and R&D to ensure coherence between consumer evidence, product performance, and claims.
Prepare concise scientific summaries, visuals, and demonstration materials for internal stakeholders and leadership reviews.
Represent the region in relevant global scientific and R&D forums, sharing methods and learnings.
Shape the Innovation Pipeline & IP Activities
Co-lead innovation pipeline creation with R&D and Marketing
Collaborate with formulation, packaging, and prototyping teams to support early- stage learning and validation
Partner with IP and Legal teams to support protection of scientific data, methods, and claims-relevant know-how
Team Leadership & Capability Building
Build, lead, and develop a multidisciplinary team spanning consumer research and claims support.
Establish clear roles, competencies, and development pathways; foster a culture of scientific rigor, collaboration, and continuous improvement.
Drive consistency and operational excellence through SOPs, tools, and training.
Foster a culture of curiosity, empowerment, scientific rigor, collaboration, and continuous improvement
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ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:
At Beiersdorf, we value diversity and aim to provide equal opportunities to all of our applicants - regardless of e.g. gender, sexual identity, nationality, ethnicity, religion or ideology, disability or age. We would therefore ask you to include only information and data in your documents which are relevant for the assessment of your application (e.g. curriculum vitae with relevant references and certificates). For instance, please feel free to upload your CV without a picture.
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About Beiersdorf
We care for skin. We care for our people.
It all started with a pharmacist and a dream almost 140 years ago. Today, Beiersdorf is a global company with iconic brands - Coppertone, Aquaphor, Eucerin and NIVEA - focused on providing innovative, clinically-proven and safe skin and sun care solutions to more than 500 million consumers in over 200 countries - making people feel comfortable in their own skin.
At Beiersdorf, we care beyond skin. We care for people - our employees, our customers, our consumers and our communities - and our planet. We know that diversity of thought, backgrounds, experience and perspective enriches our culture and supports innovation and ingenuity. We know that responsibly-sourced, sustainable products and packaging make for a more sustainable future. And we know that when your skin feels better, you feel better.
A welcoming workplace that offers personal and professional growth for all individuals.
At Beiersdorf, you'll find:
Unique benefits that consider the whole person.
We understand that you have a life outside of work, and we support you with unique benefits including:
The Director, Consumer Science & Claims Excellence, is responsible for leading consumer and product research activities and providing scientific oversight for claims substantiation across IC North America. The role ensures that consumer evidence, product experience insights, and claims-related decisions are grounded in scientific rigor, aligned with regulatory requirements, and consistently applied across brands.
This position partners closely with Marketing, Consumer Insights, and within R&D with Product Development, Medical, Regulatory, and Packaging teams to support innovation, renovation, and commercialization activities.
This hybrid position requires four days per week onsite at the U.S. Innovation Center in Florham Park, NJ, with periodic travel to Stamford, CT, and up to 30% domestic and international travel, including occasional evenings and weekends for critical meetings and conferences.
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YOUR BENEFITS
Buddy and Mentoring
International Work Environment
Flexible Working Hours
Attractive Salary
Buddy and Mentoring
International Work Environment
Flexible Working Hours
Attractive Salary
Get to know: Ernesto
Beiersdorf Health Care is dedicated to developing trusted wound care solutions for everyday minor wounds. In our R&D Health Care department, we achieve this through innovation, expertise, and close collaboration across functions. In Venezuela, where I grew up, we called a plaster "a curita." Now, helping shape the future of trusted brands like Hansaplast, Elastoplast, and CURITAS through cutting-edge research is a true privilege.
Research & Development
Want to join us in unlocking the complex mechanisms of skin? Our R&D teams are involved in researching effective active ingredients and developing innovative formulas that impress consumers around the world. If you are creative, driven by scientific curiosity, and interested in pioneering technologies, for example in the field of artificial intelligence, then join our Research & Development team and let your potential shine! With us, you will shape the future directly - for the skincare of tomorrow.
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CARE CHANGES EVERYTHING.
About our employees, about society, about creating and improving iconic and global brands that care for their consumers. This unique core belief is what drives Beiersdorf in everything we do - and it's what differentiates our company from our competitors.
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OUR COMMITMENT TO DIVERSITY, EQUITY & INCLUSION
At Beiersdorf we embrace Diversity and Inclusion and are committed to providing equal opportunities to all of our applicants - regardless of race, gender, age, religion and beliefs, sexual orientation and gender identity, disability, cultural, ethnic or national origins. We encourage candidates of all abilities to apply and are ready to provide reasonable accommodations to ensure a fair and equitable recruitment process. In order to avoid bias in the selection process, we encourage you to upload your CV without a picture.
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