R&D Coordinator

#MaesaMagic   

The next gen beauty company, Maesa is transforming the industry by incubating and growing meaningful, innovative brands and making prestige beauty accessible. Maesa believes beauty ignites inspiration, creativity, imagination, and connection, sparking new ideas and possibilities, and meeting unmet consumer needs. Through best-in-class design, formulation, brand creation and marketing capabilities, Maesa delivers new, better and different products with an unsurpassed speed to market. Maesa works with a variety of retailers to create and launch brands across beauty and wellness categories. The current portfolio includes Kristin Ess, Hairitage by Mindy McKnight, Fine'ry, Being Frenshe, and Niches & Nooks among other brands. For more information, visit www.maesa.com.

The R&D Coordinator manages and maintains all our internal and external formulas testing up to date as well as managing all the pre-regulatory documentation. In this role, the coordinator will prepare a technical presentation for future launches to the I&I teams. The coordinator will create stability templates and issues final reports for all the brands and create final dossiers to formally release formulas for production. 

The role is based in NYC and you will be expected in office 3 days a week, at minimum per Company policy. 

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES 

• Lead formula onboarding into Eco Mundo and/or updated software (including formulas, stability reports, PET reports, claims, etc.)  
• Pre-liminary review of all formulas ILN for compliance  
• Manage all stability reports and share findings with corresponding chemist.  
• Coordinate all extra samples shipping with different vendors (bulk for fragrance base/ bulk for packaging/ etc.)  
• Manage each of the brand trackers for submissions/ formulas/ samples/ testing for the whole R&D team  
• Manage digital formula libraries for R&D  
• Catalogs digitally raw materials and actives  
• Prepares R&D innovation presentations for future launches 
• Request and manage formula documents (COA/ Pre-Regulatory documents) to provide to regulatory once formula approval for internal formulas 
• Conduct stability as required by the supervisor, i.e., track stability, update results charts and summarize data for review at each test period. 
• Document in MAESA Lab book every batch made with details of reason for the batch, batching notes, batch specification results and other test results as applicable.  
• Conduct efficacy testing as required by supervisor 
• Conduct laboratory efficacy tests and write reports detailing experiments, analysis and summary of results 
• Communicate formulation stability and efficacy issues promptly and thoroughly to supervisor 
• Work together with Senior Scientists to prepare lab batches of formulas needed for submitting samples for new developments and reformulate / resubmit them based on I&I team’s feedback. 
• Develop detailed lab scale process for success including order of addition, critical raw materials and processing parameters, bench standard and benchmark, and lab scale preliminary specification and test results 
• Perform/Monitor calibration and validation of all lab instruments. 
• Maintain clean, safe and well-organized lab working area.  
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment; must be self-motivated and self-directed  
• Strong organizational and communication skills, and the ability to work with a high degree of autonomy  
• Strength in timeline management, managing multiple projects simultaneously 

Qualifications and Requirements 

• Bachelor’s Degree – Chemistry, Engineering or related field of study  
• 3-5 years of beauty industry/personal care, including formulation and scale-up, required  
• Strong communication skills and adept negotiating/influencing competencies 

What We Offer   

$70,000/yr - $80,000/yr. Exact compensation may vary based on skills, experience, and location. This position is eligible for participation in a discretionary bonus plan based on individual and company performance.   

Maesa offers a variety of benefits to eligible employees. Employees can choose to enroll in health insurance coverage, wellness programs, life and disability insurance, and retirement savings plans. Through generous paid time off, a hybrid office setup, and paid leave options, Maesa encourages wellness and balance among employees.   

Our Commitment to You

At Maesa, we live by our values of collaboration, curiosity, game-changing, creativity, and discipline.  We believe our people and partners are a creative force that catalyzes the possibilities in beauty to break through traditional limits and discover the “new” without restriction. We prioritize creating and fostering a welcoming environment for employees, partners, ideas, approaches, and endeavors — all through a spirit of warmth and inclusivity. As set forth in Maesa’s Equal Employment Opportunity policy, we do not discriminate on the basis of any protected group status under any applicable law.

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