ABOUT US
OLIPOP was founded in 2017 by Ben Goodwin and David Lester. Ben and David have been working together for nearly a decade to find accessible solutions to bring the benefits of digestive health to as many consumers as possible. OLIPOP is a deliciously refreshing tonic that is crafted with prebiotics, botanicals, and natural plant fiber to support your microbiome and benefit digestive health. We're on a mission to provide an affordable, delicious alternative to soda that delivers leading-edge health benefits to mainstream consumers.
OUR TEAM
At Olipop our values lead the way we create our products, engage with each other, and interact with our community. While we’re invested in our product, we’re equally invested in personal development. We’re tightly knit, we’re genuine and we’re always pushing the envelope to do a better job than we did the day before. Our team is also fully remote, requiring us to be resourceful, creative and collaborative to support our fast-moving business.
To best serve our diverse community of customers, we also seek to recruit and include people with a diversity of abilities, backgrounds, and cultures.
WHAT YOU’LL NEED
Working at a start-up can be as much a personal journey as it is a professional one. To succeed at a company like Olipop, you must be comfortable with failing, learning, and adapting. You need to be curious, optimistic, and able to find a way when it seems impossible. You must be confident enough to express your ideas but humble and open to learning from your experiences and from others. If this is the approach you take to life, then we’d love to hear from you.
THE ROLE
We have an exciting opportunity to join our team as a Research and Education Manager. In this role, you’ll have a wide reaching impact by driving a diverse set of research projects with the aim to continuously develop and validate functional benefits behind our products to ensure that OLIPOP has the intended positive impact on health. Additionally, this role will manage the creation and maintenance of tools and content that highlights and communicates the health and wellness benefits of OLIPOP for the education of internal and external stakeholders.
This role will be closely involved in the execution of many parallel work streams being part of a small, fast paced, and dynamic science and medical affairs team. The ideal candidate has a strong passion for the science behind the gut microbiome, digestive health, and metabolic health, and products that meet consumers where they are within deeply rooted nutritional habits and lifestyles.
RESPONSIBILITIES
- Drive execution of scientific research projects spanning preclinical to clinical trials from conception through to completion
- Effectively manage external research partners (universities, contract research organizations, other labs, etc)
- Support in creating relevant scientific, health or technical content supporting OLIPOP’s core health values
- Support technical writing projects such as whitepapers or scientific manuscripts
- Support retailer registered dietitian & wellness initiatives as needed supporting in-store education, retail health partnerships or conferences and OLIPOP’s scientific leadership position in functional soda
- Embody collaborative, curiosity-oriented, accountability-focused, detail-oriented, and highest impact prioritization mindset guiding decision-making processes
- Willing to “think outside the box” and take calculated risks
QUALIFICATIONS
- Deeply passionate about OLIPOP, and inspired by what we represent. Has the desire and hunger to make an impact
- Bachelor of Science degree in a discipline related human health (e.g., biomedical science, physiology, nutrition)
- Experience (minimum 3+ years, ideally 5+) in industry at either a consumer packaged good brand (functional food and beverage, or dietary supplements), or B2B nutritional ingredient brand
- Relevant training and experience developing and conducting research related to one or more of these areas: human gut microbiome, metabolic health, gastrointestinal health, endocrine system, immune system, cardiovascular system (in order of preference)
- Experience (minimum 3+ years, ideally 5+) in designing and managing clinical trials performed at universities or contract research organizations (preferably the latter)
- Understands the ideal mix of scientific rigor and commercial relevance regarding clinical and preclinical research
- Working knowledge of statistical analyses appropriate for clinical trials. Can work with external statistician expert(s) on appropriate statistical analyses plans
- Familiarity with ICH (E6) Good Clinical Practice (GCP) Guidelines, the Declaration of Helsinki (2013), and US 21 CFR as it pertains to clinical trials
- Familiarity with clinicaltrials.gov and trial registration and update process
- Preferably expertise in designing and managing preclinical trials performed at performed at universities or contract research organizations
- Experience writing or overseeing manuscripts for publication in academic journals
- Industry experience managing and coordinating a variety of projects related to nutrition, gut microbiome, digestive health and/or metabolic health
- Experience with creating technical content at either a consumer packaged good brand (functional food and beverage, or dietary supplements), or B2B nutritional ingredient brand with a focus on health and wellness
- Experience with creating technical content for a diverse group of stakeholders (internal sales team, retailer buyers, retailer health and wellness teams, dietitians, health care practitioners, hospital systems, consumers at all levels, etc.)
- Excellent analytical and problem solving skills with an ability to organize workstreams, timelines, priorities, and milestones. You are systems-thinking yet exceptional at prioritizing for organizational impact and timelines
- Has an abundance of curiosity and a keen understanding of the “why.”
- Embodies our OLIPOP values - commitment, humility, integrity, aspiration, and engaged empathy
- Comfortable leading or being led and ability to effectively communicate at all levels of the organization
- Comfortable with ambiguity, has great attention to execution, and the ability to effectively prioritize at both the project and task level
- This position is remote and requires approximately 25% travel
REPORTS TO:
Sr Director of Scientific & Medical Affairs
COMPENSATION:
$115,000-$120,000 base salary + bonus
We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. Olipop does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy and gender identity), national origin, political affiliation, sexual orientation, marital status, disability, genetic information, age, membership in an employee organization, retaliation, parental status, military service, or other non-merit factor. Applicants and employees are protected from discrimination under Federal law. For more information, please see EEO is the Law.
What We Do
OLIPOP was founded in 2017 by Ben Goodwin and David Lester. Ben and David have been working together for nearly a decade to find accessible solutions to bring the benefits of digestive health to as many consumers as possible.
OLIPOP is a deliciously refreshing tonic that is crafted with prebiotics, botanicals and natural plant fiber to support your microbiome and benefit digestive health. We're on a mission to provide an affordable, delicious alternative to soda that delivers leading edge health benefits to mainstream consumers.
OLIPOP was created with the idea that diversity matters: in the food we eat, in our microbiome and in our communities. Our team is a group of diverse, community-minded individuals who are passionate about helping people from all walks of life make healthier decisions that will impact their overall wellness. We have an emphasis on high performance, growth mindset, authenticity, and having fun in what we do!
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