Senior Principal Toxicologist

Summary

The job is for a Toxicology position at Juul Labs, a fast-growing company focused on eliminating combustible cigarettes. The role involves supporting toxicology functions, developing product safety assessment frameworks, and interacting with cross-functional teams. The ideal candidate should have a PhD in Toxicology, Pharmacology or related discipline, with at least 15 years of postgraduate experience or 10 years industry experience.

Requirements

• Working knowledge on regulatory and safety studies of FDA-regulated products including consumer products, tobacco products, in various forms of test materials (individual ingredients, complex mixtures; particulates, aerosols) are highly beneficial
• Solid understanding on the principle of tobacco harm reduction and scientific evidence published for potential reduced-risk products (e.g., e-vapor, heat-not-burn; tobacco) is essential
• Experience conducting human safety assessments of consumer products, medical devices, pharmaceuticals, or chemicals
• Excellent project management and team work skills

Responsibilities

• Support toxicology functions associated with current products and development of new technologies
• Develop pragmatic and scientifically defensible product safety assessment framework that aligns and supports human risk assessment and as needed reduced-risk substantiation
• Interact across functions including Product Development, Quality, Supply Chain and Regulatory Science/Affairs to ensure product safety assessment and associated processes are designed according to business goals and meets the quality and regulatory expectations
• Provide Product Integrity support across products, materials, ingredients, technologies, manufacturing processes, etc. for JUUL
• Establish and provide human health risk assessment approached to cross-functional activities across JUUL
• Develop technical documents on various scientific, risk assessment, and regulatory topics
• Monitor and address the complex toxicological and biological issues related to the ingredients and materials used in the production of the company’s products
• As necessary, provide the company with opinions or recommendations related to the safe use of product components
• Assist with preparation and/or review of materials supporting regulatory submissions

Preferred Qualifications

• Proven record of external presentations and peer-review publications in topics related to tobacco harm reduction is desirable
• Excellent interpersonal, written/oral communication skills

Benefits

• A place to grow your career
• People. Work with talented, committed and supportive teammates
• Equity and performance bonuses. Every employee is a stakeholder in our success
• Cell phone subsidy, commuter benefits and discounts on JUUL products
• Excellent medical, dental and vision benefits