We are a multi-line cannabis products company, specializing in both medical marijuana/CBD products, and health & wellness / personal care products. We have been in business since 2014 and have extensive research and experience in customized solutions for medical patients, including stage 3 and stage 4 cancer patients. We work with physician groups who direct all of their patients to us for their medicine and customized protocols.
We are also about to launch a new personal care product line. With that, we are looking to add an additional chemist to our team as a key member.
We are based in Huntington Beach, but the opportunity will be a combination of onsite work as well as research that can be completed remotely.
This is a profit sharing opportunity within our business with opportunity for stock ownership.
Primary Responsibilities/Accountabilities
- Production lead for current product lines and customized formulations.
- Creates and develops new and improved products, innovative ideas, processes, protocols, techniques, and systems to support organizational goals
- Creates and develops innovative and differentiated solutions
- Manage the product development process, from small scale laboratory to pilot plant to commercialization scale
- Monitor potential product formulations for stability over time and under varying levels of light and heat
- Test potential products for resistance to bacterial growth
- Communicate with sales, marketing, and business development teams about potential new products
- Maintain current knowledge of relevant industry standards, and ensure compliance with their requirements
- Effectively uses project management/milestone planning techniques to drive multiple concurrent opportunities
- Carries out research on assigned technology, concepts, technical opportunities, materials
- Identifies and/or evaluates materials or technologies to assess technical performance
- Uses experimental designs, researches, analyzes and interprets data to determine feasibility/efficacy of proposed solutions
- Proactively scans and researches new concepts, materials, technical opportunities
- Provides, interprets, and communicates practical technical information using standard formats and archiving methods
- Participates in and/or represents R&D by appropriately providing, interpreting and communicating practical technical information and project status
- Is a technical and problem solving resource
- Recommends product modifications and process improvements
- Supports other R&D functions, Product Management Group, Regulatory
- Implements, develops and/or improves test methodologies and/or processes
- Supports patent or Licensing applications and maintains confidentiality
- Follows and supports current Good Manufacturing Practices and current Good Laboratory Practices
- Follows appropriate lab safety practices
Role Specific Requirements
- Production:
- Production lead for current product lines and custom formulations
- Product Development:
- Develops, identifies, and modifies new and existing formulations and technologies for improved performance and/or cost reduction
- Establishes new methods for evaluating products
- Leads interactions with contract formulation labs
- Prepares samples for testing, such as stability, efficacy, or safety
- Identifies process improvements with regard to routine lab testing
- Effectively uses project management techniques to drive projects to completion
- Prepares specifications for raw materials and formulations
- Supports scale-up and pilot plant processing
- Documents projects through technology transfer documentation and project reports
- Process Research / Engineering:
- Develops new processes for new or existing products
- Designs experiments and protocols to ensure scalability and robustness of new and/or modified formulations and processes
- Undertake research on ways to improve the production processes for existing products
- Analytical Chemistry:
- Interacts with external contract analytical labs to extend capabilities
- Determines and manages data collection methods to be employed in research projects and panel surveys and guides statistical design and analysis of studies before and after execution
- Analyzes information and evaluates results to identify issues and make recommendations and how they can be used
- Technical Liaison:
- Develops and delivers technical communications to support product performance, off-label information and infection control strategies to both internal and external customers
- Assists in / Prepares scientific presentations to colleagues, customers/end-users, technical, medical and trade conferences
- Serves as a technical resource
Duties May Also Include:
- Actively participates in professional and technical organizations
- Leads optimization of existing techniques, methods and processes and implements improvements
- Leads creation of publications and/or presentations at technical conferences
- Maintains all aspects of their departmental lab and establishes laboratory processes
Education and Experience Required
- A minimum of one year’s professional experience as a formulation or product development scientist
- Bachelor's Degree in Chemistry, Physical chemistry or Organic chemistry, or similar applied science field required
Additional General/Technical Skills Required
- Communicates across the organization using oral, written and electronic media.
- Will contact various groups such as Regulatory, Supply Chain, procurement, Marketing and external suppliers (raw materials, packaging, services, equipment, contractors, etc.), vendors/suppliers and potential business technical partners.
- Works highly independently with minimum supervision using good judgment.
- Performing work that is varied and may be somewhat difficult in character and involves supervisory approval as necessary.
- Time management and prioritization skills to balance competing project and timelines in a fast-paced environment
Job Types: Full-time, Part-time, Commission
Experience:
- products development: 3 years
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