MINERVA Research Labs

Product Development & Regulatory Specialist – Food Supplements, Nutricosmetics

MINERVA Research Labs

full-time

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Location Type: Hybrid

Location: London • United Kingdom

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About the role

  • Develop new product formulations in the nutricosmetic and health food supplement categories.
  • Evaluate ingredient safety, compatibility, and scientific substantiation.
  • Review and validate packaging artwork for regulatory and nutritional accuracy.
  • Ensure packaging, labelling, and marketing claims are compliant with applicable EFSA, UK, EU, and US regulatory frameworks, in collaboration with external regulatory consultants.
  • Prepare and manage regulatory dossiers and documentation (e.g., PIFs, CPSRs, nutritional tables, CoCs…).
  • Support preparation of documentation for the submission of product notifications to different regulatory authorities.
  • Research innovative raw materials and health ingredients (e.g. collagen peptides, vitamins, botanicals).
  • Support and coordinate stability testing plans and ingredient shelf-life assessments with laboratories and manufacturers.
  • Liaise with suppliers and manufacturers on ingredients, product specifications, regulatory, stability, quality testing, and reformulations.
  • Monitor trends in scientific literature and regulations to inform product strategy.

Requirements

  • **Key Responsibilities:**
  • - Develop new product formulations in the nutricosmetic and health food supplement categories.
  • - Evaluate ingredient safety, compatibility, and scientific substantiation.
  • - Review and validate packaging artwork for regulatory and nutritional accuracy.
  • - Ensure packaging, labelling, and marketing claims are compliant with applicable EFSA, UK, EU, and US regulatory frameworks, in collaboration with external regulatory consultants where required.
  • - Prepare and manage regulatory dossiers and documentation (e.g., PIFs, CPSRs, nutritional tables, CoCs…).
  • - Support preparation of documentation for the submission of product notifications to different regulatory authorities (CPNP, MHRA, AESAN, SFDA, FDA, etc.).
  • - Research innovative raw materials and health ingredients (e.g. collagen peptides, vitamins, botanicals).
  • - Support and coordinate stability testing plans and ingredient shelf-life assessments with laboratories and manufacturers.
  • - Liaise with suppliers and manufacturers on ingredients, product specifications, regulatory, stability, quality testing, and reformulations.
  • - Monitor trends in scientific literature and regulations to inform product strategy.
  • **Ideal Candidate:**
  • - BSc or MSc in Nutrition, Dietetics, Biochemistry, Food Science, or a related discipline.
  • - 2-4 years’ experience in product development or regulatory affairs within the food supplement and nutraceutical sectors.
  • - Experience reviewing or supporting nutrition, health, or cosmetic claims substantiation.
  • - Familiarity with EFSA claims, food supplement dossiers in different regions, and cosmetic PIFs.
  • - Experience managing projects with multiple stakeholders and suppliers.
  • - Experience working with borderline products (food supplements vs cosmetic).
  • - Strong attention to detail and ability to work across scientific, regulatory, and commercial teams.
  • - Ability to prioritise multiple projects in a fast-paced product development environment.
Benefits
  • **Excellent benefits including:**
  • - a competitive salary. Base Salary: depending on experience. Sales incentive compensation (when applicable): substantial component of the compensation based on result and paid against the achievement of targets
  • - pension scheme
  • - possibility to be enrolled in the company stock options
  • - discounts on products

Applicant Tracking System Keywords

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Hard skills
product formulationingredient safety evaluationpackaging artwork validationregulatory dossier preparationstability testingshelf-life assessmentnutrition claims substantiationraw materials researchquality testingproject management
Soft skills
attention to detailability to prioritizecollaborationcommunicationstakeholder managementorganizational skillsadaptabilityproblem-solvingteamworktime management
Certifications
BSc in NutritionMSc in NutritionBSc in DieteticsMSc in DieteticsBSc in BiochemistryMSc in BiochemistryBSc in Food ScienceMSc in Food Science