Senior Toxicologist - 12 month contract
Today
Sao Paulo Office
JOB DESCRIPTION
You’re not the person who will settle for just any role. Neither are we. Because we’re out to create Better Care for a Better World, and that takes a certain kind of person and teams who care about making a difference. Here, you’ll bring your professional expertise, talent, and drive to building and managing our portfolio of iconic, ground-breaking brands. In this role, you’ll help us deliver better care for billions of people around the world. It starts with YOU.
The incumbent Senior Toxicologist safety professional guides clinical substantiation and conducts human health safety assessments of consumer, cosmetic, personal care, and professional products in the Central and South America regions. The incumbent will conduct product safety and health risk assessments, ensuring compliance to safety standards and regulations, and collaborate on stewardship initiatives on a range products and components through all phases of development, commercialization and post-market surveillance. This position is located in Sao Paulo, Brazil.
In this role, you will:
-
Conduct and communicate human health safety risk assessments on a broad range of products, including the substantiation of safety-related claims and taking into consideration identified hazards and exposure according to the intended product use. This includes assessment of scientific literature, evaluation of the toxicological database, determination of appropriate toxicological and other safety endpoints, design hazard analysis, failure mode analysis, exposure assessments, clinical evaluation and written documentation.
-
Manage the design, monitoring and interpretation of chemical characterization analyses, in vitro and in vivo toxicology, safety testing, and biocompatibility conducted under Good Laboratory Practices (GLP), and when applicable, clinical studies conducted under Good Clinical Practices (GCP).
-
Contribute to and effectively communicate product safety guidance and regulatory safety compliance information, safety point-of-view papers and health risk assessments to internal or external technical experts as well as functional and business unit leaders and management. Represent K-C’s key business interests on trade association task forces.
-
Effectively support life cycle management through collaboration with cross-functional teams to review and respond to safety post-market surveillance data with documented assessments, risk-benefit analysis, and risk management activities.
-
Conduct her or himself in accordance with Kimberly-Clark leadership behaviors and corporate policies and procedures with an expectation to maintain and enhance their technical, professional, leadership and communication skills through professional development and participation in scientific conferences and meetings, publication of appropriate work in peer-reviewed journals and other aspects of technical and leadership development.
About Us
Huggies®. Intimus®. Poise®. Plenitud®. You already know our legendary brands—and so does the rest of the world. In fact, millions of people use Kimberly-Clark products every day. We know these amazing Kimberly-Clark products wouldn’t exist without talented professionals, like you.
At Kimberly-Clark, you’ll be part of the best team committed to driving innovation, growth and impact. We’re founded on more than 150 years of market leadership, and we’re always looking for new and better ways to perform – so there’s your open door of opportunity. It’s all here for you at Kimberly-Clark.
Led by Purpose. Driven by You.
About You
You perform at the highest level possible, and you appreciate a performance culture fueled by authentic caring. You want to be part of a company actively dedicated to sustainability, inclusion, wellbeing, and career development. You love what you do, especially when the work you do makes a difference. At Kimberly-Clark, we’re
constantly exploring new ideas on how, when, and where we can best achieve results. When you join our team, you’ll experience Flex That Works: flexible (hybrid) work arrangements that empower you to have purposeful time in the office and partner with your leader to make flexibility work for both you and the business.
To succeed in this role, you will need the following qualifications:
- Degree in toxicology, pharmacology, biomedical or related scientific field of study with prior relevant experience:
-
Bachelor’s degree with 5+ years of experience, or
-
Master’s degree with 3+ years of experience, or
-
PhD, MD, DVM with some relevant experience preferred
- Knowledge of industry, scientific safety and risk assessment practices, principles and procedures. Knowledge and understanding of toxicological testing and clinical study design.
- Proficient knowledge in regulatory science, risk assessment practices and national/international quality management system requirements with emphasis in the Central and South America regions (e.g. ISO, EU, USFDA, CPSC, Cofepris, ANVISA, ANMAT, etc.) associated with the development, commercialization and manufacture of consumer, professional and personal care products.
- Strong interpersonal communication and technical writing skills with demonstrated proficiency working effectively with technical staff from diverse backgrounds and cultures. Must be an effective communicator in oral and written correspondences as well as presentation formats.
- Ability to communicate fluently (speak, read, write) in English.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Ability to communicate effectively (speak, read, write) in Spanish.
- Certification by the American Board of Toxicology (DABT) or other equivalent health science or medical professional certification.
- Demonstrated proficiency working within SAP database environments and Microsoft programs.
- Ability to travel up to 20% (domestic and international).
Total Benefits
Here are just a few of the benefits you’d enjoy working in this role for Kimberly-Clark.
Great support for good health with medical and dental.
To Be Considered
Click the Apply button and complete the online application process. A member of our recruiting team will review your application and follow up if you seem like a great fit for this role.
In the meantime, please check out the careers website.
And finally, the fine print….
For Kimberly-Clark to grow and prosper, we must be an inclusive organization that applies the diverse experiences and passions of its team members to brands that make life better for people all around the world. We actively seek to build a workforce that reflects the experiences of our consumers. When you bring your original thinking to Kimberly-Clark, you fuel the continued success of our enterprise. We are a committed equal opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, pregnancy, genetic information, citizenship status, or any other characteristic protected by law.
The statements above are intended to describe the general nature and level of work performed by employees assigned to this classification. Statements are not intended to be construed as an exhaustive list of all duties, responsibilities and skills required for this position.
Employment is subject to verification of pre-screening tests, which may include background check.
No Relocation:
This role is available for local candidates already authorized to work in the role’s country only. Kimberly-Clark will not provide relocation support for this role.
#LI-Hybrid
PRIMARY LOCATION
Sao Paulo Office
WORKER TYPE
Employee
WORKER SUB-TYPE
Fixed Term (Fixed Term)
JOB TYPE
Full time