Senior Principal Toxicologist

THE COMPANY:

Juul Labs’ mission is to impact the lives of the world’s one billion adult smokers by eliminating combustible cigarettes. We have the opportunity to address one of the world’s most intractable challenges through a commitment to exceptional quality, research, design, and innovation. Backed by leading technology investors, we are committed to the same excellence when it comes to hiring great talent.

We are a diverse team that is united by this common purpose and we are hiring the world’s best engineers, scientists, designers, product managers, operations experts, and customer service and business professionals. If the opportunity to build your career at one of the fastest growing companies is compelling, read on for more details.

ROLE AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

This position will support toxicology functions associated with current products and development of new technologies consistent with JUUL current growth, innovation and harm reduction platforms, and provide support for efforts such as regulatory submissions. This important, highly technical position reports to the Senior Director of Product Integrity/Toxicology at JUUL Labs.

The incumbent will develop pragmatic and scientifically defensible product safety assessment framework that aligns and supports human risk assessment and as needed reduced-risk substantiation.  The incumbent will 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.

PERSONAL AND PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATIONS:

• Working knowledge on regulatory and safety studies of FDA-regulated products including consumer products, tobacco products, standardized or fit-for-purpose design,
• in various forms of test materials (individual ingredients, complex mixtures; particulates, aerosols) are highly beneficial; Experiences in regulatory dossier preparation is helpful.
• 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.
• Proven record of external presentations and peer-review publications in topics related to tobacco harm reduction is desirable.
• Excellent interpersonal, written/oral communication skills.

EDUCATION:

PhD in Toxicology, Pharmacology or related discipline, with a minimum of 15 years of postgraduate experiences (research or industry) or minimum of 10 years industry experience; DABT certification is highly desirable as is being an EU registered Toxicologist.

JUUL LABS PERKS & BENEFITS:

• A place to grow your career. We’ll help you set big goals - and exceed them
• 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

Juul Labs is proud to be an equal opportunity employer and is committed to creating a diverse and inclusive work environment for all employees and job applicants, without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, age, gender identity or gender expression, national origin, disability or veteran status. Juul Labs also complies with applicable employment eligibility verification requirements. All applicants must have the authorization to work for Juul Labs in the country of employment.