Job Title: Senior Manager - Formulation
Location: Lower Parel, Mumbai
Work Mode: Hybrid (4 Days WFO + 1 Day WFH)
About Us:
Join our dynamic and innovative startup skincare brand that is committed to redefining beauty standards with clean, effective, and sustainable products. Founded by beauty influencer Diipa Büller-Khosla, the brand emphasizes authenticity, and transparency, offering vegan and cruelty-free products that cater to diverse skin types while celebrating cultural heritage.
Brand:
About the Role:
At indē wild, creating science-backed, culturally rooted products is our core. As the Senior Manager of Formulation, you will drive the end-to-end formulation process from ideation to the first commercial batch sign-off. Your primary objective is to develop and optimize creative, high-performance, IP-ownable cosmetic formulations that meet brand standards for sensorial experience, performance, safety, and efficacy—validated through clinical and consumer testing.



You will provide critical technical leadership and act as the vital bridge between our NPD team and OEM factories to create technically viable, groundbreaking formulas.
What You'll Do
Lead Formulation Development & Innovation
Create and optimize unique, IP-ownable formulations aligned with our clean, clinical, and sustainable brand positioning. Develop bench samples with clear documentation of ingredient rationale, concentration ranges, and stability parameters. Provide alternative formulations or texture variants (e.g., cream vs. gel, serum vs. emulsion) to support sensory and performance preferences. Stay updated on market trends to recommend next-gen actives (e.g., biomimetic peptides, fermented extracts) and identify sustainability improvements such as waterless formats or biodegradable bases. Drive Ingredient Strategy & Sensorial Excellence
Identify best-in-class raw materials, actives, and functional ingredients from reputable global suppliers. Build a preferred supplier matrix with contacts, lead

📌 Formulation scientist (Mumbai)
🏢 Indē Wild
📍 Mumbai