NPD Research Scientist – Skincare

Location:
Coimbatore (On-site)
Experience:
4+ years
Department:
R&D; (Lab) · New Product Development

Budget:
₹12–15 LPA

About the Role

We're a fast-growing, science-led skincare brand building a strong new-product pipeline. We're looking for an exceptional
NPD Research Scientist
to own the bench-to-batch development of our products.

This is a purely technical, lab-based role — you're the scientist behind the product, not the person marketing it. You'll decide what a product should be at a formulation level — the actives, the base, the texture, the stability — and take it from concept brief through prototype, testing, and pilot/scale-up handover.

If you love the lab, believe in clean-yet-effective formulation, and want real ownership over what a growing brand launches, this is for you.

Key Responsibilities

New Product Development (core)
- Convert product concept briefs into technical development plans — define formulation strategy, active systems, and target performance for each new product.
- Design, formulate,



and iterate prototypes at the bench across categories: face care (serums, cleansers, masks, sunscreen, toners, eye cream), hair care, body care, and lip care.
- Evaluate and work with natural/plant-based actives and modern actives (bakuchiol, peptides, niacinamide, AHAs/BHAs, botanical extracts) to build differentiated products.
- Help shape the product roadmap — recommend what recent products and categories the brand can credibly launch based on ingredient science and formulation feasibility.

Lab, Testing & Validation
- Plan and run stability testing (accelerated & real-time), compatibility, pH, viscosity, and preservative-efficacy (challenge) testing.
- Coordinate safety, efficacy, and claim-support testing with internal and external labs (dermatological testing, SPF testing for sun care, in-vitro/in-vivo where relevant).
- Troubleshoot formulation issues — emulsion stability, phase separation, discoloration, odor, act

📌 NPD Research Scientist (Coimbatore)
🏢 Valarr.io
📍 Coimbatore