About the role
AI summarisedSenior Scientist in Nutrition at Abbott, providing nutrition science expertise for product innovation, messaging development, and scientific substantiation of adult nutrition products, particularly for diabetes management. The role involves partnering with clinical scientists to design studies, educating internal and external audiences, and representing the company at scientific conferences.
HealthcareFull-timeGeneral
Key Responsibilities
- Provide nutrition science expertise for product innovation, including innovation pipeline, new product development and reformulations.
- Responsible for the scientific substantiation of messaging and claims for Adult Nutrition (AN) products, ensuring accuracy, credibility, and global consistency.
- Collaborate effectively within and between cross-functional teams, including Food Science, Medical Affairs, Regulatory Affairs, and Marketing to provide scientific and technical direction throughout product cycle.
- Stay current with the latest scientific literature and apply relevant findings to support product development, innovation as well as product messaging.
- Partner with clinical scientists to conceive, design and plan advanced clinical research in collaboration with cross-function teams to evaluate safety and efficacy of new ingredients or AN products. Interpret and report the results from these studies.
- Engage in collaborative research with leading academic and medical researchers; maintain strong connections with professional organizations and key opinion leaders.
- Apply advanced technical writing skills to produce reports and documents; write independently and evaluate the writing of others.
- Publish research findings through the form of abstracts, presentations (poster or oral), peer-reviewed journal publications.
- Represent the company as a subject matter expert in Nutrition Science expert at scientific conferences, educational programs and other scientific meetings.
Requirements
- PhD in Nutrition or related science discipline
- Minimum 5 years of experience with in-depth knowledge of clinical nutrition principles, their practical applications, and clinical research.
- Registered dietitian with clinical experience, especially in adult nutrition is strongly preferred.
- Excellent communication and presentation skills, with the ability to tailor messaging to diverse audiences
- Strong interpersonal skills with the ability to collaborate effectively across teams and build relationships with both internal and external stakeholders, including key opinion leaders.