Senior Research Scientist, Life Sciences

Responsibilities

• Lead the development of next-generation active ingredients, covering the full cycle from early molecular screening and mechanism validation through to formulation stability testing.
• Collaborate with clinical teams and formulation chemists to bring products to market, ensuring scientific rigor is sustained through to the final product form.
• Contribute to the iteration, maintenance and reassessment of the Group's 600+ permanently archived formulations.
• Author internal research notes and technical white papers that consolidate the Institute's methodological assets.
• Mentor junior researchers, passing on research methods and experimental ethics through everyday laboratory work.
• Represent the Group in exchanges with the international academic community, upholding the Institute's scientific reputation.

Requirements

Required

• Ph.D. in life sciences, chemistry, biotechnology or a related discipline.
• 5+ years of hands-on R&D experience in biotechnology or pharmaceuticals.
• Deep expertise in at least one of: dermatology, cell biology or formulation chemistry.
• Working proficiency in English or Japanese.

Preferred

• End-to-end involvement in R&D projects on a 7–10 year cycle.
• Sustained research interest in women's health or intimate care.
• Background with leading international universities, research institutes or pharmaceutical companies.

Alignment with Group Values

Work at the Kyoto Institute is built around a 7–10 year R&D cycle. A scientist's work here is not cut short by quarterly milestones, nor pulled by external noise. The 600+ permanently archived formulations represent the Group's long-term commitment to scientific rigor, and they are also the daily subject of this role.

The Institute is connected to the Group's investment engine through a feedback mechanism that channels stable funding back into basic research, so that a researcher's work can genuinely serve the Group's commitment to women's wholeness.

How to Apply

Please send your resume along with representative research output to: HR@toyo-beauty.co.jp

Email subject line: [TXT-J01] Senior Research Scientist

This position reports to Eiko Nakamura, Director of the Kyoto Life Sciences Institute. We read every application carefully.