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R&D Assistant

City: Shanghai

We are Reckitt

Home to the world's best loved and trusted hygiene, health, and nutrition brands. Our purpose defines why we exist: to protect, heal and nurture in the relentless pursuit of a cleaner, healthier world. We are a global team united by this purpose. Join us in our fight to make access to the highest quality hygiene, wellness, and nourishment a right and not a privilege.

Research & Development

In Research and Development, we're full of highly skilled talents that include Scientists, Engineers, Medical, Clinical and Regulatory professionals - all working to create a cleaner, healthier world. With nine Centres of Excellence, we continually seek out new opportunities by using science, our entrepreneurial flare and our fearless innovation to develop and enhance our existing portfolio, never compromising on quality or performance.

We do the right thing, always, by ensuring we act with responsibility and integrity, by complying with regulatory legislation across the globe, whilst ensuring our products are safe for our consumers and are to the highest quality.

The size of our organisation means you'll have the opportunity to learn and work in different functions within R&D, giving you exposure to different disciplines, teams and environments. You will also have access to our Research and Development Academy, designed to develop our team and allow you to grow in our great organisation.

About the role

Working within the Shanghai R&D team, you will help drive the Intima innovation pipeline by building and connecting scientific capabilities, external collaborations, and technical platforms to unlock stronger product ideas for China. The vision of this role is to translate science into consumer-relevant Intima product solutions through structured experimentation, strong project coordination, and effective cross-functional collaboration. What makes this role distinctive is its breadth: beyond supporting formulation work, you will help create bridges between emerging science, innovation partners, and product development needs. Success in this role will be measured by the quality and pace of scientific translation into robust product concepts, technical solutions, and development progress.

Your responsibilities

Support the development and execution of science-to-product development projects for the Intima category.
Drive the translation of scientific understanding, new technologies, and innovation opportunities into Intima product development pipelines.
Contribute to the establishment and evolution of the Intima scientific roadmap, including efficacy logic, and scientific hypotheses.
Design experimental approaches and validation pathways to test scientific hypotheses and support technical decision-making.
Support external scientific and technical collaborations, including preparation, technical discussion, and follow-up actions.
Work cross-functionally with internal stakeholders to align scientific understanding with product development needs.
Actively track project progress, structure workstreams, and propose next steps to maintain momentum.
Maintain a strong understanding of relevant literature, patents, and scientific trends to inform innovation strategy and opportunity mapping.
Ensure all development work is carried out with high standards of safety, scientific rigour, and documentation quality.

The experience we're looking for

Master’s degree or above in Chemistry, Biochemistry, Food Science, Analytical Chemistry, Applied Chemistry, or related scientific disciplines.
Experience in formulation, technical development, analytical evaluation, or applied research within consumer products, healthcare, personal care, or adjacent categories is preferred.
Demonstrated ability in experimental design, hypothesis testing, and scientific problem solving.
Applied innovation mindset, with the ability to translate scientific insights into development opportunities.
Strong structured thinking, capable of breaking down complex problems into clear workstreams and decision paths.
High level of initiative, proactively proposing next steps and solutions.
Good communication skills, with the ability to explain complex scientific topics in a clear and practical manner.
Potential to engage with external scientific or technical partners in a professional and credible way.
A strong scientific foundation with the ability to connect research insights to practical product development opportunities.
Fluency in English and Chinese is preferred for effective collaboration in a global and cross-functional environment.

What we offer

With inclusion at the heart of everything we do, working alongside our four global Employee Resource Groups, we support our people at every step of their career journey, helping them to succeed in their own individual way. We invest in the wellbeing of our people through parental benefits, an Employee Assistance Program to promote mental health, and life insurance for all employees globally. We have a range of other benefits in line with the local market. Through our global share plans we offer the opportunity to save and share in Reckitt's potential future successes. For eligible roles, we also offer short-term incentives to recognise, appreciate and reward your work for delivering outstanding results. You will be rewarded in line with Reckitt's pay for performance philosophy.

Equality

We recognise that in real life, great people don't always 'tick all the boxes'. That's why we hire for potential as well as experience. Even if you don't meet every point on the job description, if this role and our company feels like a good fit for you, we still want to hear from you. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, disability or medical condition; colour, ethnicity, race, citizenship, and national origin; religion, faith; pregnancy, family status and caring responsibilities; sexual orientation; sex, gender identity, gender expression, and transgender identity; protected veteran status; size or any other basis protected by appropriate law.

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