WHAT ON EARTH IS DECIEM?
We are a collective of disrupters and doers, of creatives and scientists, with a mission to reimagine the world of beauty.
Since inception, our vertically integrated structure, including our own laboratories, manufacturing, retail stores, and brand infrastructure, have enabled us to rapidly identify opportunities and deliver quality. Home to The Ordinary, NIOD, AVESTAN, and other emerging brands, our goal is to create with purpose. We were founded on the principle of doing everything that others don’t. Because normal gets you nowhere.
We are DECIEM, The Abnormal Beauty Company.
We are growing rapidly and we’re looking for someone who shares this vision and wants to grow with us!
WHAT WE’RE LOOKING FOR
The Senior Stability Development Chemist is responsible for the design, execution, monitoring, interpretation, and reporting of stability studies in support of product development, commercialization, and lifecycle management activities.
This role provides scientific and technical expertise for stability programs across cosmetic and OTC products, ensuring compliance with internal procedures, cGMP requirements, and applicable regulatory guidelines including ICH, USP, ISO, and Health Canada expectations.
The Senior Stability Chemist collaborates cross-functionally with Formulation, Analytical Development, Packaging, Quality, Regulatory Affairs, Manufacturing, and external laboratories to resolve complex challenges, support product shelf-life determination, packaging compatibility assessments, investigation activities, and continuous improvement initiatives.
This is a 6-month contract with potential to go permanent. This position will be based out of our Head Office located in Liberty Village and requires candidates to be on-site, 5-days a week.
PAY RANGE
The anticipated base salary for this position is $85,000 to $90,000.
Exact salary depends on several factors such as experience, skills, education, and budget. Salary range may vary based on geographic location.
WHAT YOU’D BE DOING IN THIS ROLE
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Lead the design, execution, monitoring, and continuous optimization of stability programs in compliance with approved protocols, internal procedures, and global regulatory requirements including ICH, USP, ISO, Health Canada, FDA, and EU guidelines.
- Maintain oversight of stability chambers, sample inventories, reagents, reference standards, and laboratory equipment records to ensure operational readiness and compliance.
- Support internal and external audits, regulatory inspections, and inspection readiness initiatives by providing technical expertise and compliant documentation and Analyze and interpret stability data to support shelf-life assignments, expiry extensions, reformulations, packaging modifications, transportation/storage assessments, and product lifecycle management decisions.
- Author, review, and approve stability protocols, technical reports, trend analyses, scientific justifications, risk assessments, and shelf-life extension evaluations.
- Conduct comprehensive statistical trending and stability data analysis to proactively identify emerging risks, Out-of-Trend (OOT), and Out-of-Specification (OOS) results and Ensure accurate, complete, and contemporaneous documentation practices in accordance with cGMP, GDP, ALCOA+, and data integrity requirements.
- Perform and oversee advanced physical, chemical, and functional characterization testing including appearance, color, odor, texture, pH, viscosity, rheology, specific gravity, assay, degradation profiling, preservative efficacy, and active quantitation using analytical techniques such as HPLC/UPLC-UV/PDA, UV-Vis, FTIR, titration, and wet chemistry methodologies.
- Evaluate packaging compatibility, container closure integrity, and potential leachable/extractables risks ensuring product quality, safety, and stability throughout the intended shelf life.
- Drive the development, optimization, validation, verification, transfer, and troubleshooting of stability-indicating analytical methods to support robust and reliable stability programs.
- Partner closely with Formulation Scientists to resolve complex formulation stability challenges by developing scientifically sound stability strategies, interpreting data trends, driving root cause investigations, and implementing effective corrective and preventive actions (CAPAs).
- Champion innovative stability initiatives that enhance formulation development through rapid screening approaches, predictive stability modeling, accelerated assessment tools, and data-driven methodologies aimed at improving efficiency, reducing development timelines, and strengthening early-stage stability risk assessment.
- Lead and support complex laboratory investigations, risk assessments, deviation management activities, and CAPA implementation related to stability non-conformances and product performance concerns.
SKILLS AND QUALIFICATIONS NEEDED TO GET THE JOB DONE
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BSc or MSc in Chemistry, Pharmaceutical Sciences, Analytical Chemistry, Life Sciences, or a related scientific discipline.
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Minimum 5+ years of experience in Stability, Analytical Development, Quality Control, or related laboratory environments within cosmetic, pharmaceutical, biotechnology, or cannabis industries.
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Experience with stability program management, shelf-life determination, and trending analysis.
- Demonstrated experience and strong understanding of global stability-related regulatory frameworks, including ICH guidelines, ISO standards, and applicable regulatory requirements (e.g., FDA, EMA, Health Canada, and other relevant international authorities).
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Proficient with various analytical techniques including, but not limited to physical characterization techniques, wet chemistry techniques, FTIR, UV spectrophotometry, HPLC/UPLC-UV/PDA, sample preparation techniques.
WHAT YOU’LL BE GAINING BY JOINING OUR TEAM
There’s a lot of good stuff that comes along with being a DECIEM team member. Here’s a few of our favourite perks and benefits, in no particular order…
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Generous Vacation & Personal Days, plus additional time off for volunteering in your community, voting, peaceful protesting, celebrating your birthday, and more.
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6 months of paid time off for new parents (inclusive of all genders).
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Work from anywhere 4 weeks per year.
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A hybrid work model (for applicable roles).
- Summer Friday’s - get off at 1pm all summer long! (for applicable roles).
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A dog-friendly office (and lots of cute dogs to play with).
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Unlimited access to an Employee Assistance Program that includes mental health care, mindfulness programs, and more.
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Access to Development Grants & a LinkedIn Learning membership to help you keep growing and learning.
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A generous discount on DECIEM products for you, your family, and your friends.
BUILDING GROWTH TO POWER GOOD
We are a People first company that lives by our core values to…
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✨ Defy Convention.
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✨ Make it real.
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✨ Play in the grey.
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✨ Build Bridges.
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✨ Be the rabbit.
These values continue to guide us in all that we do. Along the way, we’ve been honoured to win some pretty incredible awards, including a CEW Achiever Award, Best Skincare Brand at Sunday Times Style Beauty Awards, and Most Popular Sustainable Brand by The Cosmetify Index Global. We’re still blushing!
SUSTAINABILITY AND SOCIAL IMPACT
DECIEM’s objective is to build growth and do good things while prioritizing people, animals, and the Earth.
Our Sustainability strategy is focused on fighting climate change, improved waste management, responsible packaging, responsible sourcing and product lifecycle, and water conservation.
In 2020, DECIEM established the Good Fund to support both large and grassroots charities in response to global events.
CREATING A HUMAN WORLD OF BEAUTY
DECIEM is committed to diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) by creating meaningful, measurable change in the lives of our team members and in the communities where we operate. Achieving equality is critical to DECIEM and our future. You can learn more about our DEI commitment in our open letter, "Belonging is the Destination, Change is the Journey".
DECIEM is an equal opportunity employer. We prohibit discrimination based on age, colour, disability, national origin, race, religion, sex, gender, sexual orientation, and any other legally protected class in accordance with applicable federal, provincial and local laws. We are also committed to creating and maintaining an inclusive and accessible workplace. If you are contacted to be part of our recruitment process and require accommodation, please let us know.
WANT TO JOIN US?
Thank you for reading the whole thing! If you liked what you heard, kindly send us your resume. We really appreciate your effort in applying for this position. However, only those who have been shortlisted for interviews will be contacted. <3
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