Position Snapshot
Location: Jurong, Singapore
Company: Nestle R&D, Singapore
Job Type: Full Time
Joining Nestlé means you are joining the largest Food and Beverage Company in the world. At our very core, we are a human environment – passionate people driven by the purpose of enhancing the quality of life and contributing to a healthier future. A Nestle career empowers you to make an impact locally and globally, as you are provided with the opportunity to make a mark and stand out, as long as you seek it. With Nestle, you are enabled and encouraged to grow not only as professionals, but also as people.
The Specialist Healthy Longevity Physiology is working with an interdisciplinary team, driving the scientific basis for innovative nutritional solutions that slow the pace of aging and prevent chronic age-related diseases
A day in the life of a Specialist Healthy Longevity Physiology…
Ideate and execute research activities using large scale observational human datasets in collaboration with a team of computational biologists, nutritionists, and longevity specialists.
Understands and works on the application of nutrition that slows biological aging and improves cardiometabolic health in populations at risk. Leverage deep expertise in hallmarks of aging and their link to nutrition to refine research questions applied to human cohorts and contribute to the design and interpretation of clinical research interventions.
Catalyze generation of research hypotheses into translational concepts and clinical trials in close collaboration between academic scientists and interdisciplinary functions at Nestlé, including scientists, regulatory, product development and legal specialists.
Collaborative reports and presentations to inform on project updates, align with stakeholders, and drive decision towards advancing the innovation pipeline.
Ideate, execute and interpret research for publication of impactful manuscripts in well-recognized scientific journals
What Will Make You Successful...
PhD or MD/PhD in Physiology, Human Biology, Clinical Nutrition, or related fields
4-6 years of experience in life sciences research.
Expertise and a track-record of high impact scientific publications in the field of healthy longevity and aging research
Experience in contributing to the design and interpretation of clinical interventions, ideally with expertise in integrative GeroScience trials using biomarkers of aging
Ability to apply R-scripts and perform basic statistics in large human cohort datasets and intervention studies to stratify populations and perform data analytics are a strong plus
Expertise in the field of menopause research and reproductive aging is a plus
Experience with industry research and product translation are a strong plus
Ability to influence stakeholders through strong scientific rationale and storytelling
Strong communication skills to present research progress and key data.
Curiosity and motivation to stay updated on in the rapidly evolving field of healthy longevity and human potential.
As the world’s largest food and beverage company we are driven by a simple aim: unlocking the power of food to enhance quality of life for everyone, today and for generations to come. To deliver on this, we serve with passion, with a spirit of excellence, offering products and services for all stages of life, every moment of the day, helping people care for themselves and their families. Our culture is based on our values rooted in respect: respect for ourselves, respect for others, respect for diversity and respect for the future.
We can trace our origin back to 1866, when the first European condensed milk factory was opened in Cham, Switzerland, by the Anglo-Swiss Condensed Milk Company. One year later, Henri Nestlé, a trained pharmacist, launched one of the world’s first prepared infant cereals ‘Farine lactée’ in Vevey, Switzerland.
Today, we employ around 273,000 people and have factories or operations in almost every country in the world. With our headquarters still based in the Swiss town of Vevey, we had sales of CHF 84.3 billion in 2020.
Our portfolio covers almost every food and beverage category – offering products and services for all stages of life, every moment of the day, helping people care for themselves and their families.
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