Ladder check · R&D
R&D Scientist
Professional, hands-on formulation and product development in a category or technology team
Designs, formulates and tests new or improved products from concept through lab, pilot and scale-up, meeting performance, cost, quality, sustainability and regulatory requirements, and documents the results in technical reports and data packages. Success is judged on prototypes that pass consumer and technical validation, launches delivered on time and in spec, and the robustness of the data behind each claim.
8 of the role's 18 target skills, the ones that weigh most
Product Development
Where this role typically leads
Levels and target skills come from Saganom's role library: 129 consumer-goods roles, each checked against the published ladders of nine professional bodies. A self-check is a starting point, not a verdict; in the app, a manager or colleague confirms a level when you ask them.
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