Location
North West London, NW2 7HF

Hours
Core working hours are 9:30am to 5:00pm, 40 hours per week, Monday to Friday. Hybrid working: 3 days in office, 2 days working from home.

Salary
Competitive

About the Role
Vitabiotics is a leading UK vitamin company with over 55 years of innovation, exporting to over 100 countries and recognised for its groundbreaking clinical research. We are seeking a creative and technically minded Formulation Technologist to join our quality control team. This permanent, full-time role offers the opportunity to contribute to the development and optimisation of innovative supplements and wellbeing products, taking formulations from concept through to successful commercial launch.

You will work closely with technical, regulatory, quality, manufacturing, and product development teams to apply your scientific and formulation expertise in developing products that are safe, effective, stable, commercially viable, and compliant with regulatory requirements.

Key responsibilities include managing outsourced formulation development programmes, providing technical oversight for new product development and reformulation projects, reviewing formulation data and stability studies, supporting technology transfer and scale-up activities, assisting with packaging development and validation, and providing technical support across product lifecycle management. You will also ensure compliance with regulatory and quality standards, maintain accurate documentation, and participate in audits and inspections as required.

Experience
- Degree in Pharmaceutical Sciences, Pharmacy, Chemistry, Pharmaceutical Technology, Life Sciences, or related scientific discipline.
- Pharmaceutical industry experience in formulation development, product development, technical services, or technology transfer.
- Demonstrable experience in development, optimisation, scale-up, or technical support of dosage forms including tablets (compressed and coated), hard and soft capsules, oral liquids, suspensions, syrups, topical gels, semi-solid formulations, gummies, and other chewable delivery systems.
- Experience managing outsourced development activities through CDMOs, contract laboratories, or external partners.
- Strong understanding of formulation principles, excipient functionality, and manufacturing processes across multiple dosage forms.
- Experience interpreting formulation development reports, analytical data, stability studies, and technical documentation.
- Working knowledge of GMP and pharmaceutical quality systems.
- Experience supporting technology transfer, validation, scale-up, and commercialisation activities.

About you
- Strong formulation science knowledge.
- Excellent technical data interpretation and problem-solving skills.
- Ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously.
- Strong stakeholder and supplier management skills.
- Effective communication and influencing skills.
- High attention to detail and organisational capability.
- Commercial awareness and continuous improvement mindset.

Qualifications
- Degree as specified above.

Desirable
- Experience across multiple dosage forms including tablets, capsules, liquids, gels, and gummies.
- Experience with nutraceutical, food supplement, OTC medicine, or consumer healthcare products.
- Experience in packaging development, packaging technology, and product-pack compatibility studies.
- Experience supporting packaging component qualification and packaging validation activities.
- Knowledge of UK, EU, and international regulatory requirements.
- Experience working with contract manufacturers and global supply chains.