NLSenior Innovation Manager
Lead Exposure Elimination Project (LEEP)Remote
Global health and wellbeingLead exposure and air qualityManagementResearch
Why this is on the board
Surma is a traditional eye make-up from South Asia and North Africa that often contains lead and is also applied to young children, in whom lead permanently damages brain development. If a lead-free version can be made that is affordable and culturally and religiously accepted, manufacturers can switch and governments can ban lead without taking people's surma away from them.
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About the role
Lead a technical reformulation project to develop lead-free alternatives to traditional surma cosmetics across South Asia and North Africa. - Manage cosmetic chemists, laboratories, and engineers to develop and validate lead-free surma formulations meeting technical, cultural, and religious requirements. - Commission and interpret analytical testing, safety assessments, and consumer acceptability studies across multiple priority countries. - Establish manufacturing feasibility, scale-up pathw…
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