NLSenior Innovation Manager
Lead Exposure Elimination Project (LEEP)RemoteGlobal health and wellbeingLead exposure and air qualityManagementResearch
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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.
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…
Requirements
| Language | English is enough |
|---|---|
| Work authorisation | Unclear |
| Screening | Not mentioned |
| Where you work | Remote · Remote |
| Level | Senior |
| Salary | Not stated |
| Posted | 7 September 2026 |
| Closes | No closing date given |
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