Scientific Substantiation

**UP FOR AN EXCITING NEW CHALLENGE?**

We're a truly international company, fourth largest in our industry and operating across 119 markets. An inclusive, innovative global FMCG business supported by 26,000 employees. As we embrace a new era of growth, we are transforming. Our ways of working and culture are driven by a challenger mindset, constantly questioning the status quo where people can bring their best selves to work. Our agility and collaboration are driving our ambitions, innovation and success all supported by our award-winning development programmes that creates exciting and rewarding career opportunities for all.

As we move forward, our consumers will be at the heart of what we do, evolving to needs and expectations and committing to a more meaningful contribution to harm reduction by building a successful NGP business. Integral to our long-term success is our sustainability strategy, behaving responsibly and supporting our ambitions, all underpinned by high governance.

Encouraging inclusion at all levels and supporting a developing and robust diversity agenda globally, we are fully committed to creating and maintaining an environment that celebrates and respects difference fully embracing our **five Behaviours** defining how we should act, make decisions, and treat one another connecting our purpose, vision and strategy defining our culture.

**OUR PURPOSE**: Forging a path to a healthier future for moments of relaxation and pleasure.

**OUR VISION**: To build a strong challenger business powered by responsibility, focus and choice.

**THE ROLE**

Scientific Substantiation & Engagement Lead

Location**:Bristol or** **Hamburg**

Scientific Research (80%)
- Underpins the necessary scientific substantiation of IMB’s Next Generation Products in making a meaningful contribution to tobacco harm reduction supporting IMB strategic commercial choices (aligned with Corporate & Category strategies),
- Addresses IMB’s regulatory priority issue objectives,
- Meets current and future regulatory requirements to enable launch of new, and defend current (on-going commercialisation), IMB products.

Targeted & Focussed Scientific & Regulatory Engagement (20%)

As the Scientific Substantiation & Engagement Lead, you will be responsible for:

- Managing scientific & technical regulatory issues to achieve IMB’s market/cluster regulatory and commercial objectives, ensuring the necessary scientific research, materials and messaging are in place to deliver Corporate Affairs solutions for priority regulatory & technical issues,
- Leading targeted scientific & technical regulatory engagement with key market/cluster stakeholders that supports launch of new, and defend current (on-going commercialisation), IMB products.

Additional Information

The role holder will manage IMB’s multi-disciplinary scientific research and targeted scientific & regulatory engagement programmes which contribute knowledge, evidence, and analysis across a broad range of topics in supporting our commercial agenda and corporate objectives. We are seeking an individual who combines deep scientific/technical knowledge across a range of scientific disciplines, a focus on customer/regulator needs, and scientific & regulatory engagement/influencing skills.

**KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES**
- Provide technical and strategic leadership for scientific research, set the scientific substantiation. Research agenda and lead the generation of high-quality scientific studies to support IMB’s meaningful contribution to harm reduction and the market entry of new products/on-going commercialisation of current products (including current & future regulatory submissions).
- Lead, manage, integrate, and develop a team of scientists and other specialists across Alternatives to Animal Testing Toxicology, Clinical Science, Behavioural Science & Surveillance, and Global Data Analytics to achieve objectives.
- Communicate internally and with business partners on in-house and commissioned study outcomes and provide guidance on risk management where necessary.
- Maintain and build IMB’s reputation for high quality, high impact, and innovative scientific research.
- Represent IMB at external scientific & regulatory meetings and consortia, and lead IMB’s external engagement through high impact scientific publications & presentations.
- Participate in issue management teams, work cross functional lines collaboratively; mentor and cross-train other scientist & CLA colleagues as required.
- Champion the use of IMB scientific evidence to inform targeted policy, regulation, and product standards development favourable to IMB’s commercial choices. Working with Divisional CLA to bring IMB science and other evidence into policymaking as required to achieve IMB corporate and commercial objectives (Tier 1 and Tier 2 markets focus).
- Development and delivery of effective scientific & regulatory messaging in conjunction with CLA to build IMB consumer confidence, ensure robust