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From innovative product development and manufacturing to packaging and fulfillment, Mile High Labs (“MHL”) is an exciting company with incredible potential that powers the world's novel consumer packaged goods. Our portfolio of hemp-based cannabinoid ingredients is trusted by leading global brands, in creating a generation of innovative consumer products. Three core values underscore everything we do: Quality, Service, and Integrity, from the partnerships we build to the people we hire to the products we produce. Quality isn't simply a business unit. It's a value that we use to identify with people (we employ the highest quality employees), products (we only create only products that we love), and decisions (we seek to make the most informed decisions). Innovative R&D and Quality are the fabrics that tie together, everything we do. Mile High Labs is a group of great people committed to doing the right thing. We've been honored on the Forbes list of America's Best Startup Employers, and we're constantly on the lookout for professionals who want to make this company and the CBD consumer experience the best it can be. If you care about this industry as profoundly as we do, please look over our position below:

Position Title: Senior Scientist, Organic Chemistry
Compensation: $95,000 - $120,000 / Medical, Dental, Vision & FSA Benefits / Flex Time Off (FTO) / 401k

Job Summary:

The Senior Scientist, Organic Chemistry (“Scientist”) is a key member of MHL's research and development team. This position is responsible for all strategic research and development involving organic and medicinal chemistry, including, but not limited to, internal and external R&D initiatives.
The Scientist will be ultimately responsible for the development of MHL's synthesis and discovery platform and will contribute to the development and attainment of the organization's innovation goals. In addition to the R&D components of the role, the Scientist will be tasked with determining new areas of scientific exploration based on market demand and evolving industry and scientific dynamics. In collaboration with his or her R&D colleagues, the Scientist will work to develop, implement, and continually improve increasingly sophisticated systems, processes, and procedures in the R&D department. The Scientist, along with R&D colleagues, will from time to time support the optimization of MHL's commercial production processes, products, and methodology. Our ideal candidate is a focused self-starter that needs very little direction in contributing to the innovation initiatives of our organization. This is an outstanding opportunity for a seasoned scientist with demonstrated operational experience and a proven track record of innovation to join a high-potential organization in a dynamic industry.

Duties and Responsibilities:

Research & Development

• Develop, scale-up and implement selected process chemistries that improve or introduce commercial products.
• Design and perform experiments to develop fundamental understanding for the successful scale-up and operation of new and existing process unit operations.
• Design and perform scale-down/scale-up experiments to demonstrate process unit operations.
• Develop and maintain relationships with academic and commercial institutions to further the understanding and research of complex ingredient chemistries, manufacturing processes and novel scientific applications.

Commercial Support:

• Serve a lead role in identifying readily accessible dietary ingredient candidates for commercial development.
• Partner with various departments and management in developing business cases and models for potential areas of growth and new product introduction.
• Collect, correlate, and report data, providing a basis for intellectual property protection of developed innovation and, where appropriate, for publication of results in referred journals, scientific meetings, trade shows and publications.
• Promote a culture of high performance and continuous improvement that values teamwork, learning and a commitment to execution.
• Establish and monitor department's performance, development, and delivery goals, assign accountabilities, set objectives, establish priorities, conduct continuous appraisals, and adjustments.

Collaborate with MHL's process development and engineering teams to support the production team with Operations Support

• the development and implementation of advanced methods of distillation, purification, separation and any other processing.
• Support MHL in developing and implementing, as needed, updated methods and systems to ensure best practices are utilized in processing.
• Ad hoc support as needed.

Education and Experience:

• MS (or equivalent) Degree in Organic Chemistry, or related discipline, required.
• Minimum 5 years' experience in a research and development environment with exposure to natural products.
• Demonstrated expertise in the laboratory development and scale-up of the following unit operations: Prep-scale normal phase, reverse phase and ion-exchange chromatography, extraction, evaporation, distillation, crystallization, precipitation, filtration and drying.
• Demonstrated knowledge in the operation of analytical instrumentation and interpretation of results.
• Entrepreneurial team player who can multitask while advancing their respective function.
• Superior management skills: ability to influence and engage direct and indirect reports and peers
• Excellent judgment and creative problem-solving skills.
• Demonstrated track record of success facilitating progressive organizational change and development within a growing organization.

Preferred:

• PhD highly preferred.
• Experience in food, beverage, drug, dietary supplement, cosmetic, or related experience.
• Experience in research and development related to hemp/cannabis.
• Experience partnering with academic institutions and third-party strategic partners on cutting edge research initiatives.
• Working knowledge of regulatory compliance issues in manufacturing and the QC laboratory.
• Experience in multistep syntheses.
• Experience in the purification and characterization of organic compounds.

Mile High Labs is an equal opportunity employer. At Mile High Labs, we are committed to providing an environment of mutual respect where equal employment opportunities are available to all applicants and teammates without regard to race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy (including childbirth, lactation and related medical conditions), national origin, age, physical and mental disability, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, military and veteran status, and any other characteristic protected by applicable law. All aspects of employment including the decision to hire, promote, discipline, or discharge, as well as compensation decisions, will be based on merit, competence, performance, and business needs. Mile High Labs believes that diversity and inclusion among our teammates is critical to our success as a global company, and we seek to recruit, develop and retain the most talented people from a diverse candidate pool.

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