Health & Nutrition Lead (L7)

Where do you want to work?

CDI - Gut Function Scientist
CDI - Gut Function Scientist
Danone does not seek to be the best company in the world, but the best for the world! That's why our 26 brands in France are B Corp™ certified. B Corp is the compass of our CSR strategy! This certification allows us to question ourselves in order to continuously improve and measure our social and environmental performance.
Danone's Research & Innovation (R&I) center, located in Gif-sur-Yvette on the Saclay plateau, is a global center of excellence dedicated to food innovation. This state-of-the-art center is at the heart of one of the largest international scientific clusters. It houses more than 500 experts from 40 nationalities passionate about life sciences, nutrition, consumer experience, pilots, and product design. Danone's R&I center is designed to foster collaboration with food tech startups and accelerate innovation in partnership with consumers and partners around food and health
The Medical & Nutritional Science (M&NS) department is hiring a Health & Nutrition Lead (L7) on a permanent contract in the Nutrtion & Scientific Affairs team, reporting to the Nutrition Director. The position is based in Gif-sur-Yvette on the Saclay plateau at the Danone Global Research & Innovation Center Daniel Carasso, which is at the heart of Danone's Research & Innovation. The center comprises state-of-the-art laboratories and pilot workshops, with employees working collectively to innovate on dairy and plant products, waters, and specialized nutrition for the future.
TheM&NS department aims to create value and growth opportunities for Danone around Nutrition and/or Health. The department includes teams based in the Netherlands (Utrecht), France (Gif-sur-Yvette), and Singapore.
is position of Gut function Scientist, within the Innovation, Science & of people by bringing adapted solutions
Contribute to scientific projects through vitro digestion models. Design and perform experiments, generate robust scientific evidence, analyze and visualize data, and translate scientific findings into clear insights and recommendations for project teams and stakeholders. Collaborate efficiently with internal teams and existing scientific networks to strengthen Danone's scientific Danone business in line with our “Health Through Gut” strategy.
Bring scientific and technical expertise to the team through hands-on execution of laboratory studies in and in-vitro models simulating the human gut- ensuring scientific rigor, reproducibility, traceability and compliance with laboratory and safety procedures- to strengthen methodologies and identify scientific opportunities relevant for innovation and business.Communicate scientific results and recommendations to scientists and non-expert stakeholders through clear presentations, data visualization, study and project discussions, supporting informed decision-making.
Contribute efficiently to transversal scientific projects by working with formulation, microbiology, nutrition, analytical and other R&I teams and by delivering agreed project activities within scope, timelines and available resources efficiently with existing internal and external networks and contribute to knowledge sharing within the team.

in digestive physiology, gut physiology, gastrointestinal biology, nutritional or a closely related discipline.and hands-on experience with in-vitro models simulating the human gut interactions between food matrices, ingredients, with fermented products and/or knowledge of fermentationYour experience in experimental design, laboratory execution, data knowledge of statistical programming in R and/or Python for data analysis and visualization would be desired.Your excellent organizational & communication skills in written and spoken English to communicate scientific results to experts as well as business stakeholdersYour experience in scientific project including transversal work and management of resources, would be a plus.You are a team player , with a demonstrated ability to contribute autonomously and efficiently in a result-oriented manner within an agreed framework.

Danone is proud to promote inclusion and equal opportunities. We truly believe that our diversity will make the difference and that an inclusive environment will make us grow as a company, as a team, and as people. We therefore consider all applications to ensure an inclusive corporate culture where everyone can feel like they belong.
All applications will be considered irrespective of origins and ethnicity, personal background, religion, gender, sexual orientation, age, disability.
At Danone, we guarantee that you can simply be yourself. We believe that it's up to you to define the way you work, to develop yourself, to progress. With us, you'll work in an exciting, complex, and challenging environment. This is how you will create new opportunities! You will work with world-renowned brands such as Blédina, Evian, or Actimel. Be innovative, enterprising, and the impact you will have will impress you. Join our movement for a more sustainable world. One Planet One Health BY YOU.
If you want to know more about our news, our daily life, and our teams, follow our adventures on our Instagram account @DanoneTalentFrance.
Dedicated to bringing health through food to as many people as possible, we are a leading global food & beverage company built on four businesses: Essential Dairy and Plant-Based Products, Waters, Early Life Nutrition and Medical Nutrition.
Impact program Principal scientist - 6 months mission

All official Danone job opportunities are published only on this platform
Danone will only contact candidates using email addresses ending in @danone.com.
Do not share personal or financial information if contacted otherwise
All official Danone job opportunities are published only on this platform
Danone will only contact candidates using email addresses ending in @danone.com.
Do not share personal or financial information if contacted otherwise