Technical Marketing & Business Development Manager, Cosmetic Actives

UK (On-site)

£38K/yr – £48K/yrMid Level3+ years expFull time

Posted 1 day ago

Job Summary

Own the technical marketing and business development for bioactive actives, translating science into positioning, claims and sales enablement across target accounts, with a strong emphasis on market insights and collaboration with computational biology.

  • Define and communicate clear value propositions for actives
  • Drive technical sales discussions, sampling and first-order conversions

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Positioning & Value Proposition
  • Translate mechanism-of-action, omics and clinical data into clear ingredient concepts, value propositions and scientific narratives
  • Define positioning, priority segments and customer focus areas (Tier 1 brands, indie brands, OEM/ODM manufacturers) and differentiation against competing actives
  • Make Sequential’s biology-first, AI-driven discovery approach a clear point of difference in every customer conversation and piece of material
  • Claims & Technical Support
  • Work with the computational biology team to define which claims each active should support, and design the testing needed to prove them
  • Develop technical data sheets, scientific brochures, formulation guides and evidence packs.
  • Market & Customer Insight
  • Translate market trends (e.g., barrier repair, skin longevity…) into clear opportunities for our pipeline
  • Run market and competitor analysis

Requirements

  • Degree in chemistry, cosmetic science, biology, biochemistry, pharmacy, chemical engineering or a related scientific field
  • 3–5 years of experience in the personal care ingredients industry at a supplier or distributor, combining marketing and customer-facing sales or business development work
  • Direct experience marketing or selling cosmetic actives (e.g., peptides, botanical, marine or biotech actives), not only functional ingredients
  • Experience turning efficacy data (in vitro, ex vivo, clinical) into compliant claims and technical materials
  • Working knowledge of cosmetic regulation and claims rules (EU 1223/2009 and UK, ideally also US and China)
  • Excellent written and spoken English, with the ability to present science credibly to both technical and commercial audiences
  • Self-driven and hands-on, comfortable in a start-up environment and able to build processes from scratch
  • Willingness to travel regularly across the UK and Europe

Preferred

  • Master’s degree in a scientific field and/or in cosmetics marketing
  • Experience at a leading actives supplier (e.g., Sederma, BASF, Givaudan Active Beauty, Lucas Meyer Cosmetics, Solabia) or at a biotech ingredient start-up or SME
  • Hands-on formulation or application lab experience
  • Familiarity with skin biology, skin microbiome
  • Experience launching actives, including at trade shows and conferences
  • An existing network among formulators, R&D teams and brand customers in the UK and Europe
  • Curiosity about AI, omics and data-driven science, and the ability to explain them simply
  • Experience with CRM tools (e.g., HubSpot)
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SEQUENTIAL

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Sequential advances personal care and health research by studying the real-world impact of products through human clinical testing, biomarker discovery, and next-generation formulations across skin, scalp, oral, and vaginal care. Our end-to-end, in-house platform, from study design and participant recruitment (tailored to any required criteria) to laboratory analysis and data interpretation, turns complex biological data into clear, actionable insights. By combining microbial and molecular analyses, we enable the development of credible, effective, and trustworthy products and claims. With a database of over 50,000 samples, 4,000+ ingredients, and 10,000+ participants worldwide, Sequential leverages years of scientific expertise to set the standard for data-driven innovation and product validation in the personal care and pharmaceutical industries.

Founded in 2019
New York City, New York, USA
24 employees (4 in marketing)
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Salaries

Posted range

£38K/yr – £48K/yr

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Marketing Team

Marketing Team Size
3 (13% of company)
Marketing Roles Posted (Last 30 Days)
1

Funding

Total Funding
$8.5M
Last Raise
$3.5M
Seed

Funding History

  • Mar 2026
    Seed • $3.5M
  • Feb 2025
    Grant • $1M
  • Oct 2024
    Seed • $850K

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
6.1K
Traffic Source Mix
Search
25.1%
Direct
20.2%
Referral
4%
Social
3.8%
Paid
42.9%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~24