RRE Portfolio Careers

This role bridges product development, intellectual property, regulatory strategy, and quality execution. You’ll help formulate and test new nicotine, supplement, and functional product concepts — while also playing a key role in documenting and protecting the innovations behind them. A major part of the role includes supporting the creation of provisional patent filings, conducting freedom-to-operate analyses, and helping manage IP documentation across evolving projects.
In addition, you’ll contribute to regulatory submissions (including PMTAs), coordinate lab testing with external partners, and support quality monitoring at manufacturing sites. The ideal candidate is comfortable working across technical disciplines — from lab-scale formulation to writing clear, defensible documentation that meets FDA and IP standards.

Responsibilities

• Contribute to formulation and prototype development of smoking cessation and functional health products across various formats.
• Support the creation and protection of intellectual property, including freedom-to-operate analyses, provisional patent drafting, and patent process coordination.
• Draft and refine sections of regulatory submissions, including Premarket Tobacco Product Applications (PMTAs) and other documentation.
• Coordinate with third-party laboratories for analytical testing and method development.
• Monitor and document quality processes at contract manufacturing partners.
• Collaborate cross-functionally with Product, Marketing, Regulatory, and Quality teams to drive project execution.
• Take on additional responsibilities as projects evolve.

Expected Qualifications

• 3+ years experience in one or more of the following: product development, regulatory affairs, lab-scale formulation, or quality assurance within consumer health, nicotine, supplement, or food categories.
• Educational background in a scientific or technical field such as Chemistry, Biology, Pharmacology, or related — or equivalent hands-on experience with demonstrated outputs.
• Strong scientific writing skills, especially in technical and regulatory formats.
• Highly organized, detail-oriented, and comfortable communicating in a remote work environment.
• Practical experience working in lab or formulation environments.
• Familiarity with FDA regulation of tobacco, food, drug, supplement or similar consumer products preferred.