The Farmer's Dog
Senior Food Scientist
New York, New York, United States · Senior
Sponsorship not specifiedDetected 19 hours ago
ExcelPerformance ManagementResearchCollaborationProblem SolvingMentoringFood SafetyFood Science
About the role
- They will serve as a key resource to Customer Experience, Brand, Animal Healthcare, and Operations team for physical product and process information.
- This role will also require travel of up to 40%.
- One Team: We don't think of ourselves as "Acquisition Marketers", "Engineers", "Data Analysts", or "Product Managers".
Responsibilities
- Create products based on ingredient functionality, nutritional targets, consumer need, claim substantiation, operational feasibility, and financial targets.
- Fully own all trial and experiment documentation, ensuring all information is clear, articulate, and accessible for relevant stakeholders.
- Author,own, and maintain ingredient, WIP, and finished product specifications; and manage version control through product life cycle changes.
- Develop and communicate project timelines and costs, and proactively surface risks or changes to senior leadership.
- You're a skilled communicator with the ability to absorb and distill complexity into simple terms to drive decision making.
- To date, The Farmer's Dog has delivered over 1 billion meals nationwide and raised over $150M in funding to help us build a company as healthy as the dogs who are eating those meals.
- This role leads product development initiatives and establishes operational objectives and work plans across the food science function.
- The Senior Food Scientist will drive new formulations and identify opportunities in our current food and future products, while also mentoring and developing a direct report.
Requirements
- You have a Bachelor's Degree (or higher) in Animal Science, Food Science, or a related field.
- You are a direct, caring, and persuasive communicator and establish rapport easily with people on your cross-functional team and other key collaborators.
- You have flexibility to commit to up to 40% travel, dependent on the event calendar and plant trials.
- You have proficient knowledge of food formulation, food safety, and manufacturing.
- You are able to thrive in a fast-paced and ambiguous environment, naturally curious and proactive self-starter, constantly on the lookout for new opportunities and solutions.
- You are capable of lifting/moving 50+ lbs.
Nice to have
- Bringing products from concept through commercialization.
- Assist with pilot facility maintenance and management.
- Daily activities will include equipment maintenance and sanitation as well as ingredient inventory and management.
- Prepare, label, and ship product samples for internal evaluation, external sensory panels, analytical testing, and feeding trials, maintaining chain-of-custody documentation and cold-chain integrity throughout.
- Analyze data from plant trials, proximate and nutrient analyses, feeding trials, and shelf-life studies
- and translate findings into clear conclusions, actionable recommendations.
- Coordinate academic research partnerships.
- 8+ years of experience in R&D or Product Development in the food manufacturing industry, with a demonstrated track record of taking products from concept to commercialization.
Compensation
- Market-competitive compensation and equity packages
Benefits
- The Farmer's Dog was born from a mission to change the landscape of pet health, providing dogs and their humans with honest, smart, and simple care.
- Join us as we continue to develop ways of bringing peace of mind to customers, health to their companions, and much-needed change to the way people feed and care for their pets.
- Market-competitive compensation and equity packages
- Comprehensive Healthcare, Dental, and Vision
- Company supported mental health benefits
- 12 week paid parental leave
Company info
- The Farmer's Dog was born from a mission to change the landscape of pet health, providing dogs and their humans with honest, smart, and simple care. We're starting by radically improving the $90 billion pet food industry, replacing bags of highly-processed pellets with a personalized subscription service that sends complete and balanced, freshly-made dog food directly to customers' doors. Our ultimate goal is to create innovative, delightful and personalized experiences across all aspects of pet care, and we believe our direct-to-consumer business model, holistic approach to growth, and dynamic culture uniquely position us to shepherd this backwards industry into the future.
- To date, The Farmer's Dog has delivered over 1 billion meals nationwide and raised over $150M in funding to help us build a company as healthy as the dogs who are eating those meals. Join us as we continue to develop ways of bringing peace of mind to customers, health to their companions, and much-needed change to the way people feed and care for their pets.
- #LongLiveDogs
- What We Stand For and Where You'll Come In
- We're starting by radically improving the $90 billion pet food industry, replacing bags of highly-processed pellets with a personalized subscription service that sends complete and balanced, freshly-made dog food directly to customers' doors.
- Our ultimate goal is to create innovative, delightful and personalized experiences across all aspects of pet care, and we believe our direct-to-consumer business model, holistic approach to growth, and dynamic culture uniquely position us to shepherd this backwards industry into the future.
- The Senior Food Scientist will report directly to the Director, Food Science.
Equal opportunity
- The Farmer's Dog, Inc. is an equal employment opportunity employer and does not discriminate in hiring on the basis of sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, color, religion, creed, national origin, physical or mental disability, protected veteran status or any other legally protected characteristic or status.
- For more information, please visit Know Your Rights.
- Reasonable Accommodations
- TFD complies with applicable federal, state, and local disability laws and makes reasonable accommodations for applicants and employees with disabilities.
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