US Kraft Heinz
Manager, R&D - Product Dev
Mount Royal, QC
Sponsorship not specified$96k-$120kDetected 1 day ago
Project ManagementLeadershipCommunicationCollaborationProblem SolvingMentoringFood Science
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About the role
- This role is responsible for translating business needs into practical development plans, driving technical execution, and ensuring projects progress effectively from concept through commercialization.
- This leader is expected to operate effectively in a dynamic, cross-functional environment and to balance people leadership with strong technical and project leadership.
- Additionally, this role requires in office presence at least three days per week in compliance with hybrid work schedule.
Responsibilities
- Own and execute product development projects across multiple cross-functional projects and product categories within the Canada business, including innovation, renovation, and brand maintenance work
- Ability and desire to be a technical manager -- own technical projects (70% of time) and manage/coach employees (30% of time).
- Manage, coach, and develop a team of product developers, including setting priorities, providing feedback, and building technical and leadership capability across product development and brand maintenance responsibilities
- Partner with cross-functional teams to drive project progress, resolve technical issues, and deliver against business timelines
- Lead product testing, qualification, and commercialization activities across laboratory, pilot plant, and production environments
- Manage multiple priorities concurrently and proactively identify tradeoffs, resource constraints, and priority conflicts across initiatives, including planned and unplanned brand maintenance asks
- Build strong ways of working across the team and cross-functional partners to improve execution, clarity, and accountability
- Demonstrate flexibility and willingness to learn new categories, technologies, and processing areas in support of business needs
- Mentor, coach, and collaborate with colleagues within and outside the immediate team to strengthen capability and business results
Requirements
- Strong knowledge of ingredients, product formulation, processing equipment, ingredient interactions, and laboratory test methods
- Demonstrated ability to work effectively in a fast-paced, cross-functional environment with changing priorities
- Self-motivated and able to deliver results with a high degree of ownership in a complex environment
- Strong ability to prioritize across competing business needs and make sound tradeoff decisions
- Bachelor's degree required in Food Science, Chemistry, Chemical Engineering, Life Sciences, or a related field, plus a minimum of 6 years of product development experience within CPG, food and beverage, or a related industry; or master's degree plus a minimum of 5 years of relevant experience, or PhD plus a minimum of 4 years of relevant experience
- Desired to have previous management experience, including leading, coaching, and developing technical talent
- Proven ability to lead product development and commercialization across multiple projects and priorities
- Strong communication, influencing, project management, and problem-solving skills
- Strong technical judgment and ability to design effective experiments, interpret results, and adjust plans as needed
- Willingness to travel up to 30%, including travel to internal plants, co-manufacturers, suppliers, and other business locations in the United States and Canada
- Un baccalauréat requis en sciences alimentaires, chimie, génie chimique, sciences de la vie ou domaine connexe, plus un minimum de 6 ans d'expérience en développement de produits dans les domaines des biens de grande consommation, de l'alimentation et des boissons, ou dans une industrie connexe; ou une maîtrise plus un minimum de 5 ans d'expérience pertinente, ou un doctorat plus un minimum de 4 ans d'expérience pertinente
- Je souhaite avoir une expérience préalable en gestion, incluant la direction, le coaching et le développement des talents techniques
- Solide connaissance des ingrédients, de la formulation des produits, des équipements de transformation, des interactions entre ingrédients et des méthodes de test en laboratoire
- Capacité avérée à diriger le développement et la commercialisation de produits à travers plusieurs projets et priorités
Nice to have
- or master's degree plus a minimum of 5 years of relevant experience, or PhD plus a minimum of 4 years of relevant experience
Compensation
- $96k-$120k
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