Directors of R&D - 2 Openings

about 2 years ago
Full time role
Remote · San Francisco, CA, US... more
Remote · San Francisco, CA, US... more

Company

LET’S REINVENT THE FOOD INDUSTRY When we discovered removing animals from food production would protect the planet, we didn’t ask why. ...

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Job Description

For people who believe eating healthier should be effortless and tasty, TheNotCompany (“NotCo”) – ranked in the Top 50 Most Innovative Companies by Fast Company - is a five-year old foodtech company that develops an AI technology and conducts cutting-edge science to enable the creation of unprecedented plant-based products, in a mission to restart the food industry. Since forming in 2015, we have launched several different plant-based products through our technology platform, Giuseppe, including NotMilk, NotMayo, and NotBurger. NotCo is a global company with offices & product sales in Chile, Brazil, and Argentina, Colombia, Mexico and the US; our latest $235m funding round will fuel our further growth in North America.

 

We are currently looking for (2) two Directors of R&D (BU: External Services)

 

The Director of R&D will be reporting to the VP of R&D (BU: External Services). This position is located in the San Francisco area.

 

Specifically, they will:

  • own the product development process and be the guardian for the advancement to each development phase
  • be the subject matter expert for all product development ventures with 3rdparty partners
  • work side by side with all the company functions in order to drive the top line, the efficiencies as well as uniquity of all products for NotCo External Services Business Unit.
  • work with suppliers, co-manufacturing partners and customers on the development of all product propositions
  • ensure product superiority status across our competitors in the spaces where we operate
  • be the subject matter expert for R&D NORAM and the balance of the geographies where NotCo operates and/or has partnerships
  • be responsible for attracting, developing, and retaining talent for the R&D BU team
  • be accountable on working side by side with the machine learning team and the research team on all product development on improvement projects

 

Key Qualifications

  • 10 or more years of progressive R&D experience in plant-based food products including successful execution of plant-based food products
  • Bachelor’s degree in food engineering, food science or a similar discipline; Master’s degree or MBA a plus
  • experience in working with ingredient suppliers and co-manufacturers
  • possess experience working in a consumer food company, start up experience preferred
  • excel in a startup environment and is excited to create new procedures and processes from scratch, and has a strong entrepreneurial mindset.
  • be a problem solver, have a general manager mindset, and take the initiative to get the job done
  • have strong negotiation, presentation and relationship building skills. 
  • have excellent presentation and influencing skills
  • possess strong planning, project management, and execution skills, and the ability to articulate where and how you have used them
  • rigorous data driven/analytical capability and ability and presence to present data effectively to a leadership team
  • demonstrated leadership ability + work well in teams and cross functional groups in a matrixed environment both regionally and globally
  • be agile, adaptable, and thrive in a dynamic and changing culture
  • possess strong computer skills including a high level of proficiency in MS Office, specifically Excel
  • ability to travel at least 30% of the time

 

Authorization to work in the US required.

 

We are an equal opportunity employer. All applicants will be considered for employment without attention to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran or disability status.

 

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