Pilot & Labs Manager of R&D

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 a Pilot & Labs Manager of R&D (BU: External Services)

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

Specifically, they will:

• be the subject matter expert for all pilot and labs tests with 3^rdparty partners.
• work side by side with Chefs, Food Scientists and Product Developers in order to drive the top line, the efficiencies as well as uniquity of all products for NotCo BU.
• Organize all Pilot and Labs activities in the daily basis as well as yearly planning.
• Be accountable for the Pilot and Labs facilities: Authorization to operate, Maintenance, Team trainings and People Safety.
• be responsible for attracting, developing, and retaining talent for the R&D Pilot and Labs Team
• Bring product development expertise through his / her own experience as well as from suppliers, to ensure successful industrialization and launches that meet the requirements of the project brief.

Key Qualifications

• 5 or more years of progressive R&D experience in Pilot Plants for plant-based food products.
• Bachelor’s degree in food engineering, food science or a similar discipline.
• experience in working with Pilot and Labs vendors 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
• 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 15% of the time

Authorization to work in the US required.