About the role

  • Product Development Manager in Operations for a global multi-category business. Contributing to product innovation and providing technical expertise in prototype making and testing.

Responsibilities

  • Contribute to Product Development activities with an innovative approach
  • Ensure the completion of assigned workstreams within global product deploy portfolio projects
  • Handle prototyping, lab work, data analysis, and sensory evaluations across assigned portfolio of projects
  • Offer mentorship to indirect developer roles within the team
  • Champion practical and technical expertise in prototype making and testing, experimental methods & techniques, and product specification development
  • Support Senior Product Developers to deepen technical knowledge
  • Maintain rigorous control on output quality to channel product developments through the pipeline to product launch

Requirements

  • Proven project management experience
  • Understanding of analytical and sensory data from product testing
  • Ability to translate data into actionable recommendations
  • Experience within the industry related to product development and product testing
  • Technical curiosity with problem-solving and critical thinking skills
  • Knowledge of prototyping, sampling, and testing procedures and processes
  • Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
  • Understanding of project management and development timescales
  • Interpretation of scientific data to drive business decisions
  • Ability to collaborate with internal and external collaborators
  • Ability to plan and prioritize tasks based on business needs
  • Understanding of regulation/compliance and the importance of Environment Social Governance (ESG)
  • Degree or equivalent commercial experience in a science, FMCG or Food & Beverage Product Development related field

Benefits

  • market leading annual performance bonus (subject to eligibility)
  • diverse health plans
  • initiatives for work-life balance
  • transportation support
  • flexible holiday plan with additional incentives

Job title

Product Development Manager I

Job type

Experience level

Mid levelSenior

Salary

Not specified

Degree requirement

Bachelor's Degree

Location requirements

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