From concept to commercialization to optimization, our Technical R&D; Managers are the leaders and drivers of technical development work at Jack Link’s. A highly collaborative and strategic role, this individual will work closely with operations, food safety & quality (FSQ), business management, marketing, sales, consumer insights, procurement and across R&D.;  Your role will be serving as a technical expert to identify areas of opportunity, to coach others to ensure their success, leading projects, and help the company achieve its aggressive growth objectives. The Technical R&D; Manager will be a subject matter expert and provide leadership and effective coaching for programs and people.

Specifically, you will: 

• Provide feedback and technical assistance to our facilities, across R&D;, and the broader organization as a Technical Expert.
• Provide technical leadership through close partnership with Operations and Quality in determining root cause and finding solutions for problems in food products such as sensory, quality, or consistency issues. Participate on cross-functional teams to identify areas of opportunity in cost reduction, yield improvement, and formulation/process improvement and efficiencies.
• Lead and coach others to develop technical plans and project timelines. Manage individual projects, technical programs and guide other team members
• Design and execute appropriate testing methodologies to validate changes to raw materials, formulations, and process. Coordinate testing plans with food safety, regulatory, quality and operations. Generate written reports, interpret results, and make next step recommendations.
• Document and maintain product and processing specifications
• Proactively identify and bring new ideas and creative solutions to our Operations, Quality, Sales, and Marketing partners
• Explore alternative approaches to deliver higher margin new product opportunities to market more quickly and opportunities to expand the margins on existing products.
• Develop products and formulations to meet Jack Link’s business objectives: bench-top prototypes and manufacturing processes, identify ingredients, document product specifications, scale-up products into manufacturing setting, and coordinate product analysis (sensory, nutritional, challenge studies, consumer insights etc.) as needed.
• Identify ingredients, technology, platforms and processes that meet current needs and will enable future development in line with consumer trends as prioritized by the business.
• Champion quality awareness.