Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. The Good Crisp Company is a rapidly growing snack brand focused on healthier, allergen-conscious products. The R&D and Product Development Manager leads technical product development and commercialization readiness from concept through launch, including formulation, sourcing, packaging, manufacturing trials, documentation, and product lifecycle management.
Responsibilities
- Lead development of new products, line extensions, renovations, and cost optimization initiatives from concept through commercialization
- Partner with Marketing to translate consumer insights, brand strategy, and product concepts into commercially viable product solutions
- Develop and refine product formulations that meet quality, sensory, cost, manufacturing, regulatory, and customer requirements
- Evaluate ingredients, processing methods, and packaging solutions to support product performance, scalability, and commercial success
- Lead technical commercialization activities, including feasibility assessment, scale-up, manufacturing trials, validation, and transfer to commercial production
- Develop and execute commercialization plans that ensure technical readiness and successful transition from benchtop through full-scale manufacturing
- Coordinate with Operations, QA, suppliers, manufacturing partners, and other cross-functional teams to resolve technical issues and optimize products and processes
- Ensure technical deliverables—including specifications, formulation records, documentation, approvals, and manufacturing requirements—are complete and accurate throughout the product lifecycle
- Maintain and continuously improve product standards, specifications, and technical documentation in response to business needs, supplier changes, regulatory updates, and product improvements
- Lead technical packaging development, including evaluation of functionality, manufacturability, product protection, sustainability, cost, and consumer experience
- Partner with ingredient and packaging suppliers, manufacturing partners, and technical vendors to evaluate capabilities, qualify materials, and support product and process improvements
- Serve as a primary technical resource throughout product development, commercialization, and ongoing product lifecycle management
Skills
- 6+ years of progressive experience in food product development, R&D, commercialization, or a related technical role within the CPG industry
- Demonstrated experience leading food and beverage products from concept through scale-up, manufacturing trials, and commercial launch
- Strong formulation and ingredient functionality experience, with the ability to balance sensory, quality, cost, manufacturability, and customer requirements
- Experience working with contract manufacturers, ingredient suppliers, and packaging suppliers
- Proven understanding of food manufacturing processes, scale-up principles, process validation, and technical troubleshooting
- Experience developing and maintaining product specifications, formulations, technical documentation, and other commercialization deliverables
- Working knowledge of food safety, quality systems, labeling, regulatory requirements, and customer or retailer specifications
- Experience with packaging development and evaluation, including functionality, manufacturability, product protection, and cost considerations
- Strong project management and organizational skills, with the ability to manage multiple development initiatives and competing priorities
- Excellent cross-functional collaboration and communication skills, with the ability to translate technical information for non-technical stakeholders
- Strong problem-solving and decision-making skills, with a practical, hands-on approach to resolving technical and commercialization challenges
- Ability and willingness to travel to suppliers, manufacturing facilities, and production trials as needed (about 30% travel, on site for trials, new supplier meetings, scale up efforts, etc.)
- While we're ideally looking for candidates in the greater Boulder/Denver area, we're also open to remote candidates for this role
- For local candidates, we expect a hybrid work schedule, coming into the office on Tuesdays and Wednesdays to work together in person
- For remote candidates, occasional travel is required for team meetings or company events
- Bachelor's degree (preferred)
Benefits
- Technology Stipend
- Equity
- Full-time employees and dependents are eligible for medical, dental and vision insurance
- 4 weeks paid time off + paid holidays
- 401(k) program with employer contribution
- Remote candidates are offered remote work
- Local candidates have a hybrid work schedule, coming into the office on Tuesdays and Wednesdays
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