Vice President of Food Safety & Quality Assurance
Vice President of Food Safety & Quality Assurance
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About CookUnity:
Food has lost its soul to modern convenience. And with it it has lost the power to nourish inspire and connect us. So in 2018 CookUnity was founded as the first-of-its-kind platform that connects the world with the source of truly great food: chefs. Today CookUnity delivers 50 million meals a year from the industrys best chefs to homes all over the country. Fresh. Ready-to-eat. And crafted with the passion that nourishes body and soul.
Unwilling to stop there CookUnity is expanding beyond delivery to become an ever-innovating marketplace focused on our singular mission: empower Chefs to nourish the world.
If that mission has you hungry in more ways than one youve found the right job posting.
About the Role
The Vice President of Food Safety & Quality Assurance (VP of FSQA) is a mission-critical executive who defines owns and drives the development of CookUnitys end-to-end food safety and quality strategy. Reporting to the CEO youll be responsible for ensuring our FSQA practices are not only world-class and regulation-ready but fully aligned with CookUnitys customer promise brand integrity and aggressive growth trajectory.
As the senior-most food safety leader you will lead a distributed FSQA team across all markets and production processes. Your mandate: build scalable future-ready systems that embed food safety and quality into every link of our value chainfrom ingredient sourcing and culinary creation to fulfillment and last-mile delivery.
This role is ideal for a strategic visionary leader who combines deep technical and regulatory expertise with a pragmatic business-first mindset. You will be a key voice at the executive table responsible for mitigating our biggest risk areafood safetywhile shaping the systems and culture that will power the next decade of growth.
Key Responsibilities
Strategic Leadership & Organizational Design
- Develop and execute a global FSQA strategy aligned with CookUnitys scale complexity and mission to deliver safe chef-crafted meals at scale.
- Build and evolve a best-in-class FSQA team and org structure; attract develop and retain top talent across geographies and disciplines.
- Translate company-wide goals into scalable systems priorities and frameworks that empower FSQA Directors and site leaders to execute with clarity and urgency.
- Act as a trusted partner and executive liaison to Culinary Operations Supply Chain Sustainability and Tech to integrate quality and safety into core business rhythms.
Food Safety Compliance & Risk Management
- Own CookUnitys regulatory compliance strategy ensuring full readiness across FSMA HACCP GFSI (SQF preferred) FDA USDA (as applicable) and international standards.
- Lead enterprise risk assessments and mitigation strategies related to food safety; design and oversee robust crisis management and recall response systems.
- Define and govern all key policies and prerequisite programsincluding sanitation allergen management traceability and supplier qualityensuring consistent repeatable execution at scale.
Culture Transformation & Continuous Improvement
- Champion a proactive science-based food safety culture driven by behavior change lean principles and continuous improvement.
- Embed FSQA ownership into every level of the companyfrom the kitchen floor to the C-suitethrough training systems and storytelling.
- Lead root cause analysis (RCA) CAPA and corrective systems that resolve issues systemically and permanently.
Technology Innovation & Data Systems
- Lead the digital transformation of FSQA via implementation of modern traceability platforms predictive analytics and real-time monitoring systems.
- Leverage data trends and KPIs to improve product quality reduce food waste and anticipate emerging risks.
- Stay ahead of the curve on food tech innovation collaborating with R&D automation teams and external partners to future-proof safety systems.
Audits Reporting & Governance
- Own internal and third-party audit strategy across all sites ensuring continuous audit readiness and the highest industry certifications.
- Build and govern centralized FSQA documentation and data reporting systems enabling transparency traceability and real-time insight.
- Deliver regular executive-level reporting on food safety risk systemic improvements and strategic FSQA opportunities.
What Were Looking For
Experience
- 1520 years of progressive FSQA experience with 5 years leading multi-site or distributed teams at the VP or equivalent level.
- Track record of designing and scaling FSQA programs in fast-growth high-complexity environments (RTE fresh food CPG or platform-based models preferred).
- Deep expertise in U.S. food safety regulations (FSMA HACCP GFSI FDA PCQI) with exposure to international frameworks (Codex ISO) a plus.
- Demonstrated success in building high-performing teams and leading cultural transformation around quality and safety.
Skills & Competencies
- Strategic and systems thinker with an eye for execution and risk mitigation.
- Change agent capable of leading through ambiguity and growth.
- Tech-savvy data-literate and comfortable evaluating FSQA technology platforms.
- Executive presence with outstanding communication skills; able to influence across all levels from frontline operators to board members.
- High integrity and unrelenting commitment to food safety product quality and customer trust.
Why Join Us
CookUnity is redefining how people experience food bridging world-class chefs with millions of households. As the fastest food tech company in the US growing 70% YoY food safety isnt just an operational functionits a brand promise. This is your chance to own that promise and help shape the future of a category-defining platform.
Compensation
All final pay rates will be determined by candidates experience knowledge skills and abilities of the applicant internal equity and alignment with market data.If youre interested in this role please submit your application and if we think you might be a fit well get in touch with you. Thank you for your time!
CookUnity is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We are dedicated to creating a community of inclusion and an environment free from discrimination or harassment. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race color religion sex age sexual orientation gender identity national origin citizenship status protected veteran status genetic information or physical or mental disability.
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Employment Type
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