Sr Director of New Product Development

Senior Director of New Product Development Comanufacturing

This role will develop and lead a NPD team that will support the company s growth objectives with a focus on innovation quality and industryleading product development. This position plays a strategic role in leading and managing all facets of development quality assurance and ensuring the R&D budget objectives are met while maintaining a strong and competitive innovation portfolio. The role is responsible for departmental oversight including identification development and launch of successful new products. The position requires a person with exceptional technical knowledge and managerial skills.

• Lead the product development process from ideation to commercialization working closely with sales marketing and ops teams to bring new products to the market
  
• Create and manage innovation pipeline of new products and oversee product lifecycle management
  
• Ability to cultivate a collaborative environment with different product teams and mentor more junior team members to help them grow as scientists and contributors
  
• Manage and scale process innovation to improve our core business
  
• Manage a small but growing R&D organization to keep timelines and strategically allocate resources across multiple projects
  
• Ability to balance both long term research initiatives and top line revenue driving product development
  
• Lead the team with passion and integrity intellectual curiosity and humility
  
• Ability to maintain processes and systems to ensure developmental success
  
  

Requirements

• 510 years in an NPD/ Innovation/ R&D management position
  
• Extensive knowledge of CPG
  
• Project management skills: Demonstrated ability to push projects over the finish line planning and persistent execution; ability to align resources and seek input of key stakeholders
  
• Fundamental knowledge of beverage processing technologies
  
• Understanding and maintenance of quality protocols
  
• Ability to venture out in the unknown
  
• People management skills: Demonstrated history of developing individuals and fostering collaborative work environment