Menu Innovation & Growth Lead

Bite Talent; Greater London; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Bite Talent is seeking a product development lead to own the menu strategy for a growing food brand. You will drive end-to-end creation of new items, lead LTOs, and shape core menu updates as the estate scales across locations.

You will partner with marketing, chefs, suppliers and operations to ensure cost-effective, high-quality offerings suitable for high-volume kitchens and international expansion.

Qualifications

• 5–7 years’ product development experience within QSR, food service or retail.
• Own product roadmaps and create menus with real autonomy for multi-site operations.
• Degree in Food Science/Technology or Nutrition with HACCP Level 3 or equivalent and essential food safety knowledge.

Responsibilities

• Lead new menu items end to end from concept to launch and define a clear product roadmap for LT offers and core updates.
• Collaborate with marketing on trend analysis, benchmarking and customer insights to drive menu innovation.
• Partner with chefs, suppliers, operations and supply chain to ensure products are scalable, cost-effective and work in high-volume settings.
• Recommend ingredients, suppliers, cooking processes and equipment for consistency and quality across locations.
• Build structured processes for recipe development, tastings, approvals and trials, and track performance post-launch.
• Use menu engineering and recipe adjustments to optimise cost of goods and improve margins, with early supply chain forecasts.

Skills

Product development

Roadmap ownership

Menu innovation

Cross-functional collaboration

Food safety knowledge

Education

Food Science / Food Technology / Nutrition degree

HACCP Level 3 qualification

Job description

Bite Talent is seeking a product development lead to own the menu strategy for a growing food brand. You will drive end-to-end creation of new items, lead LTOs, and shape core menu updates as the estate scales across locations.

You will partner with marketing, chefs, suppliers and operations to ensure cost-effective, high-quality offerings suitable for high-volume kitchens and international expansion.