R&D Manager - Animal Nutrition & Feed Innovation

Licious; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 2,400,000 - 3,600,000; Full time

Job summary

Licious, a Bengaluru-based meat and seafood company, seeks an innovative, research-driven professional to lead Valorisation R&D initiatives focused on converting by-products and underutilised materials from meat and food processing into value-added ingredients, functional products, and sustainable business opportunities.

The role will drive research, process development, pilot-scale validation, commercialisation, and cross-functional execution aligned with sustainability and profitability

Qualifications

• Ph.D./M.Tech or MVSc in a relevant discipline with 7–15 years in R&D or valorization.
• Experience in new product development and process optimization.
• Knowledge of protein extraction and recovery technologies.

Responsibilities

• Lead Valorisation R&D initiatives to convert by-products into value-added ingredients.
• Drive process development, pilot-scale validation, and commercialisation.
• Ensure regulatory compliance, quality systems, and sustainability targets.

Skills

DOE

Process design

Pilot plant operations

Project leadership

Stakeholder management

Research publications

Valorizations

By-product utilisation

Regulatory compliance

Education

Ph.D./M.Tech in Food Technology/related

MVSc (Livestock Products Technology)

MVSc (Animal Nutrition)

Job description

We are Licious, a Bengaluru-based meat and seafood company founded in 2015 by foodies and friends, Abhay Hanjura and Vivek Gupta. We’re proud to be India’s most successful D2C food-tech brand, operating in 20 cities and delighting over 1.2 million customers per month with our de-licious fresh meat and seafood!

Think you have what it takes to be the magic ingredient in the recipe that is Licious? Read on…

What makes the role meaty?

Licious is seeking an innovative and research-driven professional to lead Valorisation R&D initiatives focused on converting by-products, waste streams, and underutilised materials from meat and food processing operations into value-added ingredients, functional products, and sustainable business opportunities. The role will drive research, process development, pilot-scale validation, commercialisation, and cross-functional execution aligned with sustainability and profitability goals.

We hope that you have...

• Ph.D./M.Tech in Food Technology, Food Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Agricultural Engineering or related disciplines; MVSc (Livestock Products Technology), MVSc (Animal Nutrition).
• 7–15 years of experience in R&D, process development, ingredient technology, extraction technologies, food innovation, or valorization-related projects.
• Proven experience in new product development, process optimization, pilot plant operations, and commercialisation.
• Valorisation and by-product utilisation
• Previous experience with meat & fish
• Protein extraction and recovery technologies
• Pet food or animal nutrition product development
• Design of Experiments (DOE)
• Food safety, regulatory compliance, and quality systems
• Process design and scale-up
• Technical report writing, patents, and research publications
• Strong stakeholder management and project leadership skills
• Successful commercialisation of valorisation projects
• Reduction in waste disposal costs
• Revenue generation through value-added products
• Improvement in recovery yields and process efficiency
• Number of innovation projects scaled to production
• Sustainability impact and resource utilisation improvements