R&D Lifecycle Lead: Formulation & Commercialization

Dairy Farmers of America; Springfield (MO); Vor Ort; USD 120.000 - 180.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

Dairy Farmers of America is seeking a Sr. Scientist - R&D Life Cycle to lead complex lifecycle workstreams from concept through launch.

You will govern opportunity intake, brief quality, documentation standards, and stage‑gate readiness while coordinating cross‑functional teams across formulation, process design, validation, and commercialization. You will drive KPI tracking, data‑driven improvements, and continuous capability development, ensuring robust formulas, scalable processes, and timely

Qualifikationen

• B.S. degree in Food Science, Dairy Science, Biological Science, Chemistry, Chemical Engineering, Business, Operations, Project Management, or related discipline required; M.S. and/or Ph.D. desirable.
• 6+ years of industry experience in R&D, product development, formulation, commercialization, or lifecycle management.
• Demonstrated progression in technical responsibilities and ability to lead complex projects or cross-functional workstreams with limited supervision.
• Experience developing or optimizing food and/or dairy formulations and leading or improving stage-gate, lifecycle, project management, resource planning, documentation, data analytics, or commercialization processes preferred.
• Food, dairy, ingredient, beverage, cultured, frozen, powder, filtration, aseptic/ESL/retort, or related manufacturing experience preferred.

Aufgaben

• Lead medium-to-large lifecycle workstreams and/or multiple concurrent projects with ownership of lifecycle plans, timing, risks, governance checkpoints, and deliverables.
• Serve as a senior gatekeeper for assigned opportunities, confirming briefs, approvals, documentation, sensory reviews, technical validation, and commercialization readiness before projects advance.
• Review opportunity briefs to clarify customer needs, business value, technical feasibility, scope, success criteria, and timing expectations.
• Remove barriers by aligning R&D, sales, marketing, innovation, operations, QA/food safety, regulatory, procurement, finance, and business leadership.
• Set expectations and coach project teams on lifecycle discipline, standard work, documentation rigor, clean handoffs, and readiness requirements.
• Lead lifecycle‑critical systems, schedules, templates, dashboards, and project tracking routines to manage opportunity flow and resource allocation.
• Develop, maintain, analyze, and communicate lifecycle KPIs such as turnaround time, first‑round acceptance rate, scale‑up success, and ROI impact.
• Lead readiness reviews and post‑project learning to improve future speed and robustness.

Kenntnisse

R&D lifecycle management

Cross-functional leadership

Project management

Data analytics

Documentation discipline

Communication skills

English proficiency

Ausbildung

B.S. in Food Science or related field

M.S. and/or Ph.D. desirable

Tools

PLM

CRM/Salesforce.com

Jobbeschreibung

Dairy Farmers of America is seeking a Sr. Scientist - R&D Life Cycle to lead complex lifecycle workstreams from concept through launch.

You will govern opportunity intake, brief quality, documentation standards, and stage‑gate readiness while coordinating cross‑functional teams across formulation, process design, validation, and commercialization. You will drive KPI tracking, data‑driven improvements, and continuous capability development, ensuring robust formulas, scalable processes, and timely