R&D Process Lead: End-to-End Scale-Up & Launch

Kraft Heinz; Glenview (IL); On-site; USD 141,500 - 176,900; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

401k

Flexible work arrangements

Paid time off

Job summary

Kraft Heinz is seeking an experienced R&D Process Project Delivery Lead at the Glenview R&D Center. You will own complex process development initiatives from concept to commercialization, partnering with Platform R&D, Manufacturing, and cross-functional teams to translate product concepts into scalable manufacturing processes.

The ideal candidate has 11+ years of R&D product and process development with strong project leadership, and hands-on experience with pilot plants, scale-up, and process

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Chemical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Industrial Engineering, or related field.
• 11+ years of progressive experience in R&D product and process development with scale-up and cross-functional leadership.
• End-to-end product and process development from concept through commercialization.
• Strong manufacturing scale-up and industrialization knowledge.
• Proven cross-functional leadership and project management skills.
• Experience with pilot plants, process trials, and first commercial production runs.
• ERP experience (SAP) and tools proficiency (MS Project/Smartsheet).

Responsibilities

• Lead full R&D lifecycle for process initiatives: ideation, feasibility, design, modeling, validation, pilot trials, scale-up, and handover.
• Translate requirements into manufacturing processes meeting performance, quality, cost, and timeline targets.
• Collaborate across R&D, Quality, Regulatory, Procurement, Manufacturing, Supply Chain, and partners.
• Build and maintain integrated project plans with budgets, resources, and milestones.
• Coordinate pilot runs, first-time-right trials, and process validation activities.
• Mitigate technical risks related to process robustness and materials interactions.
• Mentor junior scientists/engineers and strengthen project execution capability.

Skills

End-to-end product development

Cross-functional leadership

Project leadership

Process design

Scale-up experience

Risk management

Manufacturing integration

Communication skills

MS Project / Smartsheet

SAP experience

Education

Bachelor's degree in Chemical/Mechanical/Industrial Eng

Tools

MS Project

Smartsheet

Excel

SAP ERP

Job description

Kraft Heinz is seeking an experienced R&D Process Project Delivery Lead at the Glenview R&D Center. You will own complex process development initiatives from concept to commercialization, partnering with Platform R&D, Manufacturing, and cross-functional teams to translate product concepts into scalable manufacturing processes.

The ideal candidate has 11+ years of R&D product and process development with strong project leadership, and hands-on experience with pilot plants, scale-up, and process