Senior R&D Lead — Product Innovation & Scale-Up

Mars; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 119,000 - 164,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Mars University access

Company bonus

Industry-competitive pay and benefits

Job summary

Mars Accelerators’ Nature’s Bakery business unit seeks a Senior Manager R&D to lead product development and provide advanced technical leadership across the portfolio. You will guide three direct reports, manage resource allocation, and stay hands‑on on high‑impact innovation and renovation projects with strong autonomy.

Responsibilities include planning technical work, ensuring scale‑up and commercialization readiness, and partnering with R&D, manufacturing, quality, and regulatory teams to

Qualifications

• Lead product development activities with advanced technical leadership.
• Involved in formulation, prototyping, scale‑up, and commercialization readiness.
• Plan and execute technical work using data, risk assessment, and judgment.
• Collaborate with R&D, manufacturing, quality, and regulatory teams.

Responsibilities

• Set team priorities and direct product development activities.
• Plan, execute, and document technical work for projects.
• Lead investigations and develop best practices.
• Manage resource allocation and direct three direct reports.

Skills

Product development

Technical leadership

Data analysis

Experiment planning

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in Food Science/ Chemistry/ Biology/ Engineering/ Nutrition

Job description

Mars Accelerators’ Nature’s Bakery business unit seeks a Senior Manager R&D to lead product development and provide advanced technical leadership across the portfolio. You will guide three direct reports, manage resource allocation, and stay hands‑on on high‑impact innovation and renovation projects with strong autonomy.

Responsibilities include planning technical work, ensuring scale‑up and commercialization readiness, and partnering with R&D, manufacturing, quality, and regulatory teams to