Senior R&D Scientist, Private Brands Leadership

People Capital Executive Search; Irving (TX); On-site; USD 140,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

People Capital Executive Search is seeking a Principal Scientist to provide technical leadership across the New Private Brands portfolio, ensuring products are developed, commercialized, and maintained with scientific rigor. This role partners with cross-functional teams and external suppliers to drive technical excellence, compliance with food regulations, and quality across the product lifecycle.

You will own formulations, process development, shelf-life strategies, and continuous improvement

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in food science, food engineering, chemistry, or related field.
• Strong knowledge of HACCP and regulatory requirements for food products.
• Experience with sensory evaluation techniques and consumer testing methodologies.
• Proficiency in experimental design, product testing methodologies, and data analysis.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end technical research and development and commercialization for innovation, renovation, and maintenance initiatives across the Private Brands portfolio.
• Apply and continuously improve technical development and commercialization systems that embed food safety, regulatory compliance, QA standards, and shelf-life considerations.
• Translate product concepts into scalable, manufacturable formulations and processes, ensuring technical readiness for launch.
• Own product performance over shelf life, including defining test strategies, validating assumptions, and managing technical risk for formulation, process, and supplier changes.
• Ensure all products comply with applicable food regulations and brand QA standards.
• Partner closely with QA, Regulatory, Legal, and Sensory to support approvals, audits, testing, and ongoing compliance.
• Serve as a primary technical partner to co-manufacturers, establishing expectations for quality, performance, and compliance.
• Identify opportunities for continuous improvement and lead implementation with suppliers and internal teams.
• Support supplier performance management, including technical input to scorecards, corrective actions, and continuous improvement.
• Partner with Strategic Sourcing to identify, qualify, and onboard new suppliers through technical evaluations and capability assessments.
• Develop, govern, and maintain technical specifications and standards, including formulations, ingredients, processes, and shelf-life assumptions.
• Lead technical change management, ensuring changes are evaluated, documented, approved, and executed in a controlled manner.

Skills

Food chemistry

Microbiology

Formulation development

Experiment design

Regulatory knowledge

Sensory evaluation

Project management

Cross-functional collaboration

Documentation skills

Supplier oversight

Education

Bachelor’s degree in food science / Food Engineering / Chemistry

Job description

People Capital Executive Search is seeking a Principal Scientist to provide technical leadership across the New Private Brands portfolio, ensuring products are developed, commercialized, and maintained with scientific rigor. This role partners with cross-functional teams and external suppliers to drive technical excellence, compliance with food regulations, and quality across the product lifecycle.

You will own formulations, process development, shelf-life strategies, and continuous improvement