Senior Scientist, R&d - Product Development

kaiserkraft.pt

Warrendale, PA, United States
Base: $89,800.00 - $112,200.00; bonus/equity: elig...
On-site
Consumer-insight-led concepts
Price-based development (pbd)
Risk-based learning plans
Kraft Heinz is seeking a Senior Scientist for R&D in Product Development, based in Warrendale, PA. This role involves providing technical leadership and driving innovation in the food sector while collaborating with various departments to ensure product quality and compliance

Job Summary

  • This role is a senior, hands-on technical leadership position within our U.S. businesses, serving as a high-impact individual contributor who sets a high bar for technical excellence, shapes front-end innovation, and ensures robust product and process performance.
  • Responsibilities include proactively generating consumer-insight-led concepts, applying Price-Based Development, creating focused learning plans, and partnering with cross-functional teams to align on commercialization pathways.
  • The position requires defining critical-to-quality attributes, establishing statistical control, planning failure and abuse testing, authoring rigorous specifications, and designing for manufacturability and scale-up.

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Kraft Heinz is seeking a Senior Scientist for R&D in Product Development, based in Warrendale, PA. This role involves providing technical leadership and driving innovation in the food sector while collaborating with various departments to ensure product quality and compliance.

Salary

Base: $89,800.00 - $112,200.00; Bonus/Equity: eligible for a performance-based bonus; Benefits: Not specified

Skills & Requirements

Must-have

  • consumer-insight-led concepts
  • Price-Based Development (PBD)
  • risk-based learning plans
  • define critical-to-quality attributes
  • statistical process control
  • design for manufacturability
  • food safety and regulatory compliance
  • project leadership and influence

Nice-to-have

  • lead through influence
  • subject-matter authority
  • data storytelling
  • drive clarity in ambiguity

Key Requirements

  • BS or MS in Food Science, Chemical/Packaging Engineering, or related discipline
  • Minimum 5 years of R&D/product/process development experience in CPG foods
  • Demonstrated application of DOE, SPC, capability analysis
  • Proven experience authoring specifications and establishing control plans
  • Hands-on scale-up and commercialization experience
  • Ability to remain current on evolving regulations
  • Excellent communication and influence skills
  • Ability to independently prioritize and manage multiple workstreams
  • Willingness to travel 30–40%

Work Rights

Not specified

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