Senior Manager, R&D

🕒 June 23

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Chomps

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11 - 50 employees

Founded 2012

🏥 Healthcare

📣 Marketing

📦 Logistics

💰 $80M Private Equity Round on 2022-01

Healthcare • Marketing • Logistics

Chomps is a company specializing in healthy meat snacks, offering a variety of protein sticks made from beef, turkey, and venison. Their products focus on nutrition by providing snacks that are high in protein, with no sugar and low in carbohydrates, making them suitable for keto and paleo diets. Chomps' snacks are advertised as free of fillers and allergen-friendly. The company promotes a subscription model for customers to save money on their orders and distributes its products nationwide, available in over 20,000 stores.

📋 Description

• Provide technical and strategic leadership across manufacturing support, commercialization, quality improvement, and continuous improvement initiatives. • Lead complex cross-functional initiatives that impact multiple manufacturing locations and co-manufacturing partners. • Identify opportunities to improve yields, reduce costs, increase scalability, and strengthen product quality. • Develop and grow a high-performing R&D team while establishing priorities, processes, and technical standards. • Operate with a high degree of autonomy, influence decisions across functions, and serve as a trusted technical leader throughout the organization. • Lead commercialization efforts from concept through full-scale production. • Oversee complex plant trials, scale-ups, and process validations across multiple manufacturing locations. • Provide technical leadership and support for manufacturing and co-manufacturing partners. • Drive initiatives focused on improving yield, throughput, labor efficiency, and overall equipment performance.

🎯 Requirements

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Food Science, Meat Science, Engineering, or a related field. • 7 – 10+ years of experience in food manufacturing, product development, commercialization, process improvement, or technical operations. • Experience in meat snacks, meat processing, or shelf-stable animal protein products. • Demonstrated success leading complex manufacturing and commercialization initiatives across multiple facilities. • Strong knowledge of food processing, formulation, quality systems, and manufacturing operations. • Experience supporting and influencing co-manufacturing partners. • Proven people leadership experience, including coaching, performance management, and talent development. • Strong business acumen with the ability to balance quality, cost, speed, and scalability. • Ability to influence cross-functional teams and drive alignment without direct authority. • Excellent problem-solving, communication, and project management skills. • Experience leading continuous improvement or operational excellence initiatives. • Track record of delivering measurable improvements in yield, quality, cost, or manufacturing performance. • Experience building teams and organizational capabilities within a high-growth environment. • Ability to travel up to 50%.

🏖️ Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance • 401K 6% match • Monthly reimbursements for wellness and home office • Unlimited PTO and 15+ paid holiday days • Hybrid & flexible remote schedule • Paid maternity and paternity leave • Bi-annual total team in-person activities • Company-wide Continual Education budget • Unlimited snacks