Product Manager, Ingredient Platforms

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October 16

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Ketone-IQ

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Wellness • Sports

Ketone-IQ is a health and nutrition company focused on providing high-performance energy solutions through their unique ketone-based products. Developed through extensive research and clinical testing, Ketone-IQ's products are designed to boost focus, endurance, and athletic performance by harnessing the power of ketones—a macronutrient that efficiently fuels the brain and body. Their offerings include a variety of pure ketone energy shots and servings, which are intended for use by athletes, professionals, and anyone looking to enhance cognitive and physical performance. Ketone-IQ is committed to continuous innovation in ketone nutrition, collaborating with elite athletes and health experts to ensure maximum efficacy of their products.

11 - 50 employees

🧘 Wellness

⚽ Sports

📋 Description

• Identify, manage and develop strategic relationships with key global partners to secure and diversify ingredient supply. • Structure agreements and co-develop scalable, compliant solutions that align with company goals. • Partner with Regulatory and Quality to execute global filings (GRAS, EFSA, Novel Food) and ensure ingredient compliance and documentation accuracy. • Act as the bridge between internal science teams and external regulators to accelerate commercial readiness. • Stand up and qualify key technical operations — from lab to pilot through scale-up — in partnership with Quality and Supply Chain. • Evaluate existing partner engineering stacks and collaborate on commissioned changes or upgrades needed. • Translate R&D outputs into GMP-ready, food-grade production through disciplined planning and execution. • Collaborate with R&D, Supply Chain, Regulatory, and Business Development to align technical execution with commercial strategy. • Optimize product positioning, pricing, and supply chain economics for both internal and external ingredient sales. • Define and execute the roadmap for ingredient commercialization, GTM, and portfolio growth. • Conduct market research and competitive analysis to identify white-space opportunities and next-generation ingredient directions. • Design redundancy into our supply and GTM ecosystems, and uphold global quality and safety standards. • Collaborate with legal to design and manage robust, defensible IP frameworks. • Manage documentation, audit readiness, and cross-border regulatory nuances proactively.

🎯 Requirements

• 7–10 years in product, supplier, engineering, or program management within biotech, specialty chemicals, or functional ingredients. • Deep technical fluency in bioprocessing, purification, and scale-up operations; comfortable interfacing with engineers, scientists, and manufacturing teams. • Strong understanding of global food and nutrition regulatory frameworks (e.g. FDA, GRAS, Novel Food, EFSA, NDI, IND) and hands-on experience navigating documentation, compliance, and application workflows. • Proven ability to identify, structure, and build supplier and technology partnerships, from technical diligence through contract execution through commercial readiness. • Experience with IP portfolio development, technology licensing, and proprietary process management. • Exceptional cross-functional collaboration skills — able to lead with authority, manage competing priorities, and communicate effectively across fully-remote technical and commercial teams.

🏖️ Benefits

• Competitive salary • Flexible working hours • Professional development budget • Home office setup allowance • Global team events