Culinary Project Manager (Food Science)

• Define and communicate culinary performance and experience standards for all CHEF iQ products
• Give culinary feedback on hardware, firmware, software, and UI/UX
• Challenge product decisions that compromise cooking performance or food safety, backed by testing data
• Maintain quality control for all CHEF iQ products and content

• Write, standardize, and maintain testing procedures so results are repeatable across testers, units, and SKUs
• Assess products at each development stage, with clear, concise feedback and recommendations
• Test and validate every firmware and app release, documenting bugs, features, and enhancements for the right team
• Oversee presets for all products, tested with real food

• Develop product function charts and run market research, including competitive testing, to set quality benchmarks
• Track competitor launches and culinary features, and turn them into product and positioning recommendations

• Manage culinary workstreams on new products, including timelines, deliverables, and milestones
• Be the main contact for product-related culinary questions across teams
• Partner with UI/UX, Software, Firmware, and Product Development on features and new products
• Present testing results to Product Development with clear recommendations
• Keep spreadsheets current and show where each product stands

• Organize all Guided Cooking recipe content for development and release
• Support Marketing, Copywriting, photo, and video teams on content, functionality explanations, and packaging review
• Support Sales with product demonstrations, cooking demos, and product inquiries

• Bachelor’s degree in Food Science, Culinary Arts, or a related field, or a culinary degree plus equivalent hands-on experience
• 3+ years of culinary experience in product development or test kitchen work
• 2+ years of project management or coordination experience, ideally on cross-functional product teams
• Hands-on experience writing and running product or food testing procedures
• Experience with competitive testing, benchmarking, or market research for consumer products

• Extensive culinary expertise, including technique and validating standards, with a deep understanding of smart kitchen technologies. Recipe development is a plus.
• Food science knowledge applied to food testing
• Organized reports that combine culinary and technical results
• Planning, prioritizing, and tracking multiple projects and deadlines
• Exceptional communication across teams, translating technical and culinary information for non-technical audiences
• Excel data analysis, such as averages, variance, and charts across test runs
• Strong organization, attention to detail, and critical thinking about how a product performs
• Collaborative, flexible, and respectful of others’ opinions

• A food science testing background with sensory experience, such as Sensory Scientist, Food Technologist, or R&D or test kitchen roles
• Experience testing small kitchen appliances or smart and connected consumer products
• Restaurant experience is a plus
• Some familiarity with AI tools

Your work helps people cook with confidence. You’ll join a close team that loves food, with a supportive manager who is there when you need her and trusts you to do the work.

Applicants must be authorized to work in the U.S. without sponsorship.