Head of Nutrition

Head of Nutrition Our client, a successful tech scale-up, cash generative SME, with a £5m turnover and employing 70 staff, is looking to double in size in the next five years under the guidance of its experienced, highly charismatic and driven CEO, supported by a first-class senior leadership team. Their platform combines personalised technology with individualised coaching to deliver cutting-edge support for nutrition, habit forming and sustainable lifestyle changes.

They now seek to appoint a knowledgeable Registered Dietitian who understands the science of nutrition and the real-life application of fitness, not only for weight loss but also for those engaged in strength training, weightlifting, and performance improvement. As Head of Nutrition, you will: play a key role in shaping the user experience by providing expert guidance on diet, exercise, and wellness support product development, create evidence-based content to support members and followers be the voice of knowledge across the organisation on all nutritional know how own the online and coaching nutritional content via the companys digital platform (video, chat, or asynchronous messaging) develop customised meal plans and diet strategies tailored to a variety of goals (e.g., fat loss, muscle gain, strength training, metabolic health) collaborate with fitness professionals and exercise scientists to ensure nutrition advice aligns with training protocols help shape product features that integrate nutrition, fitness, and health data contribute to the creation of digital content including articles, guides, meal templates, and educational resources remain up to date with evidence-based practices in both dietetics and sports nutrition, including supplements, macronutrient timing, and fuelling for performance support users in building sustainable habits around food, training, and recovery analyse health data and user feedback to iterate and improve our nutrition tools and services As Head of Nutrition, you will need: a Registered Dietitian (RD/RDN) credential a Bachelor's or Master's degree in Dietetics, Nutrition, or related field 2 years experience in clinical, performance, or digital health settings a strong understanding of strength training, weightlifting, and sports nutrition a passion for fitness and an active lifestyle excellent communication and coaching skills the ability to use digital tools, health apps, and telehealth platforms experience with behaviour change techniques the ability to analyse biometric data (e.g., body composition, wearables, nutrition tracking apps)

Salary & benefits:

£50-70k pa 25 days holiday  bank holidays Employee discounts Free on-site gym Enhanced sick pay scheme Enhanced maternity & paternity pay