Scientist, R&D - Product Development, Global Disruptive Innovation

Job Description Here at Kraft Heinz, we grow our people to grow our business, because we believe that great people make great companies.

When you join our table, you can expect access to an array of holistic wellness benefits
* and perks, including medical, dental and vision coverage, 7% 401(k) matching, Business Resource Groups (BRGs) to help foster diversity, inclusion, and belonging for all employees, an industry-leading total rewards package that emphasizes a high discretionary bonus.

Benefits begin 30 days after hire for hourly employees, and immediately upon hire for salaried employees.

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Are you ready for an exciting and unique type of R&D role? This position is a Scientist, Product Developer on the Global Disruptive Innovation R&D team, where you will be challenged to immerse yourself with global consumers and innovative food-based solutions. You will work with one to three small cross‑functional teams (“pods”) where collaboration, trust, and ownership drive the team forward while engaging in the Agile @ Scale framework at Kraft Heinz.

As a Scientist, you will be a critical part of the Build and In‑Market Validation Phases of the project where promising disruptive concepts are brought to life. You will collaborate with the cross‑functional Core Pod Team to understand the key design principles and guardrails to incorporate into the product design. Iterative development will begin with scrappy prototypes and benchtop experiments with promising solutions progressing through pilot plant and factory scale‑up.

While working with the R&D Technical Lead for sprint‑to‑sprint activities, Product Developers will have a clear line of ownership and accountability for specific technical work streams with significant influence over solution development. Success is measured by validating consumer behavior and quantitative metrics across Desirability, Feasibility, and Viability objectives and key results. In addition to this Scientist’s technical contributions, they will also support cross‑functional aspects of the project in areas related to consumer insights, marketing, and financial viability.

This is an individual contributor role with leadership opportunities through organizational influence and partnership with internal technical functional partners.

• Collaborate with R&D Technical Lead to prioritize product development tasks
• Lead execution of formulation and process development along identified work streams
• Explore and evaluate potential suppliers and development partners
• Complete rapid prototyping and iterative development to achieve design principles
• Innovate within Procurement, Legal, Food Safety and Quality project guardrails
• Scale promising solutions through pilot plant and plant trials
• Adopt Agile ways of working and Agile @ Scale playbook
• Support cross‑functional project work streams as needed
• Contribute to required technical documentation

• 2 years of relevant experience with a B.S. degree or 1 year of relevant experience with an M.S. degree
• Desire to learn and apply Agile Ways of Working
• Proven competency within the commercialization process, including multiple aspects of product development: POs, Specifications, HACCP, DSA, etc. (2+ years)
• Strong drive for results, willingness to experiment, and values progress over perfection
• Comfortable operating with mid‑high levels of autonomy
• Willingness to think and do things differently
• Growth mindset, model lifelong curiosity and learning
• Willingness to take calculated risks

New Hire Base Salary Range: $77,800.00 - $97,300.00

Bonus:
This position is eligible for a performance‑based bonus as provided by the plan terms and…