Global R&D Chef,'s

THE ROLE:

Ben & Jerry’s ice cream innovation starts here! This role brings an always‑on flow of relevant food inspiration to the Global Ben & Jerry innovation team and turns trends, consumer insight, and business needs into distinctive culinary strategies, compelling stories, gold‑standard products, and breakthrough ice cream experiences.

This is not a traditional restaurant kitchen position. This role is for the pioneer, the dreamer, the chunk‑and‑swirl creator who has their head in the clouds and a spoon in their pocket. Success means churning up the next big thing in ice cream all the way from spark to strategy: identifying an opportunity, framing the consumer and cultural context, creating a complete point of view, aligning partners, developing prototypes, and clearly communicating why the idea matters for Ben & Jerry’s.

The role also serves as the highly visible host and steward of the Ben & Jerry Corporate R&D kitchen, creating engaging ice‑cream‑making experiences for employees, partners, visitors, and VIP guests while maintaining a safe, organized, and inspiring development environment. Think you have what it takes to lead Ben & Jerry’s into the next era of ice cream innovation? We can’t wait to hear from you!

• Drive an always‑on innovation mindset, identifying emerging food, flavor, cultural, and consumer trends and translating them into opportunities for Ben & Jerry's.
• Shape innovation strategy and roadmaps by connecting consumer insights, trends, brand relevance, and business priorities into clear innovation platforms and recommendations.
• Lead culinary innovation from inspiration to launch, creating concepts, flavors, prototypes, and gold standards across global innovation, renovation, Scoop Shop, and limited‑batch programs, including end‑to‑end Scoop Shop flavor development.
• Inspire and develop teams through trend immersions, brainstorms, supplier collaborations, workshops, and culinary experiences that unlock creativity and drive action.
• Build alignment and momentum across functions, bringing together the right people, ideas, and partners to move opportunities from concept through execution.
• Own the R&D kitchen and product experience, ensuring a safe, organized, and inspiring environment for innovation, collaboration, and development.
• Serve as a Ben & Jerry's brand ambassador, creating memorable ice cream experiences for employees, visitors, customers, and VIPs that bring our brand, values, and product innovation to life

This role is designed for an innovation-focused, corporate research chef, culinary strategist, or food innovation professional. Success will come from the ability to identify opportunities, build strategic innovation platforms, inspire teams, and influence direction—not solely from culinary execution or restaurant experience.

• Degree or diploma in Culinary Arts, Pastry Arts, or similar with experience in Food Science, or Food Technology.
• 5+ years of experience in corporate culinary innovation, food innovation, menu development, or food applications, preferably within a branded food or CPG environment. Proven ability to translate consumer insights, trends, and cultural movements into strategic innovation platforms, compelling concepts, and differentiated products.
• Strong track record of innovation, storytelling, building recommendations, and presentations that connect consumer needs, trends, brand relevance, and business opportunity. Deep expertise in dessert, frozen dessert, pastry, or indulgent food development, with the ability to create inspiring prototypes and gold standards.
• Experience leading innovation workshops, tastings, trend immersions, and cross‑functional ideation sessions that inspire teams…