Senior Manager, R&D

Chomps is America’s fastest-growing meat snack brand, redefining convenient snacking with a commitment to real ingredients and bold, satisfying flavors. Crafted from 100% grass-fed, grass-finished beef and venison, along with antibiotic-free turkey and chicken, each Chomps meat stick delivers 10+ grams of high-quality protein without sugar, hormones, soy, dairy, artificial preservatives, artificial nitrates, or MSG. Seasoned with a blend of flavorful herbs and spices, Chomps provides a nutritious protein snack for the whole family.

As a minority-owned, family-operated, and B Corporation-certified business, Chomps prioritizes thoughtful sourcing and recently earned the non‑ultra‑processed food certification through the non‑GMO project. Discover a new standard in snacking at

If you’ve been called scrappy, resourceful, and persistent, then you might just be a Chompian. You’re a team player who’s self‑motivated and action‑oriented. You’re committed to delivering efficiency and accuracy, and you happen to be great at proactive cross‑functional communication. You’re a critical thinker and a natural problem solver who enjoys details, research, and data. You take initiative and complete ownership of everything you do, and you’ll go the extra mile for your team, consumers, and audience.

You’re hungry to learn with a passion to grow and improve every day. You also take a keen interest in health, fitness, and nutrition. Sound like you? Then we want to meat you.

At Chomps, we’re rebuilding a team that takes ownership, moves quickly, and holds a high bar for product quality. As the Senior Manager, R&D, you will provide technical and strategic leadership across manufacturing support, commercialization, quality improvement, and continuous improvement initiatives. This role is responsible for driving operational excellence across our manufacturing network while ensuring products consistently meet expectations for quality, cost, and performance.

You will lead complex cross‑functional initiatives that impact multiple manufacturing locations and co‑manufacturing partners, helping shape the long‑term capabilities of our products and processes. Working closely with Manufacturing, FSQA, Procurement, Supply Chain, and Marketing, you will identify opportunities to improve yields, reduce costs, increase scalability, and strengthen product quality.

As a people leader, you will develop and grow a high‑performing R&D team while establishing priorities, processes, and technical standards that enable the business to scale. You will be expected to operate with a high degree of autonomy, influence decisions across functions, and serve as a trusted technical leader throughout the organization. This is a hands‑on leadership role that requires both strategic thinking and a willingness to engage directly in plant‑level problem solving.

• Strategic Leadership
  • Develop and execute R&D strategies that support manufacturing excellence, product quality, and business growth.
  • Identify and prioritize opportunities to improve operational performance across the manufacturing network.
  • Serve as a key technical advisor to Operations and Executive Leadership on manufacturing, commercialization, and quality initiatives.
  • Establish long‑term roadmaps for process improvement, capability development, and technical innovation.
• Team Leadership and Development
  • Lead, coach, and develop a growing R&D team, fostering accountability, technical excellence, and career growth.
  • Establish team priorities and allocate resources to support business objectives.
  • Build organizational capability through mentoring, talent development, and succession planning.
  • Create systems and processes that improve team effectiveness and project execution.
• Commercialization and Manufacturing Excellence
  • Lead commercialization efforts from concept through full‑scale production.
  • Oversee complex plant trials, scale‑ups, and process validations across multiple manufacturing locations.
  • Ensure new products and process changes are successfully integrated into manufacturing operations.
  • Partner with Operations and Supply Chain teams to improve launch…