R&D Technical Project Lead

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Regular Full-Time Salt Lake City, UT, US

2 days ago Requisition

Salary Range: $55,000.00 To $70,000.00 Annually

Position Summary:

The R&D Technical Project Leadis responsible for coordinating and supporting R&D projects from initiation through commercialization within a nutraceutical manufacturing environment. This position serves as a central point of coordination between R&D, Quality, Production, Supply Chain, and other departments to help ensure project activities, formulation updates, pilot trials, and manufacturing requirements are completed according to established timelines.

The R&D Technical Project Lead maintains project schedules, tracks milestones and action items, coordinates meetings and production trial requests, communicates project status, and identifies potential delays or risks requiring escalation. This position may also provide hands‑on support for formulation trials and R&D activities as needed.

This role is well suited for an individual with experience in R&D, product development, manufacturing, or project coordination who is looking to develop broader project management experience within the dietary supplement industry.

Key

Duties & Responsibilities:

Project Coordination & Tracking

• Coordinate assigned R&D projects from project initiation through pilot, scale‑up, and commercialization activities.
• Develop and maintain project timelines, milestones, action items, and project status trackers.
• Monitor project progress and follow up with responsible departments to ensure assigned activities are completed on time.
• Coordinate project priorities with R&D team members and cross‑functional departments.
• Identify potential project delays, resource constraints, or other risks and elevate concerns to R&D leadership as appropriate.
• Maintain accurate project records and ensure project information is current and accessible to stakeholders.
• Support multiple R&D projects simultaneously while maintaining organization and established priorities.

Cross‑Functional Coordination

• Coordinate project activities between R&D, Quality, Production, Supply Chain, Purchasing, and other supporting departments.
• Schedule and facilitate routine project meetings and document decisions, action items, owners, and due dates.
• Follow up on outstanding project requirements and communicate changes that may impact established timelines.
• Coordinate requests for pilot runs, manufacturing trials, samples, raw materials, and production time.
• Assist with resolving routine project issues and escalating technical, quality, scheduling, or resource concerns when additional support is required.
• Support the transition of projects from development into manufacturing.

Project & Customer Communication

• Provide routine project status updates to internal stakeholders and customers as assigned.
• Communicate project timelines, formulation status, sample status, pilot scheduling, and other project updates.
• Coordinate customer requests with appropriate internal departments.
• Document customer feedback, requested changes, and project decisions and communicate them to the appropriate R&D team members.
• Escalate significant technical, regulatory, quality, cost, or timeline concerns to R&D leadership.

R&D & Formulation Support

• Support R&D team members with formulation and product development activities as needed.
• Assist with preparation and execution of lab‑scale and pilot‑scale trials.
• Coordinate collection of formulation, processing, and manufacturing information needed to support project decisions.
• Assist with documenting formulation changes, trial results, and project‑related…