Summary of Position

The Scientist is a mid-level product developer. This individual is skilled in the formulation, scale-up, and commercialization of food and beverage products but may have more weighted experience in a certain area. They are proficient in self-management and project prioritization to meet business and client needs and play a key role with keeping a project team on task. This individual has a developing knowledge of the food and beverage industry, holistically, and is a keen innovator amid an ever-changing trend landscape.

Essential Job Duties

• Work to formulate high quality products for clients, assuming responsibility for the design, planning, and execution of varying complexity projects.
• Batch and prepare formulas for processing at the bench and pilot plant scale, with an in-depth working knowledge of relevant processing equipment.
• Conduct analytical testing on raw and finished product samples including but not limited to pH, titratable acidity, total solids/moisture, particle size, Brix, density, viscosity, and color.
• Apply critical thinking, food science and business principles to work through complex, challenging scenarios at bench, pilot, and commercial scales. Leverage internal and external resources for troubleshooting and root cause analysis.
• Interact with clients on a regular basis to maintain project momentum and engagement.
• Drive progress and deliver results on multiple priorities, projects, and timelines concurrently.
• Provide technical support for varying complexity/risk product trials.
• Monitor progress of shelf life for given projects through data analysis and synthesis into comprehensive technical reports.
• Execute other duties as assigned within established SOPs and participate in SOP revision, optimization, and creation with other stakeholders. Participate in training and onboarding initiatives as needed and lead training for any direct reports.
• Follow all Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP) and Good Laboratory Practice (GLP) guidelines and assist in enforcing policies throughout the organization.
• This role may require travel to manufacturing plants (<20%).
• This role may include supervision of other teammates as well as management of entry or junior-level roles (typically 1-2 direct reports).

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in food science, chemistry, biochemistry, engineering, or related field.
• Minimum 4 years’ experience in a food/beverage manufacturing facility and/or laboratory setting.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office suite including Outlook, Excel, SharePoint, and Word.
• Skilled in data synthesis and technical writing/communication.
• Collaborative and team-oriented mindset and detailed work style.
• Proficiency in self-management and prioritization skills to meet client and business needs.
• Comfortable with a brisk working pace and environment of changing priorities.
• Must be able to sit, stand, or remain in a stationary position for extended periods of time.
• May occasionally need to move, lift, or transport containers of ingredients weighing up to 50 lbs.
• Exposure to food and beverage product tastings which may include allergens.
• Occasional travel to manufacturing plants where exposure to confined spaces, loud noise, excessive heat/cold, and/or wet/slippery conditions is possible.

Preferred Qualifications

• 5+ years of progressive experience in beverage product development, ideally with both CPG and flavor house exposure.
• Demonstrated success leading formulation and commercialization of diverse beverage platforms, including high- and low-acid ready-to-drink products, ready-to-mix powders, functional beverages, and concentrates/syrups.
• Proven mastery in beverage flavor applications, including flavor system design, customization, masking strategies, and performance troubleshooting.
• Advanced expertise in powdered beverage systems, with deep understanding of solubility, stability, sensory optimization, and manufacturing techniques.
• Hands-on experience with natural color applications in beverages, including stability optimization and color-flavor harmony.
• Skilled at synthesizing technical data into clear, actionable insights and reports.
• Effective communicator with the ability to deliver compelling presentations to both internal stakeholders and external clients.

Working Conditions

• Typical office setting for most desk work and paperwork including use of standard office equipment.
• Typical food/beverage laboratory and pilot plant setting for all hands-on development work including the use of standard laboratory equipment.
• 15 floating WFH days 

Summary of Position
The Consumer Insights Manager will be responsible for helping to shape the future of R&D at Imbibe through data collection and analysis, insights generation, and storytelling. This role will work in conjunction with the Director – Product Development and Innovation to help scope the growth pipeline for the organization, inclusive of generating insights on market trends and unmet needs to inform the ingredient innovation pipeline. Additionally, this role will support the marketing and sales organization with consumer and market insights that inform the creation of winning marketing programs and sales prospecting strategies. Ideal candidates would feel comfortable using primary and secondary data to build stories and answer questions for the organization that would inform strategy, as well as create impactful presentations to both internal and external stakeholders.

Essential Job Duties
Market and Consumer Insights

• Market research to support innovation – market sizing research, trending claims and ingredients to address through our own innovations
• Conduct market landscape assessments to support innovation strategy, including market sizing, competitive scans, trend analysis, and whitespace identification
• Product development insights – trending claims and products types, trending flavors to support demo development and product development showcase work
• Flavor insights – trending flavor territories and specific flavors broadly and within categories to support marketing presentations/programs and development/applications work
• Own relationships with research vendors and act as the subject matter expert on primary and secondary research tools

Marketing Program and Sales Insights

• Assess marketing program effectiveness and web analytics
• Provide insights to shape and optimize marketing programs, customer campaigns, and thought-leadership content
• Uncover flavor trends to support marketing programs
• Internal insights program – have an outward looking view of the market and be able to share insights with internal teams to inform content creation, sales programs, and connections with customers
• Develop an internal insights-sharing program to consistently communicate market learnings across cross-functional teams

Insights Storytelling

• Marketing presentation storyline co-creation
• Primary research to support marketing programs, showcases, and other customer requests – and the ability to report of research findings; be able to generate, program, and analyze surveys (both qualitative and quantitative)
• Gather data and generate insights to help us create engaging content and shape internal strategy
• Ability to create and deliver presentations to internal and external audiences
• Support the creation of compelling storylines for marketing presentations, customer meetings, and innovation showcases
• Design, program, and analyze primary research studies (quantitative and qualitative) to support marketing, product development, and customer requests
• Distill complex data sets into clear, meaningful insights that shape content creation, influence internal strategy, and elevate customer engagements
• Build and deliver high-quality presentations to internal stakeholders and external partners, including customers and senior leadership

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in marketing, market research, or a related field.
• Minimum of 3 years of experience in insights/research related role, ideally within the flavor or food industry (5+ years preferred)
• Strong understanding of primary and secondary research methodologies and data analysis/ presentation
• Skilled at working cross functionally and in a team environment
• Able to communicate information and ideas so others will understand; must be able to exchange accurate information effectively throughout and outside the organization
• Strong organizational and leadership skills, ability to work independently
• Passion for Imbibe's mission
• Strong capabilities in Microsoft applications
• Familiarity with syndicated data tools (e.g., Nielsen, Circana, Mintel or equivalents)
• Independently motivated
• Good interpersonal/teamwork skills and a sense of business/technical interrelationships
• Collaborative, adaptable, and comfortable working in a changing, entrepreneurial environment
• Regularly operates a computer and other machinery, such as a calculator, copy machine computer and printer

Working Conditions

• Office Setting

Summary of Position

The Technician plays a supporting role—driving for action and results to further internal and external project progress. This individual works both within the Product Development team, assisting others under the direction of experienced R&D staff, as well as individually on assigned project work. The specific day-to-day tasks may vary but include Pilot Plant batching, analytical testing, sample preparation and shipment, and support for shelf life studies.

Essential Job Duties

• Batch, package, and ship product samples for client evaluation, third party laboratory or consumer testing.
• Batch and prepare formulas for processing in the Pilot Plant. General awareness of processing equipment.
• Conduct analytical testing on raw and finished product samples including but not limited to pH, titratable acidity, total solids/moisture, particle size, Brix, density, viscosity, and color.
• Monitor shelf life for given projects and pull product samples at regular intervals for analytical testing.
• Keep detailed records of batched formulas, analytical testing data, shelf life data and collaborate with the Product Development, Engineering, and Sensory teams to produce formal reports when needed.
• Execute other duties as assigned within established SOPs and participate in SOP revision, optimization, and creation with other R&D stakeholders. Participates in training and onboarding initiatives.
• Maintain, clean, and organize all work areas including participation in maintenance of communal workspaces.
• Follow all Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP) and Good Laboratory Practice (GLP) guidelines.

Minimum Qualifications

• Associate's Degree in related field
• Detail-oriented work style with a team-centric mindset.
• Comfortable with a brisk working pace and environment of changing priorities.
• Must be able to sit, stand, or remain in a stationary position for extended periods of time.
• May occasionally need to move, lift, or transport containers of ingredients weighing up to 50 lbs.
• Exposure to food and beverage product tastings which may include allergens.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in a food manufacturing facility and/or laboratory.
• General familiarity with Microsoft Office Suite including Outlook, Excel, SharePoint, and Word.

Working Conditions

• Typical office setting for most desk work and paperwork including use of standard office equipment.
• Typical food/beverage laboratory and pilot plant setting for all hands-on development work including the use of standard laboratory equipment.