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So, what's it like to work here? If you're local, you'll walk into our Emeryville office each Monday morning and find 100 of your colleagues sitting on sofas, beanbag chairs, or the floor excitedly talking through the week ahead and watching one of their colleagues tell their personal life and career journey. Picture a casual and collaborative environment of a start-up, the innovative mindset of a tech company, and the stability of a company with revenue last year of over $1.3 billion, and you'll find us in the sweet spot where world-class culture meets robust business results.
The Sr. Director, Science and Technology (S&T) is a hands-on, technical leadership role in the Research and Innovation (R&I) team, responsible for providing day-to-day technical support and long-term scientific leadership.
You’re excited about this opportunity because your time will be filled with…
Technical Leadership: 40% of Time
Lead, Manage, and Develop People: 40% of Time
Strategic Activities: 20% of Time
Education:
Skills:
This may not be your ideal next career move if…
If we haven’t convinced you to apply already, here are some of our favorite perks and benefits:
We strive to create an equitable and inclusive environment to contribute to the success of our organization. Premier Nutrition provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, marital status, status as a covered veteran and any other category protected under applicable federal, state, provincial and local laws.
Here's what all the hype is about Premier Nutrition Company, LLC (PNC) is a clear leader in the convenient nutrition category and makes great-tasting food products under the brand names Premier Protein, Dymatize, and PowerBar, and is part of publicly-traded BellRing Brands (NYSE:BRBR). With its people-first culture, PNC empowers its people to create the best work of their lives alongside some truly astounding colleagues.
PNC treats its people like adults with respect and trust. One of our five core values is to
Connect & Belong because we bring our diverse backgrounds, life experiences, and ways of thinking to each challenge grounded in our belief that everyone should have a seat at the table and be listened to deeply. Whever makes you, you - you belong here.
We strive to avoid many of the outdated processes of conventional workplaces. We don't have performance reviews we have quarterly conversations. We don't have management we have inspiring leaders to coach and mentor. We don't have a casual dress code we simply don't have a dress code; wear what you like. And we have a lot of fun.
Bringing dogs to work, company-wide give-days days, philanthropy and sustainability programs, in-office massages, walking meetings, and free daily exercise classes on-site and at the adjacent gym are just a few ways we make work feel less like work. And the results of our great culture speak for itself: we were certified as a Great Place to Work™ for the sixth year-running in 2022 and ranked in the top 12 on
Fortune Magazine’s Best Workplaces in our category for the past four years.
So, what's it like to work here? If you're local, you'll walk into our Emeryville office each Monday morning and find 100 of your colleagues sitting on sofas, beanbag chairs, or the floor excitedly talking through the week ahead and watching one of their colleagues tell their personal life and career journey. Picture a casual and collaborative environment of a start-up, the innovative mindset of a tech company, and the stability of a company with revenue last year of over $1.3 billion, and you'll find us in the sweet spot where world-class culture meets robust business results.
PNC seeks individuals who will thrive in this work environment and will help us build our culture and this high-growth company for the next phase in our amazing journey. Does this sound like you? Then read on.
Responsibilities:
The Role…
The Sr. Director, Science and Technology (S&T) is a hands-on, technical leadership role in the Research and Innovation (R&I) team, responsible for providing day-to-day technical support and long-term scientific leadership.
You’re excited about this opportunity because your time will be filled with…
Technical Leadership: 40% of Time
- Directly responsible for success and performance of:
- Sensory and Nutrition Science team and activities
- Coman Qualifications and Process Optimization team and activities
- Lab Management and Documentation team and activities
- External subject matter experts, resources and partnerships
- Guides Science and Technology team to provide hands-on, high-impact technical support to Product Development and Innovation teams
- Directly responsible for advancement of PNC technical knowledge and knowledge capture
- Leads and oversees Building Block projects
- Responsible for building and maintaining knowledge infrastructure
- Fosters knowledge-sharing activities and culture within R&I team
Lead, Manage, and Develop People: 40% of Time
- Lead and develop optimal organizational capabilities and structure to deliver against strategic objectives.
- Effectively manage and develop members of your team, to enhance our corporate culture and support the growth of individual team members, the team and the company.
- Identify and develop process improvements and implement as best practices across the department.
- Provides mentorship and professional development to entire R&I team in collaboration with SVP and fellow R&D directors
- Proactively identify learning and development opportunities for R&D team members
- Provide technical leadership and critical thinking formally and informally
- Lead by example as a champion of PNC values and Good Energy
Strategic Activities: 20% of Time
- Play a leadership role in articulating PNC’s long-term technology roadmap and IP strategies in alignment with broader enterprise strategy from SVP and PNC Leadership Team
- Proactively helps R&I and PNC leaders identify risks, remove barriers and define contingency plans around key technical projects
- Secure internal and external resources for existing and future Research and Innovation (R&I) projects
- Stay on top of relevant trends through individual research, seminars and maintaining a network of professional, business and industrial contacts
What are we looking for?
Education:
- BS and Masters in Food Science, Food Engineering, Biological Sciences, Chemical Engineering or similar disciplines.
Experience:
- 15+ years’ experience in the Food industry, focusing on new product development and product commercialization.
- 5+ years’ experience leading a team at the Director level or above.
- Well-versed in sensory tools and methods.
- Experience with nutritional beverage’s and/or dairy/proteins is highly desired.
Skills:
- Demonstrated ability to lead a food industry R&D and/or commercialization team.
- Demonstrated ability to work effectively with senior management team through excellent interpersonal, influencing and communication skills (both written and verbal).
- Demonstrated ability to manage direct reports effectively.
- Ability to excel in dynamic fast-paced business environment, demonstrated ability to and manage multiple priorities.
- Ability to travel on a regular basis.
Five capabilities that differentiate this role and are key to candidate success:
- Coach & mentor
- Embody a strategic mindset
- Build people up
- Empower people
- Influence and inspire
You will thrive here and may just do the best work of your life if…
- You want to be an integral part of shaping and nurturing an amazing work culture
- You can be flexible in your approach to people challenges and abandon past practices if they don’t make sense or would lead to a poor outcome
- You enjoy making people-centric decisions and finding ways to say ‘yes’ as often as possible to impactful and important priorities for the business or team
- You are comfortable being natural, casual, open, and even a bit playful at work
- You can be friendly, vulnerable, and self-deprecating in one moment, and deal with a challenging, delicate people-related matter as a professional in the next
- You can do periods of focused, deep work on projects that drive the needle
This may not be your ideal next career move if…
- You like a lot of structure, rules, and uniformity
- You like order, hierarchy, command and control management
- You want to build lots of processes, systems, governance, or policies
- Dealing with ambiguity or experimentation are not your jam
- You try to resolve challenging interpersonal situations over email or instant messaging
- You like managing from behind your computer and demonstrating excellence through email
- You tend to chase whatever shiny object presents itself during the day even if non-strategic
If we haven’t convinced you to apply already, here are some of our favorite perks and benefits:
- Friday afternoons off year-round (and of course a hefty PTO package plus 11 holidays)
- 6% 401K match. Literally free money
- Hybrid work with an average of 2-3 days a week in the office for local folks
- All jobs are bonus-eligible
- Work-out time during work
- Free custom lunch twice a week. Plus, plenty of snacks and shakes.
- 2 weeks of work from anywhere time to move your Big Rocks
- Quarterly team building events/happy hours (city-wide scavenger hunt, bowling, ropes course, putt-putt)
- Bring your dog to work (3 days/week)
- Extended paid parental leave regardless of gender or familial make-up
We strive to create an equitable and inclusive environment to contribute to the success of our organization. Premier Nutrition provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, marital status, status as a covered veteran and any other category protected under applicable federal, state, provincial and local laws.
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