# Senior Manager, R&D

The Company: Medici Brands is the parent company of David, Epogee, HallPass and several emerging brands launching in the near future. Medici Brands is led by CEO Peter Rahal, Co-founder and former CEO of RXBAR, and is focused on building brands that break the tradeoffs between taste and nutrition that have classically existed. Role Overview: Reporting to the Director of R&D, we are looking for a Senior Manager, R&D to lead and be responsible for a portfolio of SKUs end-to-end - from concept through pilot, scale-up, and post-launch iteration - while managing a small bench team of Food Scientists. This is a working-manager role. You'll still be hands-on at the bench for the hardest formulation problems, and you'll be responsible for prioritization, mentorship, and cross-functional delivery across your product line. Formulation & Technical Ownership Lead formulation, testing, and iteration across an assigned product line, applying deep working knowledge of proteins, high-intensity and rare sweeteners, fibers, binding systems, and shelf-life kinetics. Diagnose and resolve finished-product failures - texture drift, binding failure, flavor instability, processing defects - with speed and

- **Id**: 4120344
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/david-protein-senior-manager-rd>
- **Role**: Management
- **Role family**: Management
- **Seniority**: senior
- **Work mode**: on_site
- **Hiring geo confidence**: structured
- **Locations**: New York, United States
- **Countries**: US
- **Hiring countries total**: 0
- **Visa sponsorship**: no
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: no
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-08-17T00:00:00Z
- **Employer posted date**: 2026-08-17
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-12T00:35:08Z
- **Board verified**: yes
- **Days open**: 87
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 3893
- **Description truncated**: no
- **Benefits**: Dental insurance, Equity
- **Relocation offered**: no
- **Industries**: Snack Food, Dietary Supplements

## Company

- **Id**: 54361
- **Name**: David Protein
- **Domain**: davidprotein.com
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/david-protein>
- **Size band**: 201-500
- **Is staffing agency**: no
- **Employer type**: direct
- **Is intermediary**: no
- **Ats vendor**: Workable

## Salary

- **Min**: 170000
- **Max**: 200000
- **Currency**: USD
- **Period**: year
- **Usd annual**: 200000

## Trust

- **Level**: ok
- **Days open**: 87

## Requirements

- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: no

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-11-12T00:35:08Z

## Liveness

- **Score**: 50
- **Band**: ok
- **Label**: Likely open
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.834
- **P room**: 0.6
- **Age days**: 87
- **Expected fill days**: 92
- **Reasons**: conf:0, win:late, crowd:
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-12T01:34:07Z

## Pay

- **Stated usd annual**: 200000
- **Is top pay**: yes

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