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As a Product Development & Culinary Scientist, you will help shape the future of our global innovation pipeline by transforming consumer and customer needs into exciting product solutions.\nIn this role, you'll combine food science, product development, and culinary expertise to bring new products to life. From early-stage concepts through to technical readiness and market implementation, you'll play a critical role in delivering products that are desirable for consumers, viable for the business, and feasible to manufacture at scale.\nYou'll lead the product development workstream for global innovation projects while partnering with colleagues across R&D, Marketing, Commercial, Supply, Engineering, Consumer Insights, and Quality & Food Safety. Working across multiple projects, you'll influence stakeholders globally and help ensure our products continue to delight consumers around the world.\nWhat will be your key responsibilities?\nLead product development activities across innovation and renovation projects from concept through launch.\nTranslate product development briefs into compelling product propositions aligned with consumer, customer, and business needs.\nDevelop scientifically sound and culinary-inspired product solutions that deliver against our global food strategy.\nPartner with Global and Regional teams to establish product targets and successful implementation pathways.\nDrive product development workstreams while balancing consumer desirability, technical feasibility, and commercial viability.\nManage project timelines, budgets, risks, and technical deliverables to ensure successful execution.\nOwn critical product attributes, including taste, product performance, nutritional profile, and recipe cost.\nUtilize 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