Manager, Product Development
3 weeks ago
Cronos Group is an innovative global cannabinoid company with international production and distribution across five continents. Cronos Group is committed to building disruptive intellectual property by advancing cannabis research, technology and product development. With a passion to responsibly elevate the consumer experience, Cronos Group is building an iconic brand portfolio. Cronos Group’s portfolio includes PEACE NATURALS, a global health and wellness platform and our adult-use brand Spinach.
At Cronos Group, we hire talented people who thrive on solving difficult problems and give them the opportunity to hone new skills and approaches. If you want to play a part in shaping an innovative industry and help build a historically significant company, we want to meet you.
This position is based out of Stayner, ON.
**What You'll Be Doing**:
- Manage Product Development teams responsible for the development of cannabis product formats including Processed Flower, Infused Flower, Pre-Roll, Infused Pre-Rolls, and other product formats related to Pre-Rolls.
- Responsible for representing Research and Development organization and responsible for driving Product Development decisions in the commercialization processes; facilitating two-way communication between the business and the R&D organization to deliver on the business needs.
- Develop and communicate new products, cost-savings initiatives, quality improvements, or novel product attributes to the marketing team; working through business case development and implementation when appropriate.
- Lead the inputs on: Cost-of-Goods Sold, cannabinoid ratios, formulations and other technical considerations for the development of Profit & Loss models; working cross functionally with marketing & finance teams.
- Travel to and from global Cronos Group Facilities, 3rd party contract manufacturers, and other remote locations for product development purposes, technical consultations, and manufacturing scale-up, optimization and troubleshooting, as required.
- Manage day-to-day workload and priorities for wet-lab work; directly supervising Product Development technicians and scientists, and ensuring projects are completed on-task and on-schedule and within budget.
- Assist with the development and lead the implementation of formal Product Development framework, reporting, capacity planning, resource management and budget development.
- Design, review, and approve Product Development experiments, reports, and formal documentation while communicating relevant results to the business to drive strategic decision making, acting as a thought leader and decision maker for technical considerations.
- Communicating research outcomes and commercialization project status to senior leadership team with the ability to communicate roadblocks, mitigations, and project acceleration opportunities.
- Act as lead technical contact between the business and contract manufacturing partners, contract research partners, consultants and other Product Development specific projects and activities with 3rd party vendors.
- Responsible for implementation and systems for inventory traceability and administrative documentation of all cannabis product being used for product development activities as well as tech-transfer and scale-up activities.
- Develop templates and processes for drafting formal product specifications and review & approve formal product specifications for all raw materials, work-in-progress/intermediate products, and final finished goods.
- Work with Regulatory Affairs to ensure Product Development compliance with the applicable laws, regulations and guidance governing cannabis products and their formats.
- Review and approve R&D stability for Product Development, overseeing R&D stability for durable dates, shipping conditions, real-time and accelerated conditions for all products and formats.
- Work with marketing and procurement teams to identify and utilize various raw materials and packaging for product development with an emphasis on Cost-of-Goods-Sold as well as functionality in final formulation.
- Develop process development critical parameters and general protocols for tech-transfer and scale-up activities of products working closely with engineering and/or contract manufacturers. Lead process validation and qualification as required.
- Continual survey of competitive landscape and adjacent markets for novel products, innovations, industry trends; leading technical analysis and communicating results to cross functional business units.
**Your Environment**
- Able to work in varying temperatures
- Overtime as required
- Frequent time spent in the laboratory, standing, bending, crouching
- Office environment: manual dexterity required
- Able to conduct presentations for management and peers
- Busy office environment with frequent disruptions
**You'll Need to Have**:
- Minimum bachelor’s degree in science or related discipline; graduate degree preferred.
- Minimum 5 -10
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