Manager, Advanced Food Ingredients Program

2 weeks ago

Saskatoon, Canada Saskatchewan Food Industry Development Centre Full time

The Advanced Food Ingredients Program is a unique opportunity to build an industry-leading team and platform to support the plant-based industry through advanced food ingredient processing, industrial fermentation and bioengineering technologies. The program provides an opportunity to expand both capacity and capabilities in new innovative food ingredient (protein, starch, fibre, fermented ingredients) manufacturing, modification and other acellular and mycelium-based food products and ingredients. The program will also focus on the development of new products that provide outstanding nutritional and functional benefits.

This is a senior-level position accountable to the Food Centre leadership that builds and delivers strategy aligned with its clients and stakeholders.

**Qualifications**:

- M.Sc./Ph.D. in Biochemistry, Microbiology, Molecular Biology, Chemical Engineering, Biochemical Engineering, Food Science & Technology or any closely related fields with 5+ years of work experience
- Prior experience working with fermentation processes (submerged and solid-state), down-stream processing and scale-up of technologies from the laboratory bench-top to pilot and production plants
- A background in laboratory and processing quality assurance and process troubleshooting
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills with the ability to distill complex scientific information into easily understood, accessible language
- A team player who engages quickly with both internal teams and external collaborators
- Strong technical writing and proposal writing/reporting experience and proven success in project execution
- Solution-orientated with maintaining flexible and adaptive approaches to support industrial commercialization of fermentation and related technology platforms.

**Core Responsibilities**:

- Provide leadership and coaching to team members as appropriate
- Direct liaisons with entrepreneurs, SMEs, and institutions to assist in commercializing new technologies in fermentation, bioengineering, plant-based foods and ingredients.
- Support the development of an industry and research ecosystem focused on fermentation and separation technologies.
- Develop strategies, partnerships, and collaborations within the ecosystem and industry to support the growth of Canada’s food and ingredient sector.
- Develop strategies to support the use of plant-based materials in fermentation and bioengineering technology to advance the development of modified proteins or novel ingredients
- Develop a research and development strategy with an execution plan aligned to the project objectives.
- Maintain clear and timely communication on R&D activities to the leadership team
- Support the development and engineering teams with expertise and considerations for process modelling and capital projects
- Provide support for planning and implementation of R&D infrastructure
- Develop and maintain annual budgets

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