Culinary Commercialization Manager, Robotics

Wonder•Boston, MA

4d•$128,000 - $135,000•Hybrid

About The Position

About Wonder Everything’s on the menu at Wonder. Except compromise. Wonder is the mealtime platform built to feed every craving in one order. With Wonder, you can mix and match hundreds of dishes from 20+ exclusive restaurants in a single order, so everyone gets exactly what they’re craving. Enjoy everything from tacos to Thai with $0 delivery fees, plus dine-in or pick up at a Wonder location near you. Each dish is made to order on-site by our culinary team and served hot. Behind the scenes, Wonder owns and operates every step of the dining experience, from recipe development to the technology that powers our experience, allowing us to deliver quality, variety, and consistency at scale. Join us as we work to make great food more accessible. About The Opportunity We’re looking for a Culinary Commercialization Manager, Robotics to drive menu and recipe adaptation on our automated platforms, lead ingredient sourcing, and manage hands-on culinary testing. Reporting to the Sr. Director of Culinary Platform Strategy, you will play a vital role in bringing Wonder’s culinary vision to life on our robotic systems and providing expert culinary support to our enterprise B2B customers.

Requirements

7+ years of restaurant and/or kitchen management experience.
Experience setting up new vendors, leading ingredient cuttings, managing order guides and vendor ordering platforms.
Experience with menu mix analysis, setting pars and forecasting usage.
Practical knowledge of Fast Casual and Quick Service Restaurant operations, with an eye toward speed and high-volume consistency.
Experience with the culinary R&D process, scaling recipes, bench testing, leading menu roll outs and new product launches.
Strong understanding of high-volume kitchen systems, line flows, and food safety.
Solid culinary skills and familiarity with a wide variety of standard kitchen equipment.
Comfortable working alongside engineers; ability to quickly master and troubleshoot tech/software interfaces.
Exceptional verbal and written communication skills; confident leading cross-functional huddles and writing technical SOPs.
Advanced proficiency in Excel (data tracking, inventory modeling, matrix building).

Nice To Haves

You are a rare hybrid: part R&D Chef, part sourcing lead and a technical systems thinker. You love the fast pace of food service and are fascinated by automation.

Responsibilities

Lead vendor relations and procurement logistics to identify, source and procure ingredients. Create order guides, evaluate and track costs and develop ingredient spec documentation.
Lead internal tastings of raw ingredients, co-manufactured products and production recipes as part of the r&d and procurement process. Focused on quality standards and scalability.
Partner with the engineering team to test and validate new ingredients on our automated systems with particular focus on our B2B customers.
Serve as the primary culinary subject matter expert for external enterprise clients, helping them translate their custom menus onto our robotic hardware platform.
Build comprehensive operational manuals, prep guides, and food safety protocols (HACCP/FSMA) for end-users operating the robotic systems.
Provide on the ground support to our B2B clients during testing, training and launches: new store openings, menu changes and line extensions.
Collaborate with the Wonder CE team and the Sr. Director of Culinary Platform Strategy to test and adapt ingredients and recipes on the robotic systems. Providing feedback, proposed modifications and ensuring quality standards are achieved.
Provide support, as needed for demos, training and testing on our automated systems; including the day to day management of our test kitchen - Partnering with Culinary Operations Manager and Engineering team.