Ice Cream Senior Scientist

Magnum RFM Ice Cream, Inc. (Selecta Philippines)•Englewood Cliffs, NJ

16d•$88,600 - $133,000

About The Position

The Ice Cream Senior Scientist is a technical project lead on the Research, Design & Innovation (RD&I) team, leading product development and Supply Chain transformation projects for the company’s ice cream brands. The role takes projects from prototype through scale-up and connects RD&I with Supply Chain, Marketing, customers, stakeholders, and strategic partners. It is a fixed-term, full-time, project-based assignment anticipated to last 12 months; continued employment is not guaranteed. Candidates must be legally authorized to work full time in the United States without current or future employer sponsorship. Some travel to factory locations is required. The position owns end-to-end RD&I work spanning product, process, and packaging. It develops recipes, plans and leads trials, scales products, resolves technical issues through formulation expertise and experimentation, and develops protocols and activities for shelf-life, analytical, prototype, and scale-up work. It also leads ingredient and product specifications and label creation through SAP PLM. The company describes its culture as high-performance, collaborative, inclusive, and focused on ownership, learning, and getting work done. The role is bonus eligible, with a stated pay range of $88,600 to $133,000. Benefits may include health insurance, prescription drug, dental and vision coverage, retirement savings, life and disability insurance, parental and sick leave, paid vacation and holidays, and voluntary benefits; specific benefits vary by location and plan terms.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Food Science, Engineering, or a similar field.
At least 5 years of experience in product development or technical project management.
Experience in product development across the entire product lifecycle.
Ability to work confidently in specification management systems such as SAP PLM.
Strong product formulation, organization, and project management skills.
End-to-end thinking and ownership of results.
Comfort working in a fast-moving, evolving organization.
Collaborative, clear, low-ego working style.
Ability to communicate and present technical information clearly to technical and non-technical audiences.
Legally authorized to work full time in the United States without current or future employer sponsorship.
Availability for some travel to factory locations.

Responsibilities

Lead technical projects that transform how ice cream products are made, in partnership with RD&I, Supply Chain, Marketing, and other functions.
Manage end-to-end RD&I activities spanning product, process, and packaging, ensuring team deliverables are completed on time.
Own product development from idea to launch, including recipe design, trial planning, scale-up, and delivery against the project brief.
Resolve technical challenges using formulation expertise, root-cause analysis, experimentation, and creative problem-solving.
Represent RD&I in cross-functional discussions and provide product and process guidance for projects.
Develop test protocols and lead shelf-life, analytical, prototype, and scale-up activities.
Lead ingredient specifications, product specifications, and label creation through SAP PLM.
Build partnerships across R&D, Supply Chain, Marketing, customers, stakeholders, and strategic vendor partners to deliver projects successfully.

Benefits

Market-competitive pay and performance-related rewards; position is bonus eligible.
Flexible ways of working.
Support for health, wellbeing, and life outside of work.
Time off to rest and recharge.
Ongoing learning and development opportunities.
Health insurance, including prescription drug, dental, and vision coverage, subject to plan terms.
Retirement savings benefits.
Life insurance and disability benefits.
Parental leave and sick leave.
Paid vacation and holidays.
Access to voluntary benefits.