Product Development Chef - Culinary Innovation

Tyson Foods•Springdale, AR

2d•Onsite

About The Position

This position is part of the Tyson Foods Culinary team, supporting Retail or Foodservice growth through concept development, recipe creation, menu applications, and culinary innovation. The role partners with Sales, Marketing, R&D, Operations, and customers to translate insights into scalable culinary solutions. Assignments may support branded and private label product opportunities, serving as a culinary ambassador through customer engagement, training, commercialization support, and brand activations.

Requirements

Culinary degree/certificate, or equivalent professional culinary experience required.
4+ years of relevant culinary experience in foodservice, restaurant operations, hospitality, product development, or related field.
Proficiency with Microsoft Office applications and virtual collaboration or presentation tools.
Excellent verbal, written, organizational, customer presentation, and on-camera communication skills.

Nice To Haves

Food Science, Culinology, Hospitality, Nutrition, or related education is preferred.
American Culinary Federation or RCA Certification is a plus
Experience developing recipes, menu applications, consumer products, or customer-focused culinary solutions across retail or foodservice segments preferred.
Customer presentations, commercialization, culinary training, media, or brand activation experience is a plus.
Strong culinary fundamentals, recipe development, flavor innovation, food presentation, and product storytelling.
Knowledge of product development and commercialization processes.
Project management, time management, problem solving, and cross-functional collaboration.
Ability to influence without direct authority and work effectively in a team environment.
HACCP certification and membership in a professional culinary or food science association preferred.

Responsibilities

Develop culinary concepts, recipes, prototypes, menu applications, and product positioning solutions.
Partner with R&D through product development, application testing, and commercialization.
Translate consumer trends, customer insights, and operator needs into practical growth opportunities.
Participate in customer ideations, demonstrations, trainings, trade shows, and brand activations.
Create scalable recipes, preparation methods, and application guidance for internal and external use.
Present culinary solutions to both internally and externally to customers, sales teams, and cross-functional partners in live, virtual, and on-camera formats.
Build strong relationships with customers, suppliers, and internal partners.
Balance culinary creativity with food safety, feasibility, operator execution, cost, and business objectives.
Support test kitchen food safety, organization, inventory, and equipment care.