Food Technologist - Technical Innovation

New product development

Ability to create new products meeting project guardrails (formulation, certifications, cost, timing, etc.)

Formulation Knowledge

Ingredient Functionality

Manufacturing Knowledge

Data management

Organoleptic evaluation

-Uses food science foundations to develop new food products efficiently

-Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure the product is appropriate

-Uses tools available effectively

-Aware of personal skill gaps and bridges them where needed

Ideation and Innovation

Ability to translate and apply industry knowledge to drive innovation and ideation. Navigates ambiguous challenges by leveraging scientific expertise and problem solving to generate novel ideas.

Critical Thinking

Creativity

Problem Solving

Experimental Design

- Uses critical thinking and creativity to translate industry trends & insights into relevant and novel food products for Riverside’s pillars

- Can persevere through ambiguity to present technical recommendations

Building Collaborative Relationships

Working with internal and external partners respectfully to build win-win relationships and foster opportunities for shared insights and success

Collaborates

Builds Networks

- Self-motivated to reach out to others and start new relationships

- Readily connects and engages with network at Riverside and externally to solve problems, fill gaps, get support, and return help

Delivers Results

Delivering results by creatively and effectively seeking the necessary resources, and using grit to tackle challenges faces along the way

Resourcefulness

Resilience

Manages Ambiguity

- Views obstacles and failure as opportunities

- Creative and resourceful to find solutions to situations where others may stumble

- Reacts to change with positivity

- Willing to take initiative

Breakthrough Thinking

Driving innovation by thinking beyond the mold and being unafraid to take bold risks and try, try, and try again

Demonstrating contagious excitement to do things differently

Cultivates Innovation

- Passionate and enthusiastic about innovation

- Takes risks rooted in scientific foundations

- Not afraid to fail

- Uses learning from failure and challenges to pivot, grow, and continue moving forward

- Humble

Support the innovation cycle by developing new innovations and formulations to meet business needs (approx. 0-1 major, 4-6 minor/year)

- 4+ new formulations meeting all project guardrails complete for handover to R&D Commercialization

Crucial tasks, day to day, role-critical, urgent

Flying the plane

Continuous improvement of R&D & Innovation processes – Leading 1-2 key process improvements/year

- 1-2+ processes improved (metric TBD – time savings, $ savings, etc. targets)

Important tasks, supporting the team

Building the plane

Manage product development activities in a project timeline

- Manage 3+ projects and their respective product development timelines

- Ensure projects remain on track and appropriate technical activities are complete

Please note this role as a new vacancy.

Please note this role is an existing vacancy.

At Riverside, we are committed to transparency and fairness in our compensation and job posting practices. The range above reflects the target compensation for the position at the time of posting. Exact compensation will be determined based on experience, skill set, education, and training, as well as other organizational needs, while balancing internal equity.

Values-led: You’ll be a member of a thoughtful and compassionate team that prioritizes respect, teamwork and resourcefulness along with a good dash of fun. Sometimes, even making granola bars is hard, and life’s too short to take ourselves so seriously that we don’t enjoy the journey.

Unparalleled experiences and opportunities : We’re still determining who we are and what we can be. Help us shape what this organization will look like and what we’ll offer the world, into the future. This means rolling up your sleeves and sometimes building the process – fast! – while employing it. At Riverside, progress occasionally means proceeding imperfectly, and we’re okay with that, as long as we’re staying true to our values and learning and improving along the way.

Access to everyone: We’re a flat organization with few silos which means you’ll have full access to everyone from our founders to our production staff. Even when employees dress up, they wear steel-toed shoes. So don’t be shy. Speak up, share your ideas and go places you normally wouldn’t – like the plant, or the boardroom.

Personal development : We’ll support and empower you to chart your own path and reach any heights you set for yourself. Career paths at Riverside are carved by the people walking on them, not dictated by leaders. Count on us to give you the training and tools to grow and progress.

Gratitude : As a growing business, we can’t always offer formal recognition like awards programs, but we do show our true gratitude and appreciation. At Riverside, we’re all in this together and we value you.

Be a Riverside Brand Ambassador: Stay relentlessly close to our consumers and represent the brand in every interaction, decision, and deliverable. Bring the consumer voice into your work by protecting product quality, availability, and experience, acting early when standards slip, and delivering consistent value that earns trust, advocacy, and long-term brand love.