Product Manager, Ingredient Platforms
Ketone-IQ
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Remote
Location: Remote • 🇺🇸 United States
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SeniorLead
About the role
- Identify, manage and develop strategic relationships with key global partners to secure and diversify ingredient supply.
- Structure agreements and co-develop scalable, compliant solutions that align with company goals.
- Partner with Regulatory and Quality to execute global filings (GRAS, EFSA, Novel Food) and ensure ingredient compliance and documentation accuracy.
- Act as the bridge between internal science teams and external regulators to accelerate commercial readiness.
- Stand up and qualify key technical operations — from lab to pilot through scale-up — in partnership with Quality and Supply Chain.
- Evaluate existing partner engineering stacks and collaborate on commissioned changes or upgrades needed.
- Translate R&D outputs into GMP-ready, food-grade production through disciplined planning and execution.
- Collaborate with R&D, Supply Chain, Regulatory, and Business Development to align technical execution with commercial strategy.
- Optimize product positioning, pricing, and supply chain economics for both internal and external ingredient sales.
- Define and execute the roadmap for ingredient commercialization, GTM, and portfolio growth.
- Conduct market research and competitive analysis to identify white-space opportunities and next-generation ingredient directions.
- Design redundancy into our supply and GTM ecosystems, and uphold global quality and safety standards.
- Collaborate with legal to design and manage robust, defensible IP frameworks.
- Manage documentation, audit readiness, and cross-border regulatory nuances proactively.
Requirements
- 7–10 years in product, supplier, engineering, or program management within biotech, specialty chemicals, or functional ingredients.
- Deep technical fluency in bioprocessing, purification, and scale-up operations; comfortable interfacing with engineers, scientists, and manufacturing teams.
- Strong understanding of global food and nutrition regulatory frameworks (e.g. FDA, GRAS, Novel Food, EFSA, NDI, IND) and hands-on experience navigating documentation, compliance, and application workflows.
- Proven ability to identify, structure, and build supplier and technology partnerships, from technical diligence through contract execution through commercial readiness.
- Experience with IP portfolio development, technology licensing, and proprietary process management.
- Exceptional cross-functional collaboration skills — able to lead with authority, manage competing priorities, and communicate effectively across fully-remote technical and commercial teams.
Benefits
- Competitive salary
- Flexible working hours
- Professional development budget
- Home office setup allowance
- Global team events
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.
Hard skills
bioprocessingpurificationscale-up operationsGMP-ready productioningredient compliancedocumentation accuracymarket researchcompetitive analysistechnical diligencecontract execution
Soft skills
cross-functional collaborationleadershipcommunicationauthority managementpriority management