Sr. Nutrition Scientist

Ocean Spray is hiring for a Sr. Nutrition Scientist! We’re a team of farmers, thinkers, creators, and doers. Whatever your title, whatever your role — it always comes back to this: we’re a farmer-owned co-op where everyone rolls up their sleeves to get the job done. Three maverick farmers started it all — and we’ve been making our own way ever since.

In this role the Sr. Nutrition Scientist will plan and oversee nutrition research activities focused on cranberry health benefits and other functional ingredients. Reporting to the Director of Emerging Science, Nutrition & Regulatory Affairs, the incumbent will be responsible for identifying key health benefit areas to align with business needs, preparing technical documents to support health claims, messaging, and regulatory approvals, and building credibility with stakeholders among other responsibilities listed below.

A Day in the Life...

• Plan nutrition research activities to promote new and current areas of cranberry health benefits and other health promoting functional ingredients.
• Coordinate and manage basic and clinical research activities by initiating new collaborations, reviewing literature, conducting studies and attending conferences.
• Identify high priority health benefit areas to prioritize and lead to support business needs.
• Review literature, existing science and prepare technical documents for cranberry and functional ingredients to provide substantiation for claims, health messaging and regulatory approvals globally.
• Ability to build credibility and engage key internal and external stakeholders
• Proactively identifies, monitors and develops action plans for issues related to nutrition
• Establish good working relationships with academic influencers and external collaborators
• Provide nutrition technical expertise to cross functional team member for evaluation of emerging technology to support health innovations, product innovations, and sustainability.
• Show depth and breadth of knowledge in nutrition science and emerging technology and help transmit and implement solutions to business challenges.
• Organize and maintain a nutrition database containing key information for substantiation of health benefits.
• Lead the team scientific and regulatory review of messaging and claims documentation to support marketing needs.

Required

What We Are Looking For:

• PhD in Nutrition, Biochemistry, Food Technology, Microbiology or related field, and 5-15 years of relevant experience (post doc or industry) related to nutrition research, nutritional and regulatory activities
• Experience and deep knowledge of human health and biochemistry
• Project management skills and experience
• Strong oral and written communication
• Time management, self-starter
• Working independently
• Curious and inquisitive about health science
• Adept at experimental design, data collection and analysis, and statistical design
• Assume awkward positions in the course of working include but not limited to reaching overhead, twisting, bending over, and/or working from a laying position.

Education

Doctor of Philosophy (Required)

Work Experience

At least 5 Years of Experience

Benefits

• Complete insurance package on Day-1 that includes a plethora of health and wellness programs
• Health, Dental, and Vision insurance
• Health savings account
• Flexible spending account
• Life and accident insurance
• Employee assistance program
• Telehealth services
• Fertility benefits
• Transgender benefits
• 1:1 health coaching and more
• 401(k) with up to 6% Company matching; additional potential discretionary match at year-end
• Short-Term Incentive/Performance bonuses
• Flexible scheduling options
• Vacation pay, up to three weeks of time (pro-rated for your first year of employment)
• Holiday pay for 12 holidays
• Career development and growth opportunities
• Tuition/Education assistance programs
• Access to LinkedIn Learning
• Scholarship programs for children of employees
• Parental leave
• Bright Horizons Family Solutions – Back-up care, tutoring, etc.
• Adoption assistance
• Bereavement leave
• Up to $300 fitness reimbursement
• Up to $300 massage reimbursement
• Employee appreciation events
• Employee discounts
• Charitable giving

Who We Are

You might have our iconic cranberry juice in your fridge or have gotten into heated holiday debate about what’s better - canned or fresh cranberry sauce. But did you know that the hardworking people growing the superfruit in our products are 700 family farmers that own our cooperative? They entrust us with what is most precious to them to create new and innovative products that will delight consumers and grow this beloved brand today and into the future.

Team Members, Farmers, Consumers And Communities Alike--we Value What Makes Us Unique And Strive To Connect Our Farms To Families For a Better Life By Living Our Values

• Grower Mindset – We embrace our grower-owners innovative spirit and heritage through confidence, learning and focus on the future.
• Sustainable Results – Guided by purpose, we are focused on delivering results for our grower-owners.
• Integrity Above All – We are ethical, doing the right thing for our grower-owners, customers, consumers and each other
• Inclusive Teamwork – We build diverse and inclusive teams that strengthen our cooperative.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or veteran status.