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Test Kitchen Project Manager (Culinary Science)

MahwahOnsiteFull Time$70,000–$80,000 /yrPosted 10 days ago

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Required skills

  • food science
  • culinary arts
  • food testing
  • project coordination
  • competitive testing
  • market research
  • Excel
  • data analysis
  • smart kitchen technologies
  • quality control

Nice to have

  • sensory experience
  • small kitchen appliances
  • connected consumer products
  • AI tools
  • restaurant experience

Role summary

CHEF iQ is seeking a Culinary Project Manager in Mahwah, NJ, to be the culinary voice for their smart kitchen products. This role blends culinary expertise, food science, and project management to define and test product performance and food safety standards. Responsibilities include defining culinary standards, providing feedback on product development, writing and executing test procedures, conducting market research, managing culinary workstreams, and collaborating with cross-functional teams. The ideal candidate has a Bachelor's degree in Food Science, Culinary Arts, or equivalent, with 3+ years of culinary product development experience and 2+ years of project management experience. Strong analytical, communication, and organizational skills are essential.

CHEF iQ Test Kitchen Project ManagerChefman | Mahwah, NJ | Onsite | Full-time

Be the culinary voice behind smart cookingIf you love cooking, science, and getting the details right, this role is for you. As the culinary voice of CHEF iQ, you blend culinary expertise, culinary science, and project management to define how our smart kitchen products should perform, and you prove it through rigorous, repeatable testing. Your work shapes the food people cook at home and how safely they cook it. Quality is the heart of this job.

What you’ll do

Be the culinary voice

  • Define and communicate culinary performance and experience standards for all CHEF iQ products
  • Give culinary feedback on hardware, firmware, software, and UI/UX
  • Challenge product decisions that compromise cooking performance or food safety, backed by testing data
  • Maintain quality control for all CHEF iQ products and content

    • Test and validate

  • Write, standardize, and maintain testing procedures so results are repeatable across testers, units, and SKUs
  • Assess products at each development stage, with clear, concise feedback and recommendations
  • Test and validate every firmware and app release, documenting bugs, features, and enhancements for the right team
  • Oversee presets for all products, tested with real food

    • Know the market

  • Develop product function charts and run market research, including competitive testing, to set quality benchmarks
  • Track competitor launches and culinary features, and turn them into product and positioning recommendations

    • Manage and collaborate

  • Manage culinary workstreams on new products, including timelines, deliverables, and milestones
  • Be the main contact for product-related culinary questions across teams
  • Partner with UI/UX, Software, Firmware, and Product Development on features and new products
  • Present testing results to Product Development with clear recommendations
  • Keep spreadsheets current and show where each product stands

    • Content, marketing, and sales

  • Organize all Guided Cooking recipe content for development and release
  • Support Marketing, Copywriting, photo, and video teams on content, functionality explanations, and packaging review
  • Support Sales with product demonstrations, cooking demos, and product inquiries

    • What you bring

    Required

  • Bachelor’s degree in Culinary Science, Culinary Arts, or a related field, or a culinary degree plus equivalent hands-on experience
  • 3+ years of culinary experience in product development or test kitchen work
  • 2+ years of project management or coordination experience, ideally on cross-functional product teams
  • Hands-on experience writing and running product or food testing procedures
  • Experience with competitive testing, benchmarking, or market research for consumer products

    • Skills

  • Extensive culinary expertise, including technique and validating standards, with a deep understanding of smart kitchen technologies. Recipe development is a plus.
  • Culinary science knowledge applied to food testing
  • Organized reports that combine culinary and technical results
  • Planning, prioritizing, and tracking multiple projects and deadlines
  • Exceptional communication across teams, translating technical and culinary information for non-technical audiences
  • Excel data analysis, such as averages, variance, and charts across test runs
  • Strong organization, attention to detail, and critical thinking about how a product performs
  • Collaborative, flexible, and respectful of others’ opinions

    • Preferred

  • A culinary science or test kitchen background with sensory experience, such as Culinologist, Sensory Scientist, or R&D or test kitchen roles
  • Experience testing small kitchen appliances or smart and connected consumer products
  • Restaurant experience
  • Some familiarity with AI tools

    • Why you’ll love itYour work helps people cook with confidence. You’ll join a close team that loves food, with a supportive manager who is there when you need her and trusts you to do the work.

    Applicants must be authorized to work in the U.S. without sponsorship.

    Salary Range (commensurate with experience)$70,000—$80,000 USD
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