Product Development Manager, Ingredient Excellence Centre (Cocoa)

Location: Boon Lay, Singapore

Company

hirify.global provides food and beverage ingredients, including cocoa, coffee, dairy, nuts, and spices, to food brands and manufacturers worldwide.

What you will do

• Lead end-to-end B2B development of cocoa products from concept generation, formulation, and prototyping through scale-up, commercial launch, and market adoption.
• Identify market trends, customer needs, and business opportunities while managing an innovation pipeline based on customer value, commercial potential, and technical feasibility.
• Oversee Ingredient Excellence Centre laboratory trials, prototype development, documentation, and compliance with food safety and quality standards.
• Translate customer requirements into product solutions, develop applications for customer evaluation, and refine prototypes based on feedback.
• Collaborate with Commercial, Marketing, Manufacturing, Operations, Quality, and Supply Chain teams to deliver product launches.
• Facilitate customer innovation sessions and workshops using Design Thinking principles and support scale-up, technical risk mitigation, and launch readiness.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree or higher in Food Science, Food Technology, Chemistry, Chemical Engineering, or a related technical discipline.
• Relevant experience in product development, food innovation, applications, or R&D, preferably in a cocoa manufacturing environment.
• Demonstrated experience taking products from laboratory or prototype stage through scale-up and commercial launch.
• Strong understanding of food quality, food safety, and product development requirements.
• Experience working across Commercial, Marketing, and Operations functions in a matrix environment.
• Applicants must complete all required application steps and provide a resume/CV to be considered.

Nice to have

• Direct customer engagement experience developing technical or product solutions.
• Experience facilitating innovation, ideation, or product development workshops.
• Practical understanding of structured innovation processes, including Design to Value.

Culture & Benefits

• Equal opportunity employment with consideration for all qualified applicants without discrimination based on protected characteristics.
• The role is based at the Ingredient Excellence Centre laboratory in Singapore.