Technical Project Manager

• Act as technical lead on strategic baking projects, in close partnership with the commercial lead and project core group.
• Define technical direction, scientific hypotheses, success criteria and priorities across workstreams.
• Build and advance the cultures platform in baking, including culture functionality, fermentation performance and differentiated solutions.
• Translate strategic business opportunities and market needs into focused scientific questions and practical development plans.
• Create technical alignment across scientists, regional application teams, business development and external collaborators.
• Ensure scientific quality, consistent methods and effective knowledge integration across activities conducted in different locations.
• Design robust experiments and application trials using appropriate controls, statistical approaches and reproducible methods.
• Analyze experimental, analytical, sensory and application data to generate recommendations and support technical decisions.
• Develop mechanistic understanding connecting microbial physiology and metabolism with fermentation behavior, dough systems, processing conditions and final product quality.
• Identify opportunities where cultures can create value alone or with enzymes and other biosolutions.
• Communicate technical progress, uncertainties, risks and recommendations to scientific, business and leadership stakeholders.
• Mentor colleagues and strengthen capability through scientific discussion, feedback and knowledge sharing.
• Work with business development, R&D, regional application centers, Technical Service and customers to develop biosolutions for baked goods.

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