About Clever Carnivore:

Clever Carnivore is a mission-driven startup deploying cutting-edge biotechnology to bring low-cost, top-quality cultivated pork, beef, and chicken to the consumer market. We’re looking for a highly motivated leader to work in a supportive, collaborative environment at a small but fast-growing startup. Our lab and offices are conveniently located in Chicago’s walkable, amenity-filled Lincoln Park neighborhood.

As our Head of Quality, you will have the unique opportunity to be a pioneer in the future of food—making healthy, sustainable, ethical, and cost-effective cultivated meat a reality. As the leader of Food Safety and Quality, you will be responsible for strategic direction, implementation, and execution of all programs to ensure the safety, quality, and regulatory compliance of Clever Carnivore (CC) branded products (i.e., cultivated meat and cell culture media). You will also play a critical role in working with Regulatory Affairs and external regulatory agencies to define process and product quality standards and implement best practices.

Responsibilities

• Develop cell culture media and cultivated meat food safety and quality strategy for FDA approval, provide strategic direction, and coordinate implementation and adherence at the pilot- and (future) commercial-scale facilities and with raw-materials suppliers.
• Ensure that cell culture and Food Safety and Quality programs and systems are properly designed, effectively managed, and in compliance with all applicable food regulations.
• Drive cross-functional alignment between Quality and operational and business strategies.
• Qualify, audit, and review CC cultivated meat manufacturing facility and quality systems to ensure compliance to cell culture and food safety quality assurance expectations.
• Work cross-functionally to define and proceduralise the necessary testing methods for quality attributes of raw materials, in-process products, and finished products.
• Drive the interface with Regulatory external/internal stakeholders to define all work-packages required for the CC meat dossier submission, and work cross-functionally to complete them in a timely manner.
• Work closely with the Manufacturing, Product Development, and Food Science teams to ensure food safety requirements and quality standards are incorporated into the development and production processes.
• Manage change control, process deviation, trending, and continual adherence to all CAPAs related to food safety and quality.
• Identify food safety and quality risks in our product or process development and collaborate with cross-functional teams to develop effective and timely mitigation plans.
• Provide quality support during engineering runs and production campaigns for product launches.
• Collaborate with key stakeholders to drive continuous improvement initiatives to further improve CoGs and throughput.
• Act as a subject matter expert for internal and external stakeholders as it relates to cell culture media and cultivated meat quality.
  

Key Relationships

• Bioprocess Development
• Technical Operations
• Process analytics
• Regulatory affairs
• Regulatory agencies
• Cell culture media development and production
• Cell and finished product manufacturing
  

Qualifications

• A combination of academic qualification and appropriate experience in biotech or highly-regulated food industry (e.g., a minimum of B.Sc. in Biological or food Sciences and +5 years of industry experience in Quality and Regulatory Affairs).
• Experience in developing, implementing, and maintaining cGMP food quality management programs.
• Experience in deploying and/or managing automated systems for documents and data (preferred).
• Experience with bioprocess operations (e.g., cell culture and media production).
• Experience with environmental microbiology strongly preferred.
• Experience in guiding and overseeing all technology transfer and process-, equipment-, and facilities-validation processes.
• Experience in managing (e. g., authoring, reviewing, approving, and archiving) all documentation activities.
• Experience with external auditing, risk identification and mitigation development, and comprehensive employee food safety and quality training.
  

Essential Skills and Knowledge

• In-depth knowledge of food microbiology, product sampling plans and environmental monitoring programs.
• In-depth knowledge of OHSA, cGMP and FDA regulations.
• In-depth knowledge in mammalian cell culture and media production is strongly preferred.
• Excellent communication skills; ability to seamlessly work with cross-functional teams to set high standards for quality and food safety.
• Critical thinking, analytical and proactive mindset, and a hands-on approach to achieving company objectives while taking a practical and systems-based approach to problem solving and prevention.
• Creative approach to problem solving and collaboration across disciplines.
• Highly adaptable, self-driven, organized, and flexible while maintaining the mindset of providing solutions as needed.
• Knowledge of basic statistical applications including process control, data analysis, and sampling.
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This position reports to the Senior Vice President of Bioprocess and Technical Operations. Must be authorized to work in the United States.

The Good Food Institute Europe (GFI Europe) is looking for a new Managing Director to lead the team making Europe’s food system better for the planet, people, and animals. You’ll use your strategic, leadership and management skills to champion sustainable proteins in Europe and enable our top-performing team to have the maximum impact.

GFI is a nonprofit organisation working to advance plant-based and cultivated (grown from cells) meat, in order to solve some of the world’s biggest problems, from climate change and global hunger, to antibiotic resistance and animal suffering.

Reporting to the Board of GFI Europe, you will lead the organisation and its fantastic team. You will oversee the day-to-day work of the organisation, provide strategic leadership, and represent us to key stakeholders. You will benefit from – and contribute to – the mutual support, resources, and expertise of our global network of affiliate organisations.

Full-time (flexible hours), permanent.

Home-based/remote from anywhere in Europe.

Salary: The salary and benefits package for all of our roles are researched and benchmarked against nonprofits and think tanks in the country of hire, and our policy is to pay 20% above the market rate. Due to capacity, we cannot complete this detailed research for every European country in advance, but indicative ranges are:

If based in Germany: €102,000 to €114,000 gross per year.

If based in the UK: £78,000 to £92,000 gross per year.

We actively encourage people from all countries across Europe to apply for this role.

To be successful in this role, you will have:

A passion for GFI’s philosophy and mission.
Outstanding strategic and management skills.
Experience compassionately and successfully leading a team to deliver high impact.
Strong interpersonal and communications skills.

We want the best people and we don’t want biases holding us back. We strongly encourage people of every colour, orientation, age, gender, origin, and ability to apply. Because we value a diverse workplace, we prioritise an inclusive climate absent of discrimination and harassment during the application process and after you join the team.

For more information about this role and to see the full list of responsibilities and requirements, please check out the full job description on our website (https://gfieurope.org/careers/managing-director/).

Bluu is Europe’s leader in cultivated fish. We envision a future where culinary seafood traditions can be enjoyed for generations to come, without endangering the health of people and animals, while protecting our planet's fragile aquatic ecosystems. To realize this vision, we develop delicious and nutritious seafood products directly made from cultivated fish cells - no farms, no hooks, no nets. For this we leverage combined expertise in cell biotechnology and food technology, and we are looking for talented individuals to join our mission.

At Bluu we love what we do. We all share the passion to turn our vision into reality, a desire to learn and grow together, and the courage to think outside the box. We are more than just colleagues - we are #teambluu! We are looking for someone who can identify with these values, always keeps an eye on the big picture and shows us how we can lead this revolution in food technology. Are you ready to dive in? Then we look forward to receiving your application!

Your responsibilities include:

• Drive the product strategy for the European leader in
cultivated seafood, which requires the application of industry best practices, but also breakthrough and bold ideas to create cultivated products that consumers will love
• Lead the food technology team, including recruitment of new personnel
• Set and monitor OKRs for product development, including targets for product specifications
• Support the set-up of a new test kitchen in our laboratory space in Hamburg
• Drive product formulation and application development
• Be passionate about using science & technology to solve challenging tasks
• Develop strategies for communication with regulatory authorities, coordinate and manage these activities
• Contribute to securing appropriate intellectual property rights
• Coordinate projects across teams as well as relevant collaborators in academia and CROs for food product development

Working at Bluu means working with a diverse and international team of scientists, engineers, managers, and entrepreneurs.

What you can expect from Bluu:

• Expect a highly visible position with opportunities to shape collaboration across different R&D groups, technical and business functions
• Engage with a highly motivated, friendly, and international team in a fast-paced and exciting startup environment
• Grow your career as a valued team member and get the support and freedom you need to exceed your personal expectations
• Contribute to the forefront of cultured seafood research and industry
• Enjoy competitive compensation, including 26 days of paid vacation per year and flexible work schedules, including remote work
• Participate in our corporate benefits program  
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What skills and experience should you bring?

• MSc/PhD in food science, food technology, or another relevant subject
• More than 6 years of relevant technical experience in food development and formulation, preferably fish or meat in a commercial setting
• Broad and deep understanding of ingredient functionality, flavor chemistry, lipid chemistry as well as structure-function relationships of proteins & fats in food applications
• Prior experience in leading a team and understanding of people management
• Excellent organizational and project management skills (including experience with various software tools)
• Business fluent in written and spoken English
• Experience with designing and conducting sensory testing
• Good understanding of current food regulations (Novel Foods, GRAS, etc.)
• Experience with securing intellectual property

Ready to take the plunge? Submit your application (in English), and we will contact you shortly.

Application deadline: 31.01.2023
Starting date: 01.04.2023 (earlier is possible)

The position will be in the vibrant city of Hamburg. Hamburg is a green and seaside city that offers a great combination of city life and beautiful surrounding nature.

We look forward to learning all about you! Bluu is committed to diversity, equity, and inclusion in the recruitment process. All applicants are treated equitably regardless of differences in human experience such as gender identity or expression, race, national origin, sexual orientation, socioeconomic status, religious beliefs, age, or disability status.