Associate Principal Scientist

Stellenbeschreibung Are You Ready to Make It Happen at Mondelēz International? Join our Mission to Lead the Future of Snacking. Make It With Pride. Are you ready to lead complex, technically focused projects while inspiring innovation and delivering solutions with impact? As a Technical Project Leader, you’ll combine your technical expertise, consumer insights, and strategic thinking to shape the future of our products. You’ll drive results by collaborating across functions, mentoring talent, and ensuring technical excellence from concept to execution. How you will contribute Lead and Execute Innovation: Plan and manage technically complex projects, ensuring rigor across the entire Idea-to-Market process. Shape the Future: Use your expertise to identify opportunities, evaluate ingredients, recipes, and processes, and scale ideas from lab to production. Collaborate and Influence: Partner with cross-functional teams to co-create brand innovation roadmaps, align resources and budgets, and drive stakeholder decisions through compelling storytelling. Own Technical Excellence: Deliver consumer-centric solutions by leveraging advanced tools, mitigating risks, and solving challenges with agility and precision. Mentor and Inspire: Coach and develop talent to build a high-performing, innovative team. What You’ll Bring Technical Mastery: A deep understanding of R&D, with the ability to navigate ambiguity and deliver results. Strategic Influence: A proven track record of influencing senior stakeholders and aligning resources for success. Collaborative Leadership: Experience working in dynamic, fast-paced environments and coaching others to achieve their full potential. Creative Problem-Solving: The ability to think critically, overcome challenges, and deliver innovative solutions. What you will bring A desire to drive your future and accelerate your career and the following experience and knowledge: Using your excellent technical expertise to set and deliver the R&D agenda Effectively influencing category leads (e.g. vice presidents) Using critical thinking and thought leadership to ensure that solutions are developed for complex issues Working collaboratively in a fast-paced commercial and technical environment Coaching and mentoring others More about this role What you need to know about this position: Key Responsibilities include: Lead Complex Technical Projects: Scope, plan, and execute technically focused projects/programs in collaboration with cross-functional teams. Deliver excellence across all stages and gates of the I2M (Idea-to-Market) process. Navigate Ambiguity with Confidence: Define clear pathways where none exist, while maintaining rigor and excellence in execution. Leverage Multi-Platform Expertise: Apply your knowledge across Biscuit Platforms, including Cakes and Pastry, Cookies, and Savory, to drive innovation. Evaluate new ingredients, formulas, recipes, and processes to unlock creative solutions. Co-Create Brand Innovation Roadmaps: Partner with brands to design Beyond the Core (BTC) Innovation strategies. Assess technical feasibility, evaluate EMBS, select production sites, determine capex investments, and create alternative scenarios—all with consumer insights and brand equity in mind. Deliver Consumer-Centric Solutions: Develop and scale technical solutions with the consumer at the center. Troubleshoot and innovate by leveraging internal and external expertise, creating hypothesis-driven action plans, and collaborating across functions such as Manufacturing and Business Development. Drive Innovation Excellence: Apply the Innovation Excellence Framework to overcome complexities in BTC Innovation. Identify technical pathways, from leveraging existing assets to exploring new technologies, while maintaining agility in accelerated timelines and unexpected challenges. Technical Ownership: Take accountability for technical outcomes, ensuring rigorous evaluations of ingredients, recipes, and processes. Overcome challenges in scale-up and industrial production through hypothesis-driven problem solving. Apply Advanced Technical Tools: Utilize tools like TRL, peer reviews, process specifications, and IIM/I2M methodologies. Demonstrate proficiency in Ion, Accolade, Power BI, and other digital platforms. Present and Influence Senior Stakeholders: Synthesize complex technical data into compelling narratives for senior stakeholders. Use storytelling techniques to communicate technical challenges, opportunities, and recommendations, driving alignment and decision-making. Risk Mitigation: Quantify technical and timeline risks, generate mitigation strategies, and provide actionable recommendations to influence stakeholders effectively. Build Collaborative Networks: Foster connections across functions and business units. Engage with internal and external SMEs to drive innovation and bring cutting-edge science to the forefront. Mentor and Develop Talent: Coach and mentor team members to enhance technical capabilities and foster growth. What extra ingredients you will bring: Extensive Biscuit technical knowledge and expertise to set and deliver the R&D agenda Demonstrated experience navigating ambiguous projects and managing complex executions. Strong and proven expertise in MDLZ NA commercialization processes Handling multiple priorities Using critical thinking and thought leadership to ensure that solutions are developed for complex issues Working collaboratively in a fast-paced commercial and technical environment Effectively influencing cross-functional stakeholders verbally and in writing, including writing technical report conclusions Able to generate Strategic Pipeline for specific brands Coaching and mentoring others Education / Certifications: BS/MS/PhD in Food Science or Science related Job specific requirements: Minimum of 8 years of experience, preferably in the food industry and CPG companies Strong technical, consumer centricity foundation and technical curiosity. Knowledge of biscuit formulation/processes is a strong plus. Able to develop and drive technical projects with proper scientific rigor: link with appropriate expertise, build detailed and hypothesis, conduct appropriate testing, gather, analyze data, and develop recommendations based on findings. Demonstrated ability to handle multiple projects, prioritize and manage complexity, from bench top to full commercialization. Participate in cross functional teams to identify and lead the resolve of technical issues. Excellent written and oral communication skills; able to effectively communicate to all levels within the organization Travel requirements: Ability to travel up to 25-30% of the time, on average, with both domestic and international travel possible. Work schedule: This is a full-time role based in East Hanover, NJ with in-office expectations of 2-3 days per week. Salary and Benefits: The base salary range for this position is $106,300 - $146,200; the exact salary depends on several factors such as experience, skills, education, and budget. In addition to base salary, this position is eligible for participation in a highly competitive bonus program with possibility for overachievement based on performance and company results. In addition, Mondelez International offers a variety of benefits to eligible employees, including health insurance coverage, wellness and family support programs, life and disability insurance, retirement savings plans, paid leave programs, education related programs, paid holidays and vacation time, and many others. Many of these benefits are subsidized or fully paid for by the company. Steht Umzugsbeihilfe zur Verfügung? Es wird keine Umzugsunterstützung angeboten Geschäftsbereich Zusammenfassung Die Vereinigten Staaten sind der größte Markt in der Familie von Mondelēz International, mit einer großen Mitarbeiterzahl und hohem Volumen in der Fertigung. Hier produzieren wir die Lieblingsprodukte vieler Haushalte, um Verbraucher mit dem richtigen Snack zum richtigen Zeitpunkt und auf die richtige Art und Weise hergestellt zu versorgen. Wir haben in den gesamten USA Büros, Vertriebs-, Fertigungs- und Distributionsstandorte, um sicherzustellen, dass Verbraucher unsere Klassiker, darunter Marken wie Oreo und Chips Ahoy! Kekse, Ritz, Wheat Thins und Triscuit Cracker und Swedish Fish und Sour Patch Kids Süßwarenprodukte überall im Land in ihrer Nähe finden. Mondelēz Global LLC ist ein Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action-Arbeitgeber. Alle qualifizierten Bewerber und Bewerberinnen werden ohne Rücksicht auf ihre ethnische Herkunft, Hautfarbe, Religion, Geschlecht, sexuelle Orientierung, Geschlechtsidentität, Staatsangehörigkeit, Behinderungen, geschützten Veteranenstatus oder andere gesetzlich geschützte Merkmale berücksichtigt. Bewerber und Bewerberinnen, die für die Teilnahme am Bewerbungsprozess eine Unterkunft benötigen, können sich an Tel.: 847-943-5460 wenden, um Hilfestellung zu erhalten. Stellentyp Regulär Product development Science & Engineering Bei Mondelēz International sehen wir es als unsere Aufgabe, Menschen mit dem richtigen Snack zum richtigen Zeitpunkt und auf die richtige Art und Weise hergestellt zu versorgen. Das bedeutet, eine breite Palette an köstlichen, qualitativ hochwertigen Snacks zu liefern, die die wichtigen Momente des Lebens bereichern, hergestellt mit nachhaltigen Zutaten und Verpackungen, bei denen sich die Verbraucher gut fühlen können. Wir haben ein reichhaltiges Portfolio mit starken Marken – sowohl global als auch lokal. Darunter befinden sich viele bekannte Marken wie Oreo, belVita und LU im Segment Kekse; Cadbury Dairy Milk, Milka und Toblerone im Segment Schokolade; Sour Patch Kids Candy und Trident Kaugummi. Wir sind stolz, weltweit bei Keksen, Schokolade und Süßwaren auf Platz 1 zu sein sowie auf Platz 2 bei Gummi- und Geleeartikeln. Unsere 80.000 exzellenten Fachkräfte und Macher sind in Betriebe in mehr als 80 Länder verteilt und verkaufen unsere Produkte in über 150 Ländern auf der ganzen Welt. Sie wollen wachsen und nur mit ihnen können wir unsere Ziele und Werte leben. Wir sind eine diverse Gemeinschaft, die etwas bewegen kann; und das schnell. Werde Teil unserer Gemeinschaft und Mach’s zu deinem Moment!

Salary : $106,300 - $146,200