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Product Lead – Food (Pre-launch FMCG Brand)
Recruitment firm MetaMorph is hiring a Food Product Lead in Mumbai for a client food brand that launches next quarter on Amazon and quick-commerce. The lead takes food products from concept, recipe development and contract manufacturing to FSSAI-compliant commercial launch.
- Country
- India
- Experience
- 5–12 years
- Salary / stipend
- Pay not disclosed
- Job type
- Full-time
- Work mode
- On-site
- Function
- R&D / product development
Who can apply
Degree in Food Technology or a related discipline
Review the original notice to confirm the requirements. Related degrees are not automatically equivalent; the recruiting organisation decides eligibility.
What you’ll do
- Benchmark competitors, find market gaps, set product positioning and write product briefs
- Lead recipe development with food technologists and manage sensory, consumer and shelf-life testing
- Set pricing, keep detailed product cost sheets and protect margins from pilot to bulk production
- Identify, evaluate and onboard contract manufacturers and negotiate pricing and MOQs
- Oversee pilot and bulk production runs
- Choose packaging formats and materials balancing shelf life, cost and appeal
- Ensure FSSAI compliance, correct labelling and compliant claims
- Drive products from concept and formulation to commercial production and launch
What the employer asks for
- 5 to 10+ years in food product development, NPD or category management at a food brand or FMCG company
- Has developed at least one food product from scratch through R&D, manufacturing and launch
- Hands-on experience with contract manufacturers and bulk production
- Strong grasp of costing, pricing, MOQs, manufacturing economics and packaging trade-offs
- Practical knowledge of FSSAI regulations, labelling and claims
- Degree in Food Technology or related discipline
About the employer
MetaMorph is a talent and HR partner for startups; the client is a pre-revenue packaged-food brand launching on Amazon and quick-commerce.
How to apply
Read the full notice and follow the instructions on the original application page.
Skills for this role
What employers ask for in R&D / New Product Development roles. named in this notice
- Food NPD
- Recipe development
- Shelf-life testing
- Sensory testing
- Contract manufacturing
- FSSAI labelling and claims
- Product costing
- NPD
- R&D
- Product Development
- Formulation
- New Product Development
- Reformulation
- Food Scientist
- Sensory evaluation
- Shelf-life study
Pay on similar vacancies
From 12 Industry vacancies on FSD in the same role family that publish pay. Monthly, before deductions.
Prepare for the interview
Questions commonly asked for R&D / New Product Development roles. Practise answers with an example and a number.
- Take us through the stage-gate process you would follow for a new product, from brief to launch.
- How do you design a shelf-life study, and which parameters would you track for a bakery or snack product?
- How would you reduce sugar or sodium in a product without losing consumer acceptance?
- Which sensory tests would you use to compare a reformulation against the current product, and why?
- How do you check that a new ingredient is permitted and at what level under FSSAI regulations?
- Tell us about a formulation problem you solved in the lab or pilot plant.
Before you apply
- Read the original notice end to endDates, eligibility and the application route are decided by the employer, not by FSD.
- Tailor your resume to this vacancyMatch the keywords in the requirements. Resume Studio shows what is missing.
- Write a short cover noteTwo or three lines on your most relevant plant, lab or project result, with a number.
- Be ready to talk numbersCurrent CTC, expected CTC and notice period are usually asked in the first call.
Source & editorial check
Posted by MetaMorph for an unnamed client. Apply through the LinkedIn listing.
Original posting: Date not stated
Checked 2026-11-06 · Updated 2026-11-06
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