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Project Manager – Food Product Development
Thinking Forks, a food product development firm, is hiring a Project Manager in Bengaluru through Vatatree Consulting. The project manager leads a cross-functional team of at least five people and is accountable for on-time, high-quality delivery of client product development and savings projects.
- Country
- India
- Experience
- 5+ years
- Salary / stipend
- Pay not disclosed
- Job type
- Full-time
- Work mode
- On-site
- Function
- R&D / product development
Who can apply
Bachelor's and Master's in Food Technology or Engineering
Review the original notice to confirm the requirements. Related degrees are not automatically equivalent; the recruiting organisation decides eligibility.
What you’ll do
- Lead a project team and be accountable for on-time, in-full (OTIF) project delivery
- Partner with clients to build winning solutions by providing technical options for each project
- Lead a team of cross-functional members (at least five, depending on project size)
- Bring solutions based on current technologies to clients' problems
- Take responsibility for the quality of project output
- Train and develop talent within the team
What the employer asks for
- Bachelor's degree in food technology or engineering
- Master's degree in food technology or engineering
- At least 5 years of product development experience in the packaged food industry
- At least 3 years of leading projects
- Experience leading product development and savings projects independently
- Fully operational in product development (design of experiments, packaging equipment, packaging material), quality and food safety, manufacturing (GMP, HACCP), sensory and consumer insights, specifications and secondary research
- Working knowledge of food law and regulations for the product
- Basic appreciation of packaging technology
- Strong report writing, presentation, project, time and stakeholder management skills
- Collaborative, quality-focused and growth mindset, with bias for action and integrity
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
- Design of experiments
- Packaging equipment and materials
- Food law and regulations
- Quality and food safety
- GMP
- HACCP
- Sensory and consumer insights
- Secondary research
- Project management
- Report writing and presentation
- Product Development
- New Product Development
- NPD
- R&D
- Formulation
- Reformulation
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
Apply on LinkedIn (sign-in required). Posted by the recruiter Vatatree Consulting.
Original posting: 2026-11-03
Checked 2026-11-05 · Updated 2026-11-05
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