FoodTech Product Owner (Part-time, Equity only)

• Food Product Strategy
  Identify product opportunities based on consumer needs, nutrition requirements, market gaps and Kefilos long-term NutritionTech vision.
• Product Concept Development
  Convert ideas into clear product concepts, specifications, target users, nutritional objectives and product requirements.
• Product Development Formulation
  Work closely with food scientists, nutritionists and food processing experts to develop and refine formulations.
• Nutrition Intelligence Integration
  Connect food products with Kefilos Nutrition Intelligence Engine to enable personalised product recommendations and nutrition-driven product design.
• Product Testing Validation
  Coordinate trials, sensory testing, nutritional validation, shelf-life studies, consumer feedback and product iterations.
• Manufacturing Scale-Up
  Work with food processing and manufacturing teams to convert successful formulations into standardised, scalable production processes.
• Product Specifications Documentation
  Own product specifications, ingredient standards, formulation documents, process requirements, packaging requirements and quality benchmarks.
• Market Consumer Validation
  Conduct customer discovery, market research, competitor analysis and product validation to ensure products solve real customer problems.
• Commercialisation
  Work across pricing, packaging, positioning, distribution and launch planning to take products from RD to the market.
• Product Portfolio Management
  Manage the product pipeline, prioritise development projects and continuously improve existing products based on data and customer feedback.
• Cross-Functional Product Leadership
  Coordinate Food Science, Nutrition, Food Processing, RD, Operations, Technology, Marketing and Sales teams around product development.
• FoodTech Innovation IP
  Identify opportunities for new technologies, processes, formulations, manufacturing models and proprietary FoodTech innovations that can create long-term competitive advantage for Kefilo.

• Experience in FoodTech, food product development, FMCG, functional foods, nutrition products or food manufacturing
• Strong understanding of the complete food product lifecycle
• Experience taking products from concept to commercialisation
• Ability to work with food scientists, nutritionists and manufacturing teams
• Understanding of food formulation, processing, quality and regulatory requirements
• Strong product thinking and consumer understanding
• Comfortable working with data, experimentation and product validation
• Strong project management and cross-functional coordination skills
• Entrepreneurial mindset with strong ownership and execution ability
• Interest in building new FoodTech products and systems from the ground up

• Equity-based founding position
• 20-25 hours/week
• Remote / Hybrid
• No fixed salary at the current stage
• Fixed compensation to be introduced after funding and revenue stabilisation
• Equity based on contribution, responsibility, expertise and long-term commitment
• Core founding team equity subject to a 5-year vesting structure

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