**Job Description** **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. No Relocation support available **Business Unit Summary** **The United States is the largest market in the Mondelēz International family with a significant employee and manufacturing footprint. Here, we** **produce our well-loved household favorites to provide our consumers with the right snack, at the right moment, made the right way. We have corporate offices, sales, manufacturing and distribution locations throughout the U.S. to ensure our iconic brands—including** **_Oreo_** **and** **_Chips Ahoy!_** **cookies,** **_Ritz_** **,** **_Wheat Thins_** **and** **_Triscuit_** **crackers, and** **_Swedish Fish_** **and** **_Sour Patch_** **_Kids_** **confectionery products —are close at hand for our consumers across the country.** Mondelēz Global LLC is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, protected Veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by law. Applicants who require accommodation to participate in the job application process may contact 847-943-5460 for assistance. **Job Type** Regular Product development Science & Engineering At Mondelēz International, our purpose is to empower people to snack right through offering the right snack, for the right moment, made the right way. That means delivering a broader range of delicious, high-quality snacks that nourish life's moments, made with sustainable ingredients and packaging that consumers can feel good about. We have a rich portfolio of strong brands – both global and local. Including many household names such as Oreo, belVita and LU biscuits; Cadbury Dairy Milk, Milka and Toblerone chocolate; Sour Patch Kids candy and Trident gum. We are proud to hold the number 1 position globally in biscuits, chocolate and candy as well as the No. 2 position in gum Our 80,000 Makers and Bakers are located in our operations in more than 80 countries and are working to sell our products in over 150 countries around the world. They are energized for growth and critical to us living our purpose and values. We are a diverse community that can make things happen, and happen fast. Join us and Make It An Opportunity! Mondelez Global LLC is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, protected Veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by law. Applicants who require accommodation to participate in the job application process may contact 847-943-5460 for assistance.