Lead Recipe Developer (18 Month Contract)

at  HelloFresh

S’MORE ABOUT THE TEAM

The Lead Recipe Developer plays a crucial role in supporting Recipe Developers (RDs) to consistently meet performance targets through mentorship, identifying improvement areas, and collaborating on action plans. They lead the development of new recipes, manage external testing processes, and ensure alignment with brand standards through tastings and tool usage. As a key collaborator, the Lead RD builds relationships with global counterparts to stay informed on best practices while also maintaining the culinary team’s style guide and contributing to sensory panels and supplier tastings. This role combines leadership, creativity, and data-driven decision-making to enhance product quality and team performance.
This is an 18 month contract.

• Support Recipe Developer (RD) Performance: Help RDs consistently achieve quarterly recipe performance targets by identifying blind spots, collaborating on informal action plans, and reassessing progress quarterly.
• Recipe Development & Pitches: Develop 4-5 recipe pitches per sprint, overseeing ideation, writing, testing, and editing phases.
• Global Collaboration: Build and maintain relationships with U.S. and global counterparts to stay updated on best practices, processes, and tools.
• Tastings: Participate in 50-60% of internal product and external testing tastings, ensuring quality and alignment with brand standards.
• Tool Mastery: Regularly utilize all RD tools, including the Learning Database (50% NPD), Labelify, Photo Approval tool, Pitch Sheet, Style Guide, RD Performance metrics, Tableau, Seasonality Calendar, and related analysis sheets.
• External Tester Management: Manage the hiring, onboarding, and training of external recipe testers, create weekly testing schedules, and conduct monthly check-ins with the testing team.
• External Testing: Prepare recipes for external testing, edit based on feedback, and facilitate the testing process.
• Style Guide Maintenance: Collaborate with the Editorial team to update the Style Guide and ensure consistency across recipes.
• Sensory Panels & Supplier Visits: Participate in sensory panel tastings, provide product validation feedback, and attend in-house and location-based supplier tastings and visits when possible.
• All other duties, as assigned