R&D Team Leader

Job Description

YOUR MISSION:

Lead and drive innovative R&D initiatives from concept to commercial implementation, ensuring scalable, cost-efficient, and high-quality solutions in breeding and rearing BSF, feed formulation, and product development.

WHAT YOU WILL DO

Technical and Innovation

- Define and lead the technical roadmap for process and product development, from ideation through pilot trials and commercial scale-up.

- Design and manage experimental platforms to improve scalability, repeatability, and cost efficiency.

- Apply advanced analytics, experimental design, and performance data to optimize formulations and production outcomes.

- Monitor and adopt emerging technologies, competitive benchmarks, and market trends to strengthen the company’s long-term R&D strategy.

Execution and technical leadership

- Lead large-scale trials with minimal supervision, ensuring smooth transition from lab experiments to factory integration.

- Troubleshoot and resolve technical challenges while identifying optimization opportunities for product performance.

- Maintain rigorous documentation, analyze data, and communicate insights to influence both internal decisions and external partnerships.

- Mentor junior R&D and technicians, fostering a culture of technical excellence and innovative thinking.

- Partner with senior stakeholders to align technical strategies with business goals.

Cros-functional impact

- Serve as the key liaison between R&D, Engineering, Operations, Sales-Technical, and Quality teams for seamless technology transfer.

- Lead root cause analysis and implement long-term solutions to production and quality challenges.

- Support domestic and international promotional events with technical expertise, ensuring brand credibility and customer confidence.

Job Requirement

- Bachelor degree in Aquaculture, Animal Nutrition, Biotechnology, Food Technology, Agricultural Biology, or a related field.

- Minimum 2 years of hands-on R&D experience in feed formulation, aquaculture nutrition, or related industries.

- Proven ability to conduct competitor analysis, manage trials, and coordinate with cross-functional teams.

- Comfortable with physically demanding and practical work, including on-site trials and farm visits.

- Proactive, adaptable, and able to work both independently and collaboratively.

- Strong communication skills in Vietnamese and English, with the ability to convey complex technical concepts to varied audiences.