Scientist - R&D Life Cycle partners closely with formulation, process design and validation, pilot plant, sensory, innovation center, commercial, operations, quality/food safety, regulatory, procurement, supply planning, finance, and business leaders to develop technically sound formulas, remove barriers, improve first-round sample acceptance, increase scale-up and commercialization success, and strengthen the R&D operating system. Sensory, Sampling, and Commercialization Readiness: Provide senior lifecycle oversight for sensory science, sampling, customer-ready development output, and stage-gate readiness to help ensure samples meet product brief requirements before customer submission when applicable.