R&D Manager Nutraceuticals and Nutrition… at Innovertus… · Mumbai(Po…

About the job

Were looking for an R&D/Product Development professional who loves building products from scratch.

At Neulife, youll work on the next generation of performance nutrition and nutraceutical products, taking ideas from concept formulation prototype sensory optimisation scale-up commercial launch.

Neulife is looking for an experienced R&D Manager to lead product innovation across our nutrition supplements and nutraceuticals portfolio. If you've spent your career formulating, flavoring, and launching products in the core functional foods and nutraceutical space — and love pushing into new formats — we want to talk to you.

What You'll Own

- End-to-end R&D for nutraceuticals and nutrition supplements, from concept to commercial launch

- Product development across **Powders, RTDs, Bars and other novel formats**

- Flavor development and sensory optimization to ensure taste, texture, and stability meet market standards

- Collaboration with sourcing, QA, and manufacturing teams to scale formulations without compromising quality

- Staying ahead of ingredient trends, regulatory requirements, and competitive innovation in the sports nutrition/nutraceutical space

What You Bring

- Proven experience in the **core nutraceutical/ functional foods/ snacks industry**

- Hands-on background in **product development and flavoring systems**

- Demonstrated expertise in developing **bars or other unique delivery formats**

- Strong grasp of formulation science, stability testing, and scale-up from lab to production

- A builder's mindset — comfortable in a fast-moving, hands-on R&D environment

Qualifications & Experience

• Bachelor's/master's degree in food technology, Food Science, Nutrition, Nutraceuticals, Pharmaceutical Sciences, or a related field.
• 4-8 years of hands-on R&D/product development experience in nutraceuticals, sports nutrition, functional foods, dietary supplements or functional beverages.
• Strong experience in formulation, flavour development, sensory optimisation, stability and scale-up.
• Proven experience taking products from laboratory formulation to commercial production.
• Exposure to multiple formats such as powders, bars, RTDs or other innovative nutrition formats.

Full Time in Office Mode- Mumbai

CTC - 12-14L

Why Neulife - Join a growing player in India's nutraceutical space and shape the next generation of products from the ground up — real ownership, real impact.