R&D Director - Grain & Feed

Department
R&D
Nils Foss Allé 1
3400 Hillerød

Country
Denmark

Innovation has always been the foundation of FOSS’ success. A global outlook and a mission for more sustainable use of the world’s food resources are key to more than 300 passionate employees in R&D, located in two innovation hubs .

We have a legacy of developing innovative solutions that set the standards within food analysis across the globe. We build our solutions on strong technological platforms and deep insights into our customers’ businesses and processes, and we value strong collaboration with customers throughout the development phase.

For FOSS’ NPD Delivery team, we are seeking a new R&D Director for our Grain & Feed business unit. The unit is responsible for turnover, growth, profitability, and bringing new innovative analytical solutions to the market for our Grain and Feed customers.

The job
You will report to the VP for NPD Delivery and be responsible for overseeing all NPD projects within our Grain & Feed business unit. You will be the direct manager for the core team working in Grain & Feed, while the Project Managers, who sit within our newly established central PMO, will support your projects. NPD projects are cross-functional by nature, spanning mechanical engineering, electronics, software development, and data science, so experience leading such multidisciplinary projects is essential.

You will be based at FOSS’ Innovation Center in Hillerød, working closely with internal and external stakeholders, customers, partners, and FOSS’ Sales and Service organizations across the globe.
You will be involved in the entire NPD process—from early business identification and concept development through customer trials to market implementation—and will drive the project team through:

• Understanding customer needs to ensure projects have clear requirements and product specifications
• Supporting gate deliveries in an agile setup
• Managing stakeholders and communicating to support project progress
• Ensuring seamless product launch and market implementation

As R&D Director, you will work across the organization, bridging R&D, Sales & Marketing, and Service within the business unit. This means you must have a strong sense of stakeholder management, customer focus, and what benefits the overall FOSS business.

In addition to supporting new product development, your responsibilities include:

• Adding new applications to existing solutions
• Ensuring the wellbeing, motivation, and performance of your team

Finally, alongside your peer R&D Directors—who, like you, report to the VP for NPD Delivery—you will contribute to strengthening the wider NPD Delivery organization by sharing best practices across teams, aligning development processes, and helping to build the competencies and structures needed to accelerate innovation and execution.

Qualifications
We expect that you have:

• 5+ years of experience in project and people management in complex, cross-functional organizational settings
• Proven experience leading cross-functional NPD projects spanning mechanical engineering, electronics, software development, and data science
• A strong technical or scientific background (e.g., Engineer, MSc, or equivalent)
• Solid business acumen and excellent communication skills
• Strong facilitation capabilities and a drive to nurture productive collaborations

Who you are
You are curious, self-driven, and eager to understand our customers’ businesses to create impactful solutions. You thrive on solving complex problems and developing improvements with clear business outcomes.
You are structured, dependable, and have a “get the job done” attitude. Your ability to build strong relationships and communicate effectively is key to your success. You will engage with numerous stakeholders across functions and geographies.

We offer – working at FOSS
We offer a demanding and rewarding position in an international and innovative company, a global leader in its field. You will collaborate with highly skilled professionals across multiple disciplines and contribute to the development of advanced technologies that make a real difference for our customers.

Our culture is grounded in trust and teamwork. You will find a workplace where your ideas are welcomed, and where you can make a real impact. The role involves some travel to engage with subsidiaries and customers.

Are you interested?
Submit your application and relevant documents through the link below. Please note that only applications submitted via the link will be considered. We conduct interviews on an ongoing basis, so we encourage you to apply as soon as possible.
If you have any questions about the position, please contact Jacob Enemark, VP NPD Delivery at: Se e-mailadresse på jobbank.dk .

FOSS is committed to maintaining an inclusive culture and a diverse workforce. You can help us sustain an unbiased recruitment process by not including photo or age in your application.

FOSS
Today, more than 8 billion people around the world are dependent on nutritional food. Tons of food being produced in a million different ways and under varying conditions, creating challenges all the way from field to fork. One of them, obviously, being the effects it has on climate change.

FOSS helps the world’s 100 biggest food companies and more than 40,000 others around the world navigate exactly that with intelligent, data-driven and innovative analytical solutions. We are making sustainability a better business and we’re doing so as global market leader in our field – improving food quality, minimizing food waste, ensuring food safety, and securing fair payment.

Join a pioneering and innovative company in the food and agriculture industry. A company on a mission, with offices all around the world and 1,750 talented colleagues across 34 different countries.