Product Development Coordinator

The role: You keep every development program moving, from formulation brief to production run. If an ingredient is late, a COA is missing, or a timeline slips, you know first and you've already flagged it. You report to the Director of Product and Science and work directly with our manufacturing and lab partners.

What you'll do: Run the timeline. Own schedules across concurrent programs and call out slippage before it becomes a delay. Source every input. Order each ingredient individually for multi-ingredient formulas, some with 20+ components. Own the paper trail. Keep BOMs, spec sheets, RFQ packages, and formula revision histories complete, current, and traceable. Be the point of contact. Handle samples, formula revisions, stability pulls, and COAs with manufacturers and labs day to day. Keep the QMS clean. Route every document for approval and file it where it belongs. Close out packaging. Move label and packaging proofs between design, label vendors, and manufacturers until they're approved. Write it down. Send a weekly status covering open items, owners, and blockers.

Who you are: You have 1–3 years of project coordination experience in supplements, food and beverage, cosmetics, pharma, or another regulated category. You've managed contract manufacturers or suppliers remotely, and you know cGMP documentation. You can read a spec, COA, or formula sheet and see what's missing or inconsistent. You close loops in writing, clearly enough that anyone can reconstruct a decision from your notes. You have a bachelor's degree in a relevant field.

Bonus points: A background in life sciences, food science, or chemistry Exposure to stability testing, label compliance review, or supplier qualification Experience with a document management or PLM system Compensation$50,000–$78,000 annually This is an independent contractor engagement, so it doesn't include health coverage, retirement contributions, or PTO. The rate is set with that in mind.