Senior Applications Scientist

An environment that allows you to focus on what truly matters:

• Salary range 005: $88,300-$110,400 (Salary will be determined based on skills, education, training & experience related to the position.)

Competitive and comprehensive compensation and benefits package focusing on your physical, financial, and emotional health to include the following perks as well as the standard benefit offerings:

• Medical, Dental, Vision, Life, Short and Long-term Disability Insurance

• 401(k) with 7% company contributions

• 3 weeks Paid Time Off

• Paid holidays and 2 floating holidays

• Paid parental leave

• Advancement Opportunities

• Work/Life balance

Your role in achieving results:

The Senior Applications Scientist is an independent role that requires minimal supervision and provides technical support to domestic and international customers. The position provides leadership and guidance in Agropur's global markets by providing insights and technical direction to sales teams and customers.

Applications Development

• Apply technical expertise in protein chemistry and functionality to develop dairy-based products addressing challenges related to solubility, stability, and texture to ensure product performance and commercial viability.
• Team lead for cross-functional R&D projects focused on dairy ingredient functionality and interactions.
• Designing and executing experiments, interpreting data, and delivering actionable insights through clear technical reports to internal stakeholders and external clients.
• Develop formulations for diverse food applications
• Guide and lead ideation sessions with sales and marketing teams to identify potential food and non-food applications for Agropur's ingredient portfolio.
• Through science and experimentation, investigate new and better ways to incorporate whey products into a wide variety of food and nutrition products.
• Provide training and supervision to student interns and new application scientists.
• Utilize consumer market research and latest technologies to develop new product concepts.
• Collaborate with other Agropur labs to accomplish research projects.
• Translate technical findings into meaningful business recommendations; communicate results clearly and impactfully, driving decision-making both with internal stakeholders and external customers.
• Maintain and explore new lab equipment essential for characterizing dairy ingredient functionality and supporting product development.

Sales and Customer Engagement

• Actively participate in customer communications (on-site visits/seminars/webinars, etc.).
• Act as lead technical scientist for customers globally. Providing technical presentations, training, and product concepts for Agropur's ingredient product line during customer visits and trade shows.
• Integrate consumer insights and emerging technologies to develop innovative food concepts, collaborate with customers on lab-scale prototypes and support scale-up to commercial launch.

Premium Protein Value optimization

• Identify functional attributes supporting premium positioning of Agropur protein ingredients.
• Translate compositional and structural differences into measurable performance benefits.
• Produce technical documentation to support value-added differentiation and provide data to drive margin expansion through demonstrated functional superiority.

What we are looking for to deliver these results:

• Bachelor's Degree in Food Science or Biological Science required.
• Master's Degree in Food Science or Biological Science preferred.
• Equivalent combination of education and/or experience may be considered.
• Minimum five (5) years of laboratory experience in product development required.
• Technical support experience preferred.
• Bilingual (English plus a second language, fully fluent) skills preferred.
• Familiarity with international business models and cultural nuances preferred.
• Problem solving skills
• Ability to work with multiple priorities in a face paced environment is required.
• Proven project management capabilities.

A role for those who want to contribute to measurable and sustainable results.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.

Agropur welcomes people from all backgrounds and origins. We are proud to be an employer with a diverse community and are committed to providing a respectful and inclusive experience for all employees and applicants. We will work with candidates who request accommodation. Please note that an adequate knowledge of French is required for positions in Quebec.Agropur uses artificial intelligence technology to assist our recruiters in screening, assessing, or selecting applicants for this position.

In this text, the use of the masculine gender to designate persons is intended only to lighten the text.