Do you want to build a tastier future through cutting-edge technologies? We are looking for a mission-driven, creative, and committed Quality Control & Analytical Development Manager to join us 🦆. Come and bring your skills to the table!

GOURMEY is one of Europe's leading cultivated meat companies with global ambitions. Our vision is to create sustainable cultivated meat delights directly from animal cells for a conscious generation. We believe in a world where succulence can share a table with a positive impact and that cutting-edge technology combined with culinary arts can help us get there.

From engineers, and scientists to culinary experts, we’re building an international team that shares the same passion for positive change. Currently a team of 50 Gourmates, we have dozens of nationalities at the table! Our differences are our strengths and our common language is food.

At GOURMEY, you will report directly to Brian, our Head of Quality & Regulation, and you will have a tight collaboration with other R&D teams as well as Quality Assurance, Regulation, and Manufacturing departments.

What will you be responsible for?

As our first QC Expert, you will be mainly responsible for coordinating and executing Gourmey’s QC & Analytical Development strategy.

More specifically, you will be:

• Overseeing, tracking, and managing Gourmey’s entire quality control pipeline from cell to product (cell banks, cell biomass, ingredients, final product, in-process monitoring, and environmental monitoring).
• Growing and nurturing Gourmey’s QC/AD team.
• Coordinating and maintaining relationships with external testing labs.
• Ensuring close collaboration & smooth communication to align and update R&D, Manufacturing, Regulatory, and Quality teams on routine QC and non-routine testing strategies and planning.
• Review, organize, and analyze various QC testing results to provide reports to the business to make data-driven conclusions on matters of product quality. Be able to clearly communicate to internal and external stakeholders the interpretation of the results.
• Proactive for continuous improvement on data tracking and analysis tools to extract trends or draw conclusions from the data.
• Coordinating and maintaining relationships with external QC labs.
• Leading efforts to develop, validate, or verify assays to control each step of our cell-to-product pipeline, by regulatory and quality requirements.
• Writing and reviewing quality documentation related to analytical development & quality control (e.g., QC reports, CoAs, study plans, Analytical Development reports / validation or verification reports)
• Contributing to the quality management system (incl. risk assessments, root cause analyses, SOPs, COSHH forms, quality reports, and analytical test specifications).
• Providing guidance and training on QC assay execution, analytical assay development, and data processing/reporting when needed.
• Leading continuous improvement projects for QC activities to optimize cost or to save time by evaluating new technologies, methods, or outsourcing activities as needed.
• Supporting the design of our QC laboratories at manufacturing sites and tech-transfer of in-house developed QC assays from R&D to our manufacturing QC Lab.

This role will work closely with our Quality, Regulatory, Lab Operations, R&D, and Manufacturing teams.

Requirements

What about you?

The ideal candidate has both the soft and hard skills that we are looking for: an experienced industry expert in Quality Control / AD / CMC, with strong project management and communication skills. Someone who can learn fast in a dynamic environment and who is passionate about GOURMEY’s mission to bring to market delicious and sustainable foods through innovation.

• +5 years of proven experience in a QC/AD/CMC position in the Pharmaceutical Industry or Cell-based meat industry, in a GLP/GMP environment.
• Excellent communication and project management skills with the ability to translate a Regulatory / Quality strategy into day-to-day actions for researchers and engineers.
• You have an efficient and self-organized working style, meeting project deadlines and completing tasks effectively. Hands-on and action-driven.
• You are flexible and adaptable to a changing environment and can work effectively in collaboration with cross-functional teams.
• Knowledge about food safety regulations is a plus.
• Proficient in English, both written and spoken. The ability to speak French with external parties is an important advantage.
• Strong technical knowledge of the development, verification, and validation of especially bioassays. Knowledge of a wide range of analytical chemistry techniques is a plus.
• Experience in interacting with regulatory authorities (US/EU) during audits and/or dossier submissions.
• Enthusiastic, resilient, and with a strong work ethic and self-motivation; a sense of ownership and responsibility to drive outcomes. A positive, can-do attitude.

What do we offer?

You will join a fast-growing startup located in the center of Paris, with a global ambition to build the future of food through cutting-edge technologies in an inclusive work environment valuing the importance of work-life balance, we offer:

• ⭐️ GOURMEY’s ESOP.
• 🌴 25 days of paid leave + extra holidays (depending on your contract).
• 🧑‍⚕️ Attractive Health insurance policy (higher than the minimum required).
• 🍌 Meal vouchers (We use Swile).
• 🎳 Work-life balance monitoring.
• 🚴 Sustainable transportation and offer extra compensation to those who cycle to work.
• 🍎 Fresh fruits and nuts delivered weekly.
• 🎡 Annual company retreat.

What is our recruitment process?

Inclusiveness is at the heart of everything we do at GOURMEY. By being transparent about each step of the process, and why we do things the way we do, we believe we can give all candidates a foretaste of GOURMEY’s culture. During the process, you will meet some of your team members in different parts of the recruitment process which will look like this:

• Interviews with our Talent Acquisition Manager, future colleagues, and manager
• A remote case study in English to give you a taste of what we are working on at GOURMEY
• A last interview on-site (when possible) to meet part of the team and visit the labs & office

Want to know more about us?

We are a science, purpose, and engineering-driven company, founded in 2019 and now entering its next phase of growth after our recent fundraising.

We are dedicated to creating breakthrough technologies that will help address and push the boundaries of what’s possible – delivering innovations that benefit people and the planet. If you want to know more, have a look at our LinkedIn page, Career Site, and Glassdoor reviews as well as the many press reviews (Bloomberg; Forbes).

Benefits

What do we offer?

You will join a fast-growing startup located in the center of Paris, with a global ambition to build the future of food through cutting-edge technologies in an inclusive work environment valuing the importance of work-life balance, we offer:

• ⭐️ GOURMEY’s ESOP.
• 🌴 25 days of paid leave + extra holidays (depending on your contract).
• 🧑‍⚕️ Attractive Health insurance policy (higher than the minimum required).
• 🍌 Meal vouchers (We use Swile).
• 🎳 Work-life balance monitoring.
• 🚴 Sustainable transportation and offer extra compensation to those who cycle to work.
• 🍎 Fresh fruits and nuts delivered weekly.
• 🎡 Annual company retreat.

What is our recruitment process?

Inclusiveness is at the heart of everything we do at GOURMEY. By being transparent about each step of the process, and why we do things the way we do, we believe we can give all candidates a foretaste of GOURMEY’s culture. During the process, you will meet some of your team members in different parts of the recruitment process which will look like this:

• Interviews with our Talent Acquisition Manager, future colleagues, and manager
• A remote case study in English to give you a taste of what we are working on at GOURMEY
• A last interview on-site (when possible) to meet part of the team and visit the labs & office

Want to know more about us?

We are a science, purpose, and engineering-driven company, founded in 2019 and now entering its next phase of growth after our recent fundraising.

We are dedicated to creating breakthrough technologies that will help address and push the boundaries of what’s possible – delivering innovations that benefit people and the planet. If you want to know more, have a look at our LinkedIn page, Career Site, and Glassdoor reviews as well as the many press reviews (Bloomberg; Forbes).