General Manager Business Development

European cultivated meat pet food start-up is looking for an experienced and agile executive to launch its cultivated pet food product on the US market. We are successfully completing cost efficient production trials and EU regulatory approval, and are looking for an exceptionally talented individual to become the core of our US team.

You will have following responsibilities

1. The regulatory agenda of our cultivated cell-based pet food for the US market.
2. Partnering with local manufacturers for local production and product formulation.
3. Market research and then design of the best market introduction strategy.
4. Co-operation with the European R&D team on the design of the final product.
5. Managing marketing activities, educational campaigns, and community partnerships.
6. Negotiating and setting up distribution, partnership, and similar deals.
7. Building and managing the US branch of Bene Meat.

We are looking for

1. Intimate understanding of the US pet food market, its stakeholders, and its dynamics; ideally 10+ years of experience in the pet food industry.
2. Extensive experience with pet food product design and development, incl. regulatory aspects; ideally 5+ years of experience in design/regulatory.
3. Someone who has led successful development and launch of a new pet food product, ideally several times.
4. Someone who has been in charge of communication strategy and marketing activities; ideally with 3+ years of experience.
5. Someone who has successfully managed, nurtured, and grown a team of 10-50 people.
6. Someone who is eager to travel extensively, learn constantly, and give their best to the cause.
7. Someone who is ready to lead massive market disruption.

We offer

1. You will make a difference by rolling out the first ethical, no-cruelty, environment friendly, and yet fully nutritionally compatible pet food.
2. You will work with revolutionary cultivated meat technology (cell based lab grown meat) that is miles ahead of any competition in terms of costs and market readiness.
3. You will be the core of the new team, with extensive managerial independence, and a chance to build the team of your dreams.
4. We offer start-up type options focused compensation, with strong participation in your own business success.
5. Starting date mid/late 2023.