COMPANY BACKGROUND / CULTURE

Nuritas’ mission is to improve the lives of billions, and our vision is to provide the hero ingredient in everyday products. We are transforming the discovery of bioactive ingredients using AI, deep learning, and genomics to unlock peptides from natural sources like plants and food.

Our proprietary platform, Magnifier, uses advanced machine learning and our extensive dataset of molecules to identify natural peptides with specific health benefits. We optimize these molecules for stability and scalability, ensuring they perform in real-world applications. Our plant peptide ingredients include PeptiStrong® for protein amplification and muscle health, and PeptiSleepTM for improving deep and REM sleep. Through our ingredients, customers can create better products that are truly differentiated in addressing consumer needs.

Founded in 2014 by Dr. Nora Khaldi, the company has built the world’s largest peptide knowledge base and formed high-profile partnerships with companies like Nestle, Mars, and Sumitomo Corporation. Its team, diverse in nationality and gender, is driven by innovation and passion to bring nature’s benefits to the world.

Role Purpose

As Nuritas continues to scale, we are evolving our project management capability into a more product-focused function. This role will be responsible for managing the full end-to-end product journey for peptide-based ingredients, from discovery pipeline, through development and validation, to readiness for commercial launch.

The Project Manager – Product will ensure that each product progresses efficiently through scientific, operational, regulatory, and commercial milestones, acting as the central coordination point across all functions. This role is critical to ensuring Nuritas delivers a predictable, high-quality product pipeline aligned to commercial strategy and growth objectives.

Key Responsibilities

End-to-End Product Ownership

• Lead and coordinate the full lifecycle of peptide product development from early discovery through to commercial launch readiness.
• Own the cross-functional product plan, including scope, timelines, decision gates, risks, and dependencies.
• Liaise with external partners (including laboratories and vendors) and coordinate internal data acquisition to support commercial requests and facilitate customer communication.
• Partner with Science, Ingredient Science, Proteomics, AI/Discovery, Regulatory, Operations, and Commercial to ensure seamless progression through each phase.

Product Strategy & Roadmap Execution

• Translate product strategy and commercial priorities into clear execution milestones.
• Maintain visibility of the discovery pipeline and proactively identify products with commercial potential.
• Support portfolio prioritisation based on technical feasibility, customer demand, and strategic alignment.

Cross-Functional Leadership

• Act as the central coordination point, ensuring alignment across R&D, Operations, Commercial, Regulatory, and Quality.
• Facilitate structured decision-making, ensuring blockers are escalated and resolved quickly.
• Ensure clear feedback loops between Science and Commercial regarding product positioning, benefits, and customer requirements.

Project / Product Management Excellence

• Maintain accurate project documentation, risk logs, and progress dashboards.
• Drive consistency in product development processes, stage-gate frameworks, and ways of working.
• Lead regular cross-functional project meetings and prepare updates for ELT and investor reporting as needed.
• Oversee R&D timesheets to ensure complete, accurate, and timely submissions across all work packages, including quarterly reviews.
• Oversee and coordinate R&D tax-related reporting to ensure compliance and accurate submissions.

Launch Readiness

• Ensure all functional areas are prepared for launch, including manufacturing scale-up, regulatory submissions, quality documentation, and commercial enablement.
• Coordinate development of product claims, technical dossiers, application data, and customer-facing materials.

Skills & Experience Required

Technical & Functional Experience

• 5+ years’ experience in project management or product management within biotech, ingredients, food science, life sciences, or related R&D-led environments.
• Understanding of scientific processes, discovery/validation workflows, or ingredient development preferred.
• Experience managing complex, cross-functional projects with multiple stakeholders.

Core Skills

• Strong project management skills: planning, prioritisation, risk management, and execution discipline.
• Experience with project management software ( Monday.com , preferred).
• Ability to translate scientific/technical information into clear, actionable plans.
• Strong communication skills with the ability to influence without authority.
• Comfortable operating in a fast-paced scaling organisation.

Leadership & Behavioural Attributes

• Proactive problem-solver with a focus on outcomes.
• Highly collaborative, with strong relationship-building skills.
• Able to manage ambiguity and create structure where needed.
• Demonstrates accountability, integrity, and a bias for action aligned to Nuritas values
• Takes full responsibility for outcomes by proactively driving projects forward, anticipating risks, making informed decisions, and ensuring commitments are delivered with quality and integrity.

What Success Looks Like

• A predictable, well-managed product development pipeline.
• Clear cross-functional alignment on product milestones and responsibilities.
• Faster decision-making and reduced bottlenecks in the product journey.
• Products reaching commercial readiness with stronger technical and application packages.
• Improved communication between Science and Commercial functions.