Hello! We’re Re:meat – a cultivated meat company born in Scandinavia. We’re on a mission to help save our planet by redefining how meat ends up on our plates. Why? Because food holds some of the most powerful solutions to the climate crisis. Despite current meat production being one of Earth’s most detrimental industries, demand is continuing to grow. Cultivated meat on the other hand has the potential to substantially lower the climate footprint. To unleash this potential, Re:meat develops technologies to enable large-scale production of sustainable and affordable meat for the many people. Our north star “Destination $1/kg cultivated beef” guides all our decisions to accelerate the path to commercialization to achieve radically more sustainable meat. Cultivated meat has the potential to create the biggest positive climate impact - across all industries. Our team is deeply impact-driven, bringing together a unique mix of industry insights and experience in cultivated meat and turning ventures from napkin ideas to commercial successes.
We are seeking an exceptional and experienced R&D Director to join our cutting-edge R&D team. This individual will drive innovation, design and execute experiments, and play a crucial role in advancing our core technology towards commercialization. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in scaling up animal cells for bench-, pilot- and product-scale bioreactors. We’re a small and lean team, so this role will cover responsibilities that cut across cell culture development, developing methods to eliminate the need for growth factors, scale-up bioprocesses into larger bioreactors as well as R&D strategy, IP strategy and team development. We’ll put you in the driver’s seat and expect you to lead the R&D team towards technical breakthroughs and commercial success, along with the passion to get practical work done in and outside of the lab. You will play a key role in reducing costs, improving yields, process consistency and product quality. You are able to build relationships with external stakeholders such as suppliers.
In short, you will be responsible for driving practical research that brings cultivated meat from benchtop to pilot production. Below are some of the things you’ll be responsible for: • Refine our core bio processes, including a high-performing beef cell line and growth media. • Drive the development, optimization and validation of growth factor independence methodologies. • Independently design, review, execute, and analyze experiments to prove innovative, economically viable and scalable cell-culture processes. • Scale up of animal cell cultures in bioreactors, ensuring bioprocesses are optimized for up to 10.000 liters in collaboration with engineering. • Responsible for day-to-day R&D operations, showcasing solid project management skills.Challenge existing ideas and contribute innovative solutions to complex scientific problems. • Create and maintain fruitful relationships with collaborators to accelerate development. • Write project applications with other industry stakeholders to receive public funding. • Create solid budgets for R&D and business cases to support strategy and decision making. • Transparent, proactive and clear communication. • Tight collaboration with leadership team to continually adapt the road ahead, including strategic decision making, fundraising, IP strategy and support the path to commercialization.
7+ years’ experience from working with cell culture operations and cell-based assays, experience in cultivated meat is a plus • Master of Science or similar • You know what it takes to efficiently scale up bioprocessing production • Experience in genetic engineering and growth media development is a plus • Experience in generating and managing IP • Successful project management experience in biotech, food tech or a related industry
Mission-aligned with a curious mindset and eager for the ride of your life together with us! • Results-oriented and business minded, dedicated to reaching both R&D and commercial targets • Team player. Ability to collaborate, lead and inspire a team, with strong project management and organizational skills • Passionate about bioprocessing and scaling cell culture operations • We’re a startup, so all of the hard work is done by us. You’ve got to love it and be prepared to roll up your sleeves.
An exciting and challenging full-time role with stock option program • The opportunity to work with a highly experienced venture building team • Physical position in Malmö (Sweden) • 6 weeks of paid vacation • Opportunity for career progression in a fast-growing start-up environment • Be part of getting one of the most high-impact climate initiatives on the planet off the ground!
