Vice President, Technical - R&D and Quality
On-siteJacksonville, Florida, United States
Job Summary
Set and execute enterprise technical strategy across R&D, product development, process development, and quality to align with growth priorities and commercialization readiness. Oversee end-to-end development from requirements through commercialization readiness, ensuring manufacturability, quality-system alignment, and consumer performance outcomes while managing external partner strategy for suppliers and academic collaborations. Lead a diverse technical organization including Product, Packaging, and Process Development Managers, Quality leaders, and laboratory teams to drive capability building in consumer understanding, product design, and regulatory guidelines. Provide executive leadership for Quality Assurance, Quality Control, and audit readiness across Tobacco, Nicotine, Caffeine, and Drinks portfolios. Swisher, a leading lifestyle brand for adult consumers headquartered in Jacksonville, Florida, invites you to join a team with over 160 years of history pushing boundaries and evolving connections with consumers.
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor's Degree in Chemical Engineering, Materials Science, Chemistry, Food Science, or related technical field
- 12+ years of progressive technical leadership experience in R&D, product development, process development, quality, or related functions within consumer-packaged goods, food, personal care, tobacco/nicotine, beverage, or other regulated product environments
- 7+ years of direct supervisory experience leading managers, senior scientists, engineers, quality leaders, laboratory teams, or multi-disciplinary technical teams
- Demonstrated success standing up or transforming a technical organization, including R&D/Product Development, quality systems, portfolio governance, and external partner strategy
- Strong command of formulation/product development and process development/scale-up concepts, with the ability to bridge product intent to production reality
- Experience leading or partnering deeply with Quality Assurance, Quality Control, quality management systems, audits, CAPA/root cause processes, technical documentation, and evidence-based decision environments
- Executive-level influencing skills with proven ability to align Marketing, Operations, Engineering, QA/QC, Compliance, Legal, and Commercial teams around technical readiness, quality, and product integrity decisions
- Experience in working within FDA and Dietary Supplement guidelines
- Travel: 15-20%
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